Rhet gre 1393b28-31ἐρομένου δὲ διὰ τί, “ὅτι οὗτοι μὲν” φάναι (29) “ἤδη μου πλήρεις εἰσὶ καὶ ὀλίγον ἕλκουσιν αἷμα, ἐὰν δὲ τούτους (30) ἀφέλητε, ἕτεροι ἐλθόντες πεινῶντες ἐκπιοῦνταί μου τὸ λοιπὸν (31) αἷμα”.
Rhys Roberts 1924 engand when the hedgehog asked why, she replied, ‘These fleas are by this time full of me and not sucking much blood; if you take them away, others will come with fresh appetites and drink up all the blood I have left.’
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