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RATTLE-RATTLE-RATTLE AND CHINK-CHINK-CHINK
THE STORY OF LONG BEARD, THE DWARF, AND THE TWO SISTERS
RATTLE-RATTLE-RATTLE AND CHINK-CHINK-CHINK
THERE was once a poor man whose wife died leaving him a daughter. The little girl’s name was Lenka. She was a good little girl, cheerful and obedient and very industrious, and she did all she could to make her father comfortable.
After some time the man married again. His second wife also had a little girl just Lenka’s age. Her name was Dorla. Dorla was a lazy, ill-natured child, always quarreling and bickering. Yet her mother thought Dorla was perfect and she was always praising her to her husband.