Why the Sea Is Salt
ONCE ON A TIME, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one Christmas eve, the poor one hadn't so much as a crumb in the house, either of meat یا bread, so he went to his brother to ask him for something to keep Christmas with, in God's name. It was not the first time his brother had been forced to help him, and آپ may fancy he wasn't very glad to see his face, but he said:
"If آپ will do what I ask آپ to do, I'll give آپ a whole flitch of bacon."
So the poor brother کہا he would do anything, and was full of thanks.
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