Page 7 - Little Ceackpea
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nce upon a time there was a woman
who longed for a child. One day she
went to see her godmother. The woman
was so desperate that she started
bawling. Her godmother said: “Do not cry, go
home, fill a pot with water, throw in a fistful of
chickpeas, and then cover up the pot”.
The woman went home and followed her
godmother’s advice. The day after, as soon as she
removed the cover, many little children, as small
as chickpeas, leapt out of the pot, and started
jumping around everywhere. The poor woman
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