This is a sweet story about a poor little girl and her poor mother.

The little girl is kind and helpful, but they have no food to eat.

The little girl goes out into the forest to look for some wood to keep them warm and

sees an old lady.

She helps the old lady to gather her wood.

The little girl is so kind, the old lady gives her a magic pot.

The little girl rushes home excited to show her mother.

Sweet porridge.

There was once a poor widow who had only one daughter, a child who was so good and gentle

that everyone who knew her loved her.

One day, the child went into the forest to gather firewood and she was very sad because

there was nothing left in the house to eat.

And because she and her mother were so often made to go hungry.

She had already gathered a bundle of sticks and was about to go home.

And she saw a poor old woman who had also come to the forest for wood.

The woman was so bent and stiff that it was sad to see her.

The child felt sorry for her and wished to help her.

Good morning, she said, let me gather the wood for you.

It must be hard for you to bend.

She put down her own load and gathered for the old woman as much as she was able to carry.

I would take it home for you, said the little girl.

But my mother is waiting for me and I must go quickly for him already late.

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