The Shoemaker's Apron: A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

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Fillmore Parker. The Shoemaker's Apron: A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

THE TWELVE MONTHS

ZLATOVLASKA THE GOLDEN-HAIRED

THE SHEPHERD'S NOSEGAY

VITAZKO THE VICTORIOUS

FIVE NURSERY TALES

KURATKO THE TERRIBLE

SMOLICHECK

BUDULINEK

THE DEAR LITTLE HEN

THE DISOBEDIENT ROOSTER

THE NICKERMAN'S WIFE

BATCHA AND THE DRAGON

CLEVER MANKA

THE BLACKSMITH'S STOOL

A GULLIBLE WORLD

THE CANDLES OF LIFE

THE DEVIL'S GIFTS

GENTLE DORA

THE DEVIL'S MATCH

THE DEVIL'S LITTLE BROTHER-IN-LAW

THE SHOEMAKER'S APRON

STORIES TO TELL

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There was once a woman who had two girls. One was her own daughter, the other a stepchild. Holena, her own daughter, she loved dearly, but she couldn't bear even the sight of Marushka, the stepchild. This was because Marushka was so much prettier than Holena. Marushka, the dear child, didn't know how pretty she was and so she never understood why, whenever she stood beside Holena, the stepmother frowned so crossly.

Mother and daughter made Marushka do all the housework alone. She had to cook and wash and sew and spin and take care of the garden and look after the cow. Holena, on the contrary, spent all her time decking herself out and sitting around like a grand lady.

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"Where did you get them?" Holena demanded.

"High up on the mountain," Marushka answered. "There are plenty of them growing there."

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