Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 767
arto himself. I know how, he went on. I will pretendthat I am dead. Then the Fox and all the otheranimals will come to see if I am really dead.Then I 11 catch the Fox. . When the beasts heard that the Jaguar wasdead, they went to his den; and seeing him lyingthere, they cried out: Now we can live… … Has the Jaguargroaned? asked theFox. No, answered the otheranimals. When my grandfather died, hegroaned three times, said the Fox. The Jaguar heard what the Fox said, and sohe groaned three times. At this the Fox laughed loud and long, andthen he said: Hear the dead Jaguar groan! Surely he hascome…
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