`` Bring me the creature 's heart ; it is just what I want for supper . '' ' `` But there is no heart , '' answered the hare , looking up at the lion with a puzzled face . ' `` What nonsense ! '' said the lion . `` As if every beast had not got a heart . What do you mean ? '' ' `` This is a washerman 's donkey , '' replied the hare gravely . ' `` Well , and suppose it is ? '' ' `` Oh , fie ! '' exclaimed the hare . `` You , a lion and a grown-up person , and ask questions like that . If the donkey had had a heart would she be here now ? The first time she came she knew you were trying to kill her , and ran away . Yet she came back a second time . Well , if she had had a heart would she have come back a second time ? Now would she ? '' ` And the lion answered slowly , `` No , she would not . '' ` So you think I am a washerman 's donkey ? ' said the monkey to the shark , when the story was ended . ` You are wrong ; I am not .
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