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Once upon a time, in a faraway village by a great river, there lived two brothers named

Antek and Jonek.

Jonek was a kind hearted and patient man, always eager to help others, and it was with

gratitude that he took over the running of his parents’ farm once they had become too old

to care for the animals. Jonek was a successful farmer and soon married a beautiful woman

who was as gentle and hardworking as he.

Antek helped his brother at the beginning, but he soon tired of farming and moved on from

one job to another, first becoming a carpenter’s apprentice, then a baker’s assistant, and

then a blacksmith’s assistant. Being a lazy man, Antek was unable to stay in any one job and

would always move on when the work became too hard or tiresome. Finally he settled

down and married the daughter of a very rich widow and lived a comfortable and luxurious

life which required very little work.

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