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AP 2011-04-29

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Very early one winter morning，during a hard frost， a fox was drinking at an ice－hole， not far from the haunts of men．Meanwhile，whether by pure accident or from negligence doesn's much matter，the end of its tail got wet，and froze to th

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10Then the Lord said to Moses, Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials so that I may perform these miraculous signs of mine among them 2that you may tell your children and grandchildren how I dealt harshly with th

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The Fox and the HedgehogA FOX swimming across a rapid river was carried by the force ofthe current into a very deep ravine, where he lay for a long timevery much bruised, sick, and unable to move. A swarm of hungryblood-sucking flies settled upon him

The Wild Apple-Tree

A swarm of bees settled and built hive in the hollow trunk of a wild apple－tree．They soon filled it with the treasures of honey，andthe tree became so proud in consequence，that it despised all its neighbours．Hereupon a rose－bush thus addre

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The Syrian governments assault on the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta has come to a halt for five hours. The five-hour pause was ordered by Russia, the governments main backer. Their aim is to allow civilians to leave. Its not clear that food and med

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Childrens Tiff Two little kids went out to play In their backyard one summer day. They gazed at cotton candy sky, And argued as the clouds sailed by. There goes a fluffy sheep! Tim cried, As Kimmy scrutinized the sky. I do not see a sheep, she said.