Why the Sea Is Salt
ONCE ON A TIME, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one Рождество eve, the poor one hadn't so much as a crumb in the house, either of meat или bread, so he went to his brother to ask him for something to keep Рождество with, in God's name. It was not the first time his brother had been forced to help him, and Ты may fancy he wasn't very glad to see his face, but he said:
"If Ты will do what I ask Ты to do, I'll give Ты a whole flitch of bacon."
So the poor brother сказал(-а) he would do anything, and was full of thanks.
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