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... warthog. Once one of these pigs sauntered with careless abandon past several nervous gazelle to a waterhole and there its impetuous life was abruptly terminated by a lioness. However, at night a warthog withdraws into its burrow, where ...
... warthog. Once one of these pigs sauntered with careless abandon past several nervous gazelle to a waterhole and there its impetuous life was abruptly terminated by a lioness. However, at night a warthog withdraws into its burrow, where ...
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... warthog took shelter in a cave. A lion suddenly entered the cave. The warthog immediately pretended to support the roof of the cave with its tusks- and called plaintively: "Lion, lion, help me hold up the roof for it is falling and we ...
... warthog took shelter in a cave. A lion suddenly entered the cave. The warthog immediately pretended to support the roof of the cave with its tusks- and called plaintively: "Lion, lion, help me hold up the roof for it is falling and we ...
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... warthog. Like the hero in Matthew Arnold's poem she wandered "between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to ... warthogs emerge many thoughts. In our front yard was a large termite hill, and on July 25, 1966, not long after our ...
... warthog. Like the hero in Matthew Arnold's poem she wandered "between two worlds, one dead, the other powerless to ... warthogs emerge many thoughts. In our front yard was a large termite hill, and on July 25, 1966, not long after our ...
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The Seasons | 25 |
Life in the Pride | 60 |
Neighborly Disputes | 102 |
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