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The Jew in the Bush
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"I stole it," replied the Jew, before all the people. "I acknowledge that I stole it, and that you earned it fairly."
Then the countryman stopped his fiddling, and left the Jew to take his place at the gallows.
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The Wonderful Hair - The Story of a Poor Man Who Dreamed of an Angel
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The Vilas' Spring - The Story of the Brother Who Knew that Good was Stronger than Evil
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There was once an honest journeyman tailor, by name Labakan, who learned his trade with an excellent master in Alexandria. It could not be said that Labakan was unhandy with the needle; on the contrary, he could make excellent work: moreover, one would have done him injustice to have called him lazy. Nevertheless, his companions knew not what to make of him, for he would often sew for hours together so rapidly that the needle would glow in his hand, and the thread smoke, and that none could equal him.
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