nd pulled it out. It was a huge peach. 23 I will take this home for my husbandssupper; he will be so tired, and this will tastevery good, she said. Oh! how the birdssang then! That evening when the old man came homefrom the mountains his wife said: Just see,here is a peach for your supper, which… … When they opened the peach, there withinit lay a tiny baby boy, as round and fat andsmiling as could be. Because of his firstcradle they called him Peach Darling, andloved him as a child sent from the gods. 24 As he grew tall and strong, they found thathe was indeed wonderful. No one equaledhim in…
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