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There was once a city called
Silene in Libya. The city was
tormented by a poisonous dragon
that lived nearby. To appease
the dragon, the king ordered his
people to offer it two sheep every
day. This went on for a while, but
slowly the city started to run out
of sheep. Thereafter, the people and ran out of sheep entirely. In
offered the dragon one sheep and their desperation, the people of
one man each day. Eventually, the Silene decided to offer the dragon
city started running low on men two of their children each day
instead. The children being
