A Hardworking Girl and a Lazy Girl
A man lived with his wife in a house in a distant village. Each had a daughter from a previous marriage. The wife loved her daughter and would bring her new clothes and never ask her to do anything. So she became very lazy, spending her day just admiring herself. As for the wife’s husband’s daughter, the wife treated her with great harshness. The daughter would do everything in the house and never complain. She would do the same work many times without anyone watching her, and she felt compassion for her, but he was powerless to do anything. He became weak and sick, and said to his beloved daughter: My dear, I am sorry. I don’t have anything. The daughter said: No, father. Don’t be sorry. You loved me and raised me. Come now so I can raise you. I will work and earn money. It is a difficult time truly, but I will do it. ...