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Æsop's Fables (V. S. Vernon-Jones)/The Blackamoor

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THE BLACKAMOOR

A MAN once bought an Ethiopian slave, who had a black skin like all Ethiopians; but his new master thought his colour was due to his late owner’s having neglected him, and that all he wanted was a good scrubbing. So he set to work with plenty of soap and hot water, and rubbed away at him with a will, but all to no purpose: his skin remained as black as ever, while the poor wretch all but died from the cold he caught.

THE BLACKAMOOR