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An Indian Tale
Long, long ago, when ... world was young, ... Sun, ... Wind and ... Moon were once invited to ... dinner party by ... friends ....mother, ... Sky, waited alone for ... return.
... Sun and ... Wind were ... bad little boys. They greedi ly ate ... lot of ... food, and didn’t think of ... mother, who was left at ... home dying of-... hunger. But ... good little Moon didn’t forget ... mother. Of each dish that was put before her, she kept ... little to take away to ... mother.
"Well, ... children, what’s ... news? What have you brought for me?” asked ... mother of ... Sun, ... Moon and ... Wind when they came back home late at ... night.
“What do you mean, ... woman? ” shouted ... Sun, who was ... eldest in ... family. “What did you expect of us?
I went to... dinner to eat and enjoy myself, and not to get... food for you.”
“You’re right, ... brother”, said ... Wind. Mother doesn’t even know how to eat, because she has no teeth in ... mouth. In addition, we had such beautiful clothes on that we couldn’t put anything into ... pockets."
“Sit still, you bad boys and don’t make... Mother angry,” said ... little Moon, interrupting ... brothers. “Stop talking to ... Mother like that.”
With these words she ran up to ... old woman and said, "... Mother, here’s ... little of everything we were given at ... dinner.”
“Thank you, ... dear Moon Child,” said ... Sky. Then she turned to ... sons in ... anger. “You’re ... ungrateful children. Lislen to me, ... eldest son. I know that people love you very much. Now if you’re too gay, you’ll shine too hotly they won’t love you any longer. And you,... little Wind, you’ll be blowing in ... dry weather and ... men will hate you, too. But you, ... sweet daughter, you who thought of... mother, you’ll always be calm, soft, and beautiful, and ... young men and ... women will always be full of love when they see you.”
That is why ... Sun is hated when he shines too hotly, Wind is hated when he blows too hard, but ... Moon is always loved by everybody.
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