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Antek fell to his knees, overcome with sadness and guilt at what he had done. And he was

also afraid. He was afraid because he knew that his bad luck had only just begun.

As the weeks and months passed, Antek and his family suffered a great deal from hunger

and misfortune. Jonek tried to help his brother, but no matter what he did, it seemed that

disaster was fated to befall Antek and his family.

Soon Antek grew very ill and there was nothing that anybody could do to help. Every good

deed ended in failure, every attempt to help ended in misery. Only Antek knew the reason

why… ‘Poverty will not set me free until my death.’ thought the mean brother. ‘It seems I

must pay for my misdeeds after all.’

Sometime later, on a quiet winter’s night, Antek passed away in his sleep. And it was only

then that Poverty released the family of the curse so that they might start a new life in

peace.

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