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* Referenced in ''[[Mara Daughter of the Nile]]". "I plucked a lily from the gutter and it has turned into a viper in my hands." From Sheftu's perspective, he aided a fugitive slave girl and gave her a purpose and a future (and also fell in love with her)--only for her to turn around and betray him to the Queen. (Mara's side of the story is a little different).
* Given an interesting twist in a chapter header in ''[[Agatha H and The Clockwork Princess]]''.
* The children's book ''[https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Doctor_De_Soto Doctor De Soto]'' is all about this. Being a mouse, DeSoto obviously does not accept patients known to prey on mice, refusing to admit "even the most timid-looking cat". But when a fox pleads for help due to an agonizing toothache, he and his wife show mercy and agree to treat him. While the fox does at first question whether
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* A variation involves the Lion and the Unicorn. The two were enemies, but the Unicorn agreed to let the Lion borrow its horn. The Lion then ambushed the Unicorn and stabbed it with the horn. When the Unicorn asked why the Lion did this, the Lion responded by asking why the Unicorn trusted its worst enemy in the first place.
* "The Wolf and the Crane" is another fable attributed to Aesop with a similar plot. The Wolf gets a small bone caught in its throat, and pleads with many other animals for help, promising a reward. Only the Crane is willing to do so, using its long beak to extract the bone. However, the only reward the Wolf gives the Crane is allowing him to live, telling it, "You have put your head inside a wolf’s mouth and taken it out again in safety; that ought to be reward enough for you."
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