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Title: The Viper And The File Author: Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables) [More Titles by Aesop (author of Aesop's Fables)] A Viper, entering the workshop of a smith, sought from the tools the means of satisfying his hunger. He more particularly addressed himself to a File, and asked of him the favor of a meal. The File replied: "You must indeed be a simple-minded fellow if you expect to get anything from me, who am accustomed to take from every one, and never to give anything in return." The covetous are poor givers. [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |