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FAIRY TALES FROM BRAZIL
sick?" he asked. "Isn't there something I can do to help you?"
The toad told him how very sick he was. "There is something you could do to help me," he said, "but I don't believe that you are quite strong enough or can travel quite fast enough."
The lamb took a deep breath and blew out his chest. "I'll show you," he said. "Just tell me what it is."
The toad replied that he had promised to be at a party that afternoon at the house of the king's daughter and he did not see how he could possibly get there unless some one would carry him.
"Jump on my back," said the Iamb. "I'll carry you."
The toad shook about on the lamb's back after they had started so that it seemed
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