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servant that they would one day



         repay him for saving them. The




         servant rode on once again, and after



         a while it seemed as if  there was a



         voice coming from under his boots.




         He listened carefully and heard the



         voice of  an ant complaining about



         how people can’t stop stomping all


 reeds and gasping for water. The   over ants. The horse had run down




 servant found kindness in his heart   all of  the ant’s people all day without



 and took the three dying fishes and   any mercy. So the servant found



 put them back into the pound. They   goodness in his heart and carefully




 leapt with joy put out their heads   plucked the ant out of  his boot and



 from the pound and promised the   let him down gently onto the grass,
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