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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 a little old woman.

She had bought a sack of beans at market and decided to cook them for her supper.

So the little old woman put a handful of straw on the hearth and lit it.

Then she put the beans in the pan.

But one did not fall into the pan.

Instead, the bean fell on the floor next to a piece of straw.

Only a moment later,

a small burning coal rolled out from the fire next to the other two.

The straw spoke first.

Dear friends, where do you come from?

He asked.

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