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[LV. A man toiled on a burning road]
A man toiled on a burning road,Never resting.
Once he saw a fat, stupid ass
Grinning at him from a green place.
The man cried out in rage,
“Ah! do not deride me, fool!
“I know you—
“All day stuffing your belly,
“Burying your heart
“In grass and tender sprouts:
“It will not suffice you.”
But the ass only grinned at him from the green place.
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