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The horse that was cut in half
When the portcullis cut my horse in two, both halves went on drinking at the fountain, and I could not say which one was the original.
The horse and the fountain
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Sheep can be counted only once, as I proved in Wales. I had reached nine thousand when one of them coughed, and I lost my place. I began again. Years went by, and my beard reached the fence. The flock at last grew bored and began to count me.
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Grand Viziers do not often blush, but one did at my table in Constantinople. I had asked him to pass the figs, and he dropped a secret treaty in the bowl. I ate it by mistake. That is how I came to know the future of Greece, and it tasted of almonds.
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Vesuvius sneezed while I.