Sweet Porridge Story | Stories for Teenagers | English Fairy Tales

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sweet porridge once upon a time in a

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little town there lived two sisters

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their names were Jane and Ella Jane was

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the eldest and she was very smart but

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she was also very arrogant about her

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intelligence she thought herself to be

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the smartest of all and turned up her

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nose at every person in the town the

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younger one ella was a very kind girl

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and was sweet to all but although

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lovable she was extremely forgetful both

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sisters never bothered to mend their

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ways and because of this they would

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always have differences now Jane and

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Ella were very poor they would go hungry

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almost every night and were lucky if

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they had even a little bread and cheese

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to eat one day

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ella was sitting at the table looking

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out at the sky when suddenly her tummy

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started growling very loudly oh I feel

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so hungry I haven't eaten properly for

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days and even now there is nothing to

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eat maybe if I go out for a walk I'll

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forget about how hungry I am so out into

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the woods she went to take a stroll

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carrying nothing but a single flask of

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water she kept walking on and on and

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soon had to stop and rest for she was

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very tired I am so tired I'm so thirsty

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I should drink some water but as she was

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about to drink an old woman appeared in

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front of her she was dressed in a dark

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robe and looked so appalling that ella

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was about to run away

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my child will you please give me some

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water I am very thirsty and have not had

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a drink for two whole days

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the old woman coughed so badly that even

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though she looked very appalling Ella

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felt sorry for her and her tender heart

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gave way of course

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here drink as much do you like I do hope

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it will be enough for you how kind you

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up thank you so much my dear let me

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repay you for your kindness and in a

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burst of light the old woman had turned

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herself into a beautiful young witch

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Ella was most amazed at what she saw Wow

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now tell me what you wish for and I

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shall give it to you no matter what it

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is so Ella told her everything about how

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poor they were and how they had to

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remain hungry for days hmm I see very

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well when you return home you will find

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a pot lying on your table it is a magic

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pot magic yes a magic pot to it you must

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sing cook little pot cook and it will

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cook as much sweet porridge for you as

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you like this way you and your sister

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will never go hungry and when you are

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done eating and are satisfied say stop

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little pot stop and it will cease to

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cook how wonderful I will return home

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immediately wait before you go I must

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tell you one last thing to keep this

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magic pot forever you must earn it if

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you do nothing to deserve it

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then it will vanish from your lives and

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you will both go hungry again

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remember these words or you will fall

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into a lot of trouble I will call thank

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you kind which I will go home right away

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eat well my dear Ella wait how do you

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know my name but the witch had

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disappeared and was nowhere to be seen

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Ella soon returned home and found a pot

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on the table just as the witch had said

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Jane was standing near staring at it

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crossly Ella did you bring this pot home

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I did

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am I not amazing amazing what's amazing

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is when you find a way to put food into

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the pot to cook Jane you will be very

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happy to know that this pot is magical

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and will feed us forever my poor sister

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since we have no food I am aware of our

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shrinking bellies but it seems your

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brain has begun to shrunk even more ha I

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will prove it to you Ella looked at the

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pot and said little pot cook as soon as

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Ella ended her spell the pot started

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bubbling and brewing the hot porridge on

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its own Jane was extremely amazed and

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Ella looked on with glee in an instant

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the porch was done and the aroma filled

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the room and made both the girls

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hungrier than ever they both tasted it

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and it was indeed the best porridge

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they'd ever eaten in this way they ate

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to their heart's content every day and

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were never hungry again

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they were never tired of it since it was

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very tasty but one day Ella decided to

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go out I must remember to tell Jane the

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ending spell to the cooking pot before I

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go Oh what are the words what is it

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why are you staring at me like that well

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there was something important I had to

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tell you something important

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what important thing could you tell me

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you are there

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need fine I won't tell you anything I

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bet you forgot where you were gonna tell

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me I I didn't forget I'm leaving

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but as she left she remembered the spell

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I remember now well it doesn't matter

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since she already ate in the morning I'm

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sure she won't feel hungry but after a

