Why the Sea Is Salt
ONCE ON A TIME, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one krisimasi eve, the poor one hadn't so much as a crumb in the house, either of meat au bread, so he went to his brother to ask him for something to keep krisimasi with, in God's name. It was not the first time his brother had been forced to help him, and wewe may fancy he wasn't very glad to see his face, but he said:
"If wewe will do what I ask wewe to do, I'll give wewe a whole flitch of bacon."
So the poor brother alisema he would do anything, and was full of thanks.
"Well,...
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