READING-LITERATURE Second Reader (Yesterday's Classics) by Treadwell Harriette Taylor

Author:Treadwell, Harriette Taylor [Treadwell, Harriette Taylor]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9781599152660
Publisher: Yesterday's Classics
Published: 2010-11-13T17:11:28.119000+00:00

Why the Sea Is Salt

ONCE upon a time, long ago, there were two brothers. One was rich and one was poor.

Christmas Eve came and the poor brother had no meat nor bread in his house. He went to the rich brother and asked for something to eat.

"Do what I ask you," said the rich brother, "and I will give you a ham."

"Thank you," said the poor brother, "I will do whatever you ask."

"Here is the ham, then," said the rich man. "Now, go to the home of the people who live down below."

The poor man took the ham and set off. He walked and walked till it was dark.

At last he came to an old man with a long white beard. He was standing by a big gate, chopping wood.

"Good evening," said the man with the ham.

"Good evening to you," said the old man. "Where are you going with that ham?"

"I am going to the home of the people who live down below," answered the poor man.

"Here you are, then," said the old man. "But if you go down with that ham, they will want to buy it. Do not sell it for money, but ask for the old mill behind the door. When you come out I will teach you to use it."

So the man with the ham thanked the old man and rapped at the door.

He went in, and all the men, both great and small, came around him. They begged for the ham, and tried to outbid each other.

"This ham is for my old woman's Christmas dinner," said the poor man. "But if you will give me the old mill behind the door, I will sell it to you."

"We can not give you the old mill," they said.

"Then I can not give you the ham," said the poor man, and he started to go away.

Then they all cried, "Take the old mill. We must have the ham." So the man took the old mill and went out. The old man showed him how to use it, and he set off for home.

"You have been gone a long time," said his wife. "It is late, and I have had nothing to eat. Where have you been?"

"I had something to see about," said the man, "and I had a long way to go. But now see what I have."

So he set the old mill on the table and said, "Grind everything that is good for a Christmas dinner." And the mill obeyed. So it ground meat and drink and all kinds of good things.

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