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The Difference Between a Wolf and a Wild Dog

(Short stories of Edo)

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“I don’t know the difference between a wolf and a wild dog. I wonder if there’s a way to tell them apart,”

　said a man. So the other man said,

“Why, you don’t know the difference?”

“No.”

“Let me tell you, then.

　First of all, when you find one that looks like a wolf, hit it with a stick.

　If it’s a wild dog, it’ll run away for it is a coward.

　If it’s a wolf, it’ll bite into your throat.”

“ ….. ”

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