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Once upon a time there was a goat and she had seven kids. They lived in a small house on the border of a forest. One day the goat went to the market and left the kids at home alone. She locked the door with a key and ordered them not to open the door to anybody.

But in the forest nearby a wicked grey wolf was hiding. The wolf recognized that the kids were at home alone and went to the goat's house. He crept to the house, scratched at the door and said in a fine voice: 'My dear kids, my children, unlock, open, your mother has come and brought you some milk! The kids were little and naive, they thought that it was their mother and they opened the door. The wolf rushed into the house, caught all the kids, put them in a sack and carried them to his house. But one of the kids had managed to hide behind the stove.

The goat came back home in the evening and saw that there was nobody there. She started to cry, to shout and to call to her children. The little kid came from behind the stove and told her what had happened. The goat went to the wolf to rescue her children. The goat had sharp horns and strong hoofs. She stabbed the wolf with her horns and cuffed him with her hoofs. The wolf was frightened and gave her kids back to her.

Since that time the goat never leaves her little kids at home alone.

Article 6. States Parties recognize that every child has the inherent right to life. States Parties shall ensure to the maximum extent possible the survival and development of the child.

EVERY CHILD HAS THE RIGHT TO LIFE