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Aesop's Fable # 17: The Serpent and the File
 

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     \-\A Serpent {in the course} {of its wanderings} came {into an armourer's shop.}  \-\[LAVFAs he glided {over the floor}] he felt his skin pricked#ADO07 {by a file} lying*GiveR02 there.  \-\{In a rage} he turned round {upon it} and tried=CV to dart*INFDO06 his fangs {into it;} \C\but he could do no harm {to heavy iron} and had=CV soon to give over his wrath.
     \C\It is useless attacking*GerDS03 the insensible.
 

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