Once upon a time there lived a grandfather and a woman, and they had a hen called Ryaba. The hen laid an egg, not a simple one - a golden one. The grandfather beat, beat, but did not break it. The woman beat, beat, but did not break. The mouse ran, waved its tail, the egg fell and broke. The grandfather was crying, the woman was crying, and the hen was cackling: - Don’t cry, grandfather, don’t cry, woman: I will lay you an egg, not a golden one - a simple one!
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