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A young mother believed
that it was very wrong to waste any food when there were so many
hungry people in the world. One evening, she was giving her small
daughterher tea before putting her to bed. First she gave her
a slice of fresh brown bread and butter, but the child said that
she did not want it like that. She asked for some jam on her bread
as well.
Her mother looked
at her for a few seconds and then said, "When I was a small girl
like you, Lucy, I was always given either bread and butter, or
bread and jam, but never bread with butter and jam.
Lucy looked at her
mother for a few moments with pity in her eyes and then said to
her kindly, "Aren't you pleased that you've come to live with
us now?"
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