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A Dog And A Lion’s Skin

(Aesop’s Fables)

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Japanese　←→　Japanese ＆ English　←→　English

　A dog found a skin of a lion and tore it up.

　A fox was watching it and said to the dog,

“You know, if this lion were still alive, its nails would be stronger than your teeth.

　Thank it was just a skin.”


　When a person who is powerful or in an honorable position loses its power or honor,

　even people who had respected them get to look down on them.

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