Gyula Illyés - I'll Tell You a Story

The Little Child (Hungarian folk tale)

Once upon a time, across the Peruvian Sea, over the glass mountains, there was a poor woman. She had a son. He would have guarded a piglet if he had guarded it, for he did nothing but harm everywhere...

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