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The Dog in the Manger

By Aesop


He cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.

A DOG lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. What a selfish Dog! said one of them to his companions; He cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can.

Moral:
We should not deprive others of blessings because we cannot enjoy them ourselves.

Source Book

Aesop's Fables

by Aesop

Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York

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The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
The Horse and the Wolf
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The Dog and the Shadow
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The Wolf and the House-dog
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The Oxen and the Butchers
The Man Bitten by a Dog
The Dog and the Hare
The Dog And His Master's Dinner
The Fawn and His Mother
The Dogs and the Fox
The Fox and the Woodcutter

 

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