The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

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    "Soon, they reached a little brook. There was no bridge to cross. The straw had a good idea. \"I will lie down like a bridge,\" she said. She stretched herself across the water. The coal was brave. She stepped onto the straw bridge. But when she reached the middle, she heard the water rushing. She got scared and stopped. The straw started to burn. She broke into two pieces and fell into the stream. The coal slipped after her. She hissed when she hit the water and went to sleep forever.",
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    "Once there was a poor old woman who had a dish of beans. She wanted to cook them for dinner. She made a fire on her hearth and used a handful of straw to light it. When she poured the beans into the pan, one little bean fell out. It landed on the ground right next to a piece of straw. Then, a burning coal from the fire jumped down to join them.\n\nThe straw spoke up and said, \"Dear friends, where did you come from?\"\n\nThe coal replied, \"I luckily jumped out of the fire. If I had not escaped, I would have been burnt to ash.",
    "The bean said, \"I am safe too, but if the old woman had put me in the pot, she would have boiled me without mercy, just like my friends. And would a better thing have happened to me?\" asked the straw. \"The old woman has burned all my brothers in the fire and smoke. She took sixty of them at once and ended their lives. I was lucky and slipped through her fingers. But what are we going to do now?\" asked the coal. \"I think,\" answered the bean, \"that since we have escaped death, we should stay together like good friends. And to be safe from any new trouble, we should travel to a new country.\" The others liked this idea, so they set off on their journey together.",
    "Soon, they reached a little brook. There was no bridge to cross. The straw had a good idea. \"I will lie down like a bridge,\" she said. She stretched herself across the water. The coal was brave. She stepped onto the straw bridge. But when she reached the middle, she heard the water rushing. She got scared and stopped. The straw started to burn. She broke into two pieces and fell into the stream. The coal slipped after her. She hissed when she hit the water and went to sleep forever.",
    "The bean stayed safe on the shore. She laughed at the fun. She laughed so hard that she burst! It was a big pop. She would have been gone forever if a kind tailor hadn't stopped by the stream. He saw her and felt sorry for her. He took out his needle and thread. He sewed her back together. The bean thanked him with a sweet smile. But the tailor used black thread. Now, every bean has a little black line."
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