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A man and a satyrs

(Aesop’s Fables)

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　A long time ago, a man befriended a satyrs, a creature that was half-human and half-beast; His upper half of his body a human and lower half of his body a goat.

　Winter came, and the cold started to pierce through the body.

　The man brought his hands up his mouth and started to blow on his hands.

“Why are you doing that?”

　the satyrs asked.

　The man replied,

“I am warming my hands with my breath”


　Then, the food was brought to them

　and it was very hot.

　The man brought the food close to his mouth and started to blow on the food.

“Why are you doing that?”

　the satyrs asked again.

“I am trying to cool the food because it is too hot”

　the man answered.

　Then the satyrs said,

“Oh my, I have to stop being friends with you.

　I cannot be friends with a being that spouts heat and cold from the same mouth.



　We shouldn’t be friends with strangers.

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