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There were two cocks--one on the dung-hill, the other on the roof. They were both arrogant, but which of the two rendered most service? Tell us your opinion--we'll keep to ours just the same though.
The poultry yard was divided by some planks from another yard in which there was a dung-hill, and on the dung-hill lay and grew a large cucumber which was conscious of being a hot-bed plant.