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14 She leaves her eggs on the earth,
    lets them warm in the dust,
15     then forgets that a foot may crush them
        or a wild animal trample them.
16 She treats her young harshly as if they were not hers,
    without worrying that her labor might be in vain;

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14 She lays her eggs on the ground
    and lets them warm in the sand,
15 unmindful that a foot may crush them,
    that some wild animal may trample them.(A)
16 She treats her young harshly,(B) as if they were not hers;
    she cares not that her labor was in vain,

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