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Tiger

A hunter has stolen a tiger's cub, and the angry mother has almist caught up with him. To slow here down the man draps a mirror in the tiger's path; she sees herself in it, thinks it is her cub, and stops.

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ARCA - Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux (BVMM)

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Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, Ms. 1029 [Livre des propriétés des choses], folio 260r

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