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Why the Sea Is Salt
Why the Sea Is SaltOnce upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in the house, either of meat or bread; so he went to his brother, and begged him, in God’s name, to give him something for Christmas Day. It was by no means the first time that the brother had been forced to give something to him, and he was not better pleased at being asked now than he generally was. “If you will do what I ask you, you shall have a whole ham,” said he. The poor one immediately thanked him, and promised this. “Well, here is the ham, and now you must go straight to Dead Man’s Hall,” said the rich brother, throwing the ham to him. “Well, I will do what I have promised,” said the other, and he took
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