An old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar which had once contained a rare and costly wine, and which still retained some traces of its exquisite bouquet.She raised it to her nose and sniffed at it again and again."Ah," she cried, "how delicious must have been the liquid which has left behind so ravishing a smell."
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THE OLD WOMAN AND THE WINE-JAR
An old Woman picked up an empty Wine-jar which had once contained a rare and costly wine, and which still retained some traces of its exquisite bouquet.She raised it to her nose and sniffed at it again and again."Ah," she cried, "how delicious must have been the liquid which has left behind so ravishing a smell."
