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A SPORTSMAN who had wounded a Squirrel, which was making desperate efforts to drag itself away, ran after it with a stick, exclaiming: "Poor thing! I will put it out of its misery1." At that moment the Squirrels stopped from exhaustion2, and looking up at its enemy, said: "I don't venture to doubt the sincerity3 of your compassion4, though it comes rather late, but you seem to lack the faculty5 of observation. Do you not perceive by my actions that the dearest wish of my heart is to continue in my misery?" At this exposure of his hypocrisy6, the Sportsman was so overcome with shame and remorse7 that he would not strike the Squirrel, but pointing it out to his dog, walked thoughtfully away. 点击收听单词发音
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