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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 Christmas
eve, the poor one had not so much as a crumb in the house,
either of meat or bread, so he went to his brother to ask him
for something with which to keep Christmas. It was not the first
time his brother had been forced to help him, and, as he was
always stingy, he was not very glad to see him this time, but he
said, "I'll give you a whole piece of bacon, two loaves of
bread, and candles into the bargain, if you'll never bother me
again-but mind you don't set foot in my house from this day on."
The poor brother said he wouldn't, thanked his brother for the
help he had given him, and started on his way home. He hadn't
gone far before he met an old, old man with a white beard, who
looked so thin and worn and hungry that it was pitiful to see
him. "In heaven's name give a poor man a morsel to eat," said
the old man. "Now, indee