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The Fox’s Tail

Perhaps this story is true, perhaps it isn’t. Once in Armenia, an old woman had just filled up a jug with fresh goat’s milk when a fox came along and drank the whole lot.

“I turned my back for one second and look what you did, you greedy fox!” cried the old woman.

She grabbed the fox’s bushy tail and gave it a sharp yank – and it came right off in her hand!

The fox spun round looking for her tail and, when she realised

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