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As he neared his farm, Stan was “It’s no good, dear wife. I have to find
surprised to hear a great deal of us some food or money.”
noise. He soon saw that there were
So Stan said farewell to his family.
children everywhere – in his garden,
He walked across the valley and over
in the barnyard and in his house.
the mountain. When it grew dark, in a
Stan realised that these were the field full of sheep, he curled up under
children he had wished for. “There a tree to sleep. But at midnight, he was
are so many of them!” he cried. woken by an odd noise. A big dragon
swooped down and flew away with
But his wife just smiled and said,
twenty of the plumpest sheep.
“I counted one hundred in all!”
The next morning, Stan reported what
had happened to the shepherd, who
In the coming weeks, Stan and Alina was very cross. Thinking of his family,
were happy, but it was hard to feed so Stan said, “What will you give me if I
many hungry mouths. The cow ran out can get rid of the dragon for you?”
of milk, the hive was empty of honey
“A third of my herd,” answered the
and the fruit trees were bare, but the
shepherd, and they made a deal.
children still cried, “I’m hungry!”
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