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FABLE VI. Showing how the Cavern followed the Hut's Advice.
This fable is a very short one:
The cave resolved to make his fortune;
He got a door, and in a year
Enrich'd himself with wine and beer.
The cave resolved to make his fortune;
He got a door, and in a year
Enrich'd himself with wine and beer.
Mamma will ask you, can you tell her,
What did the cave become?—A cellar.
What did the cave become?—A cellar.
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