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I . The Jam and the Flies It is a summer morning . A little tailor sits on his work table by the window . A tailor is a man who makes clothes . Tailors often sit on their tables when they sew . The little tailor is very happy today . He sews and sews with all his strength . A woman comes down the street . She is a poor country woman , and she has a heavy basket . “ Good jam , cheap ! ” she calls . “ Good jam , cheap ! ” The tailor likes these words very much . He puts his head out of the window . “ Come up here , good woman ! ” he calls . “ I want some of your jam ! ” The woman is glad . She carries her heavy basket up the three steps to the tailor’s room . “ Show me all your jam , ” says the tailor . So the woman takes out all her pots , one by one . She puts them on the table . The tailor looks at every pot . He picks them up . He puts his nose to them and smells them . This takes a long time . At last he says , “ This jam looks good . Give me a little , please . Just a very little . ” The woman gives him a very little jam . She wanted to sell a lot , and now she is angry . She goes away down the street . She talks to herself all the way . “ God bless this jam ! ” says the little tailor . “ Let it make me healthy and strong ! ” He takes the bread out of the cupboard . He cuts a big piece of bread . Then he puts the jam on it . “ This will taste sweet , ” he says . “ But first I want to finish this jacket . Then I will eat . ” He puts the bread next to him . Then he goes on with his work . He is so happy that his stitches get bigger and bigger . The jam smells sweet . The smell goes up to the wall , where a lot of flies are sitting . They smell the jam , and they come down to the bread . Lots and lots of flies ! “ Hey ! Who asked you here ? ” says the little tailor . He waves his hand , and the flies go away . But the flies do not understand German . They come back again , and each time there are more of them . At last the little tailor gets angry . There is a piece of cloth under his table . He takes it out . “ Wait ! ” he says . “ I will show you ! ” And he hits the flies with the cloth . Bang ! He lifts the cloth and counts . One , two , three , four , five , six , seven ! Seven dead flies lie in front of him . Their little legs stick out straight .
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