Good evening, children.

It's Granny McDuff, ready with a story.

So make yourselves comfy, and I'll begin.

Once upon a time, there lived an old miller, who had no family, but three apprentices apprentices who worked under him in his mill the old miller

had been growing weary for a time and one day said to the three apprentices i am old and shall retire soon

i should like to sit by the fire and read, go to town when I please,

and walk through the meadow in the sunshine. Now go out and whichever one of you finds me the best

horse, I shall give you the mill and in return you shall care for me until my days are done.

The three apprentices did as they were told.

But as soon as they were away from the mill, two of them turned to the third,

who was quite a bit younger and smaller than the others, and said,

You go your own way, we've no time to waste on waiting for you to keep up.

But the young Miller, who was called Alexander, would not have it.

He stood his ground, and soon the other two apprentices gave in and let him go with them.

When night came, they decided to take shelter in a cave they had passed by.

Alexander went to sleep.

When he woke the next morning, he found himself all alone.

Hello!

The other two had left him.

Well, good widens, he said.

I'll find a horse and bring it to the miller before they do.

Alexander set out to do so, but he was lost.

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