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A Spoon for Every Bite
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A Spoon for Every BiteThe rich man laughed aloud. "You had only two spoons! And you bought a third one for me to eat with! Why, I have so many spoons I could us a different one each day of the year if I wished to." That's how the rich man mocked the poor man in this classic from master storyteller Joe Hayes and illustrator Rebecca Leer. In this lovely New Mexico folktale, a rich man tries to prove his wealth to his poor neighbors by using a new spoon for every bite.
 
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Tags: spoons, tries, prove, folktale, Mexico
Little Sima and the Giant Bowl: A Chinese Folktale
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Little Sima and the Giant Bowl: A Chinese FolktaleLittle Sim a’s village in China was suffering from 100 years without rain. Then a wizard gave the Sima family a giant porcelain bowl. He said this gang would turn their luck around. Sure enough, rain started to fall. But one day, Little Sima’s friend fell into the gang. Can Little Sima save his friend from drowning without stopping the rain?
 
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