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while Jane started to feel hungry hmm

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I feel like eating that delicious

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porridge I wasn't here so I have it all

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to myself she went to the pot and

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clapping her hands in glee chanted the

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spell happily cook little pot and

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the next second it was cooking up the

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hot porridge that Jane loves so much she

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smelt it greedily

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and once it was cooked she ate it all up

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that was so delicious

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Oh the pot stop cooking stop cooking pot

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but those were not the right words Ella

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had never told Jean the spell to stop

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the pot from cooking Oh No what do I do

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enough no more porridge stop you silly

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part odds no matter what she screamed

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out the pot went on bubbling up more and

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more sweet hot porridge poor Jean kept

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yelling at the pot but nothing helped

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after a while Ella returned home I'm

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sure nothing bad must have happened

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after all what harm could come out of

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forgetting just a small silly spell hmm

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hmm what is that coming out from under

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the floor and I smell part 2 Ella went

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to look through the window and what a

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sight she saw the whole house was filled

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with sticky sweet porridge the vases and

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chairs were swimming in it oh and

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where's Jane

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that's when she saw poor Jean sitting on

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top of a table that was slowly and

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steadily sinking into the steaming

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porridge Jane Jane I'm here what

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happened oh my sweet sister please chop

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some magic spell and stop a horrible

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Potter for making more porridge and at

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last the magic pot stopped bubbling the

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porridge stopped pouring out of it and

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Jane and Ella sighed in relief thank

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goodness that is done but the house is

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still in such a mess

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I'm sorry for forgetting to tell you the

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spell today this is all my fault no I am

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to be blamed too I should have asked and

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listened to what you had to say today

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cuz too arrogant and mean to you but

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what do we do Jane our house is filled

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with porridge and cleaning it would take

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days Jane thought for a while and then

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said there are so many poor people in

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this town why don't we share some of the

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porridge with them - oh yes

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I bet there are a lot of people simply

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starving they would love the hot

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steaming porridge and away went Ella to

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fetch all the poor and starving people

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from their homes and off the streets

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everyone we have some delicious parts to

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give you all I am sure you will all just

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love it get your balls and stones

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come to eat and up came all the people

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with bright sparkling eyes Jane filled

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the Bulls while inside and Ellis served

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them out to all the people they ate up

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the porridge with gusto

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Thank You Ellen Jane I hadn't eaten for

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five days we are very thankful to you

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both soon the house was empty

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there was no porridge anywhere Jane had

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climbed out the window and now standing

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at the side of Ella seeing all the

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people's happy faces and bright smiles

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Ella and Jane felt very happy Ella it

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feels very nice to care about others

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more I know right we already had so much

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of the poise to eat for so many days but

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we never shared it at all

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let's share the part with the poor and

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needy let's beat them every day so they

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never go hungry again so every day Jane

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and Ella would go out to the streets and

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to the poor people's homes and feed them

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with fresh hot tasty porridge this went

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on for a long time until one such day an

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old beggar came to them

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he was draped in torn clothes and Ella

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and Jane looked at him as he came up to

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them my dear children would you be so

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kind as to offer me the part that makes

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this porridge I have come from far off

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and my little grandchildren are sick I

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have nothing to feed them may I take it

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home with me what do we do Jane if he

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takes the pot then we will be hungry

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again it's fun we have had our fill and

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it would be worse for the children if

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they didn't eat at all so Jane turned to

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the old beggar and smiled sir

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you may take the pot to your

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grandchildren and feed them well I hope

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they feel better after eating it and

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immediately the old beggar turned into

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the witch Oh the porridge witch

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I am very impressed with you two you

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have learnt to care and think about

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others before yourselves you would also

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help the poor and hungry people of this

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town does that man yes it means that you

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can keep the parched pot you two deserve

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it yeah yeah

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sweet sweet porridge every day and even

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after that Ella and Jane continue to

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feed the poor and hungry every day they

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enjoyed seeing the happy smiles on

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people's faces and this in turn made

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them very happy