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33 16 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
poor favoured ancestor got at any rate one drop
too much, for he tumbled over the parapet, and
broke his neck."
" Moral: And the king turned teetotaler,"
said the American bear.
" Well, he had an exalted position too," said
the Swedish bear.
" And did not want to break his neck—that
way," taunted the American.
" I did not say that," said Nahley; " however,
the king gave up wine entirely; he would,
perhaps, not be degraded, even in his own
eyes, below the beast. And he became a great
hero."
" Yes, I know," said the American humourist;
" conquered lots of lands, made other kings,
gained immortal fame,—and lost all his
possessions, and steeped his own country in ruin.
Now, an American would never have done
that. What, buy fame at such an enormous
price r
" Fame is only bought at great sacrifice," I
observed.
" Ay, but his country is still young," said the
descendant of Charles XII.’s bear, "and
therefore he knows nothing of historical ambition as
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