Friday, 20 March 2009

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NONSENSE FROM SERBIA

A little boy came to a mill with a bag of corn that he wanted ground. As he was a Serbian and every Serbian knows that beardless men are a crafty race, the boy was sorry to see that the miller's chin was as smooth as an egg. However the corn was ground, and the miller said: "I tell you what my son, I'll make this into a loaf for you.".
The loaf was mixed and baked, and as it steamed on the ground the miller said:
"Of course I expect half of it for my trouble; yet it seems a pity to cut it. I've a good idea; the one who can say the most nonsensical things shall have the loaf.
The poor boy was forced to submit, and the miller began. He said:
"There was once a king, a silent woman and a grateful man."
"That is only sneering," returned the boy. "I can tell you something worth listening to." He set his wits to work with a will, and this is the tale he told the miller.

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