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carried it off to his home, and gave it to his
wifeFetinia. They were both delighted, and put
the duck in a big basin, placing a sieve over it. In
an hour's time they went to look at it, and
discovered that the duck had laid a golden egg.
Then they took the duck out, and let it walk a
little on the floor, and the old man, taking the
egg, set off to town. There he sold the egg for a
hundred rubles, took the money, and, going to
the market, bought different kinds of vegetables
and set off home.
The next day the duck laid another egg like the
first, which Abrosim sold in the same manner. So
the duck went on laying a golden egg every day,
and the old man became, in a short time, very
rich. He bought a large house, a great many ____

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