Avarum etiam quod sibi superest non libenter dare Vulpem rogabat partem caudae simius, contegere honeste posset ut nudas nates; cui sic maligna: Longior fiat licet, tamen illam citius per lutum et spinas traham, partem tibi quam quamvis parvam impartiar.
That the miserly man does not like to give away even what he doesnt need An ape asked a fox for a part of his tail, so that he might decently cover up his bare buttocks; but the spiteful creature said to him: Even if my tail should become longer than it is now, still I would sooner trail it through mud and briars than share a part of it with you, however small.
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