Why the Sea is Salt (5)

Why the Sea is Salt (5)

" Never mind where I got it ; you can see that it is a good one, and the water that turns it will never freeze, " said the man.

So he ground meat and drink and all kinds of good things, to last all Christmas time, and on the third day he invited all his friends to come to a feast.

Now when the rich brother saw all that there was at the banquet and in the house, he was both vexed and very angry, for he begrudged everything his brother had.

" On Christmas Eve he was so poor that he came to me and begged for a trifle and now he gives a feast as if he were both a count and a king ! " he thought.

" But tell me where you got your riches from, " he said to his brother.

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