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Book 14 Page 37

 

Nothing to laugh about

 

The king said to the jester;

 

“I would swap my life for yours tomorrow if I could laugh as heartily as thou.”

 

The jester replied.

 

“No thanks, if I had the weight of the whole country on my shoulders,

 

I too would not be laughing.”

 

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