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HERCULES AND THE WAGGONER

“Working hard is for fools!” he would say. “I get other people to do things for me!”

When the grain was ready for harvesting, the farmer did not want to go into the fields to gather it.

“Go and harvest the wheat for me!” he told his wife and son. “I will stay here in the shade and supervise you!”

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