And the horse answered : ' I am the soul of that unhappy man for whom you spent all your fortune . And when I saw you in danger of death I begged that I might help you , as you had helped me . For , as I told you , Good deeds bear their own fruit ! ' The Bird of Truth -LSB- From Cuentos , Oraciones , y Adivinas , por Fernan Caballero . -RSB- Once upon a time there lived a poor fisher who built a hut on the banks of a stream which , shunning the glare of the sun and the noise of the towns , flowed quietly past trees and under bushes , listening to the songs of the birds overhead . One day , when the fisherman had gone out as usual to cast his nets , he saw borne towards him on the current a cradle of crystal . Slipping his net quickly beneath it he drew it out and lifted the silk coverlet . Inside , lying on a soft bed of cotton , were two babies , a boy and a girl , who opened their eyes and smiled at him . The man was filled with pity at the sight , and throwing down his lines he took the cradle and the babies home to his wife . The good woman flung up her hands in despair when she beheld the contents of the cradle . ` Are not eight children enough , ' she cried , ` without bringing us two more ? How do you think we can feed them ? ' ` You would not have had me leave them to die of hunger , ' answered he , ` or be swallowed up by the waves of the sea ? What is enough for eight is also enough for ten . ' The wife said no more ; and in truth her heart yearned over the little creatures . Somehow or other food was never lacking in the hut , and the children grew up and were so good and gentle that , in time , their foster-parents loved them as well or better than their own , who were quarrelsome and envious . It did not take the orphans long to notice that the boys did not like them , and were always playing tricks on them , so they used to go away by themselves and spend whole hours by the banks of the river . Here they would take out the bits of bread they had saved from their breakfasts and crumble them for the birds . In return , the birds taught them many things : how to get up early in the morning , how to sing , and how to talk their language , which very few people know . But though the little orphans did their best to avoid quarrelling with their foster-brothers , it was very difficult always to keep the peace .
Matters got worse and worse till , one XXXXX , the eldest boy said to the twins : ` It is all very well for you to pretend that you have such good manners , and are so much better than we , but we have at least a father and mother , while you have only got the river , like the toads and the frogs . '
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