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THE BOY WHO KESCUED HIS BEOTHEB
ONCE upon a time there lived a very poor
man who had a large family. One
day a stranger came to him, and offered him a
large sum of money for his little son. The man
needed money so much that he sold the child,
although he knew very well that the stranger
was an evil spirit.
Soon after this, another son was born in the
family. When the boy was old enough to talk,
he began to ask about his older brother.
is my brother?" lie asked his mother
one day. The mother began to weep.
"Your father sold him to a stranger, she
said.
boy.
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Where has he been taken I asked the little
"An evil spirit carried him away,"
the
mother replied,
"no one knows where."
"I will go and bring my brother back/ the
child said.
The very next day there came to the house
a stranger, whom no one but the child could see.
And he talked with the child.
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