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Filed under Origin and nature of animal's tongue.

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Why gnat has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.1.)Why eel has no tongueWhy swallow has no tongueWhy titmouse has no tongueWhy cormorant has no tongue. (Cf. A2422.8.)Why magpie has no tongue. (Cf. A2236.4.)
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Why animal has short tongueCause of color of animal's tongue
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What creature has sweetest blood: gnat's tongue torn out. Assembly to decide who has the sweetest blood so that it may be the food for the serpent. Gnat discovers that man has the sweetest blood. Rather than let him tell this secret, swallow tears out his tongue. Gnat can only buzz. (Cf. A2344.2, A2426.3.2.)

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