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The Rubber Man<br />
The Rubber Man<br />
Spider was very lazy. Every morning he got up at twelve o'clock, ate his<br />
breakfast and said to his wife: "I am going to our farm."<br />
But he did not go to the farm. He had no farm at all. He went to the forest<br />
and sat there under a big tree all day long.<br />
His wife sometimes said to him: "Tell me when you want my help on the<br />
farm."<br />
She said nothing more, she did not want to make him angry.<br />
Spider answered then: "Oh, there is plenty of time yet. Do not be afraid, I<br />
shall tell you, when I need you."<br />
The people often asked him: "When will you begin to work on your farm?"<br />
And he answered: "There is plenty of time yet."<br />
Then one day he said to his wife: "Tomorrow I want to plant some nuts on<br />
our farm. Go to the market and buy a bag of nuts. I must have them for<br />
tomorrow."<br />
His wife was happy to hear that and ran to the market to buy the nuts. The<br />
next day Spider went with the nuts to the forest, ate as many nuts as he<br />
wanted and then had a good sleep under a big tree. In the evening he<br />
came home and said to his wife: "Oh how tired and hungry I am! I was<br />
working on our farm all day long. Is supper ready? Life is hard for us men.<br />
We work from morning til night and you, women, you have only to cook<br />
dinners and suppers."<br />
Every day Spider went away, but he did not work on the farm, he only ate<br />
nuts and then rested in the forest.<br />
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