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THE METAMORPHOSIS OF THE DNIEPER, THE VOLGA, AND THE DVINA
ELIJAH THE PROPHET AND NICHOLAS
THE PRIEST WITH THE GREEDY EYES
Russian Picture Fables for the Little Ones:
Valery Carrick
THE COCK AND THE BEAN
He tried to swallow it, and choked himself. He choked himself and stretched himself out, and there he lay, and couldn't even breathe.
A cock was scratching one day in the earth under the wall of a cottage when he found a bean.
And his mistress saw him, ran up to him, and asked: “Mr. Cock, what makes you lie there like that, so that you can't breathe?”
“I've choked myself with a bean,” he answered. “Go and ask the cow for some butter.”
And his mistress came to the cow and said: “Mrs. Cow, give me some butter! My cock is lying there and can't even breathe,
