There was once upon a time a little girl whose father and motherwere dead, and she was so poor that she no longer had a room tolive in, or bed to sleep in, and at last she had nothing else butthe clothes she was wearing and a little bit of bread in herhand which some charitable soul had given her. She was good andpious, however. And as she was thus forsaken by all the world,she went forth into the open country, trusting in the good God.Then a poor man met her, who said, ah, give me something to eat,I am so hungry. She handed him the whole of her piece of bread,and said, may God bless you, and went onwards. Then came a childwho moaned and said, my head is so cold, give me something tocover it with. So she took off her hood and gave it to him. Andwhen she had walked a little farther, she met another child whohad no jacket and was frozen with cold. Then she gave it herown, and a little farther on one begged for a frock,and she gave away that also. At length she got into a forestand it had already become dark, and there came yet another child,and asked for a shirt, and the good little girl thoughtto herself, it is a dark night and no one sees you, you can verywell give your shirt away, and took it off, and gave away thatalso. And as she so stood, and had not one single thing left,suddenly some stars from heaven fell down, and they were nothingelse but hard smooth pieces of money, and although she had justgiven her shirt away, she had a new one which was of the veryfinest linen. Then she put the money into it, and was rich allthe days of her life.
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Big Book of Ancient Gabanian Fables
SpiritualOften regarded as the most sacred of text from the planet of Gaban, once forbidden to foreigners, translators and the ability to print on text. This is the first translated Copy of the Holy Scriptures from Athenaism, the dominant religion of the pla...
