| Once
upon a time, there lived an old man and an old woman. The old man
was kind and gentle, but his wife was mean and greedy. One morning
as usual, the old man left for work in the mountains where he cut
wood, plowed the earth, and worked in the field. |
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| This
morning, he went deep into the mountains to cut firewood. While he
was working, he heard the voice of a sparrow crying. When he looked
down, he saw an injured young sparrow trapped under a dead branch.
"Oh, you poor thing," the old man said as he gently picked
up the sparrow. "Don't worry. I'll take care of you. You'll be
fine in no time. Let's go to my house," he said. |
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| When
they arrived, the old man bandaged the sparrow and fed it some rice
grains. The old woman didn't like this at all and got angry.
"Why are you wasting our precious rice on that bird?" she
exclaimed. But the old man paid her no mind and worked hard to nurse
the young sparrow back to health. |
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