One day a dog stole a piece of meat from a butcher's shop in the market and ran away with it. On the way he had to cross a bridge across a small stream. As he was running along the bridge, suddenly he looked down at his own shadow in the water of the stream. He thought it was another dog with another piece of meat in its mouth. He was easily tempted to see that piece of meat and thought of having that piece too. So he jumped upon his own shadow with a loud bark. As soon as he opened his mouth, the piece of meat dropped from his mouth and was taken away by the current of the stream. Thus the greedy dog lost his own piece of meat as well as the one he wanted to snatch.
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