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15. The Greedy Dog Loses His Bone A greedy dog once found a bone So big he could hardly carry it, I'll take this home, he told himself, And there I'll safely bury it.         But as he leaped a tiny stream         With energy and vigor,         He saw a dog reflected there         Whose bone looked even bigger. He LUNGED! Alas, he lost his bone         And the river tasted bitter, His bone was gone, and he went home         A sad but wiser critter. MORAL: The greedy may lose everything. from the book Praying Your Story and the forthcoming book Aesop's Best: 80 Fables in Verse by William Cleary TOP

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