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Jouha and his donkeys

One morning Jouha left his house with six donkeys to go to the market.After a time,he got tired and got on to one of them.He counted the donkeys,and there were only five,so he got off and went to look for the sixth.He looked and looked but he didn't find it,so he went back to the donkeys and counted them again.This time there were six,so he got to one of them again and they all started.

After a few minutes he counted the donkeys again,and again there were only five! While he was counting again, a friend of his passed,and Jouha said to him:I left my house with six donkeys;then I had five;then I had six again;and now I have only five!Look!One,two,three,four,five."But,Jouha,"said his friend,"you are sitting on a donkey too!That is the sixth!And you are the seventh!"

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Jouha and the thief 

One day Jouha bought a donkey in the market;but while he was taking it home,two thieves followed him.One of them took the rope from the donkey's neck and tied it round his friend's neck.Then he went away with the donkey.

When Jouha got home;he turned and saw the young man.He was very surprised."Where is my donkey?"he said angrily.

"I am very sorry,"said the thief,"but once I said some very bad things to my mother,and she changed me into a donkey.But because a good man bought me,I am now a man again! Thank you very much!"

Jouha untied the man and said ,"Go!And never say bad things to your mother again!"

The next day,Jouha saw the same donkey in the market again! The other thief was selling it.Jouha went to it and said into its ear,"Young man,some people will never learn!"

Jouha had an old shed. It had no windows, so it was very dark, and it was full of old things.One day Jouha went into this shed to get a ladder, but slipped on something and fell against a big garden fork. The fork hit him on the head and knocked him down. Then it fell on top of him and hit him hard on the left leg. The ends of the fork then went into his long beard. He fought with the fork fiercely, and at last threw it off him, jumped up and ran out of the shed. He was very angry. He had an old sword under his bed, and he now ran and got this. Then he ran back to the shed, opened the door suddenly and shouted in a terrible voice, 'AH right, come out and fight, you and all the other forks in the world! I'm not afraid of you'

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