NoCC The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories by Mark Twain: THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE Chapter V


The $30,000 Bequest and Other Stories

By Mark Twain

THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE Chapter V

THE FIVE BOONS OF LIFE

Chapter V

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The fairy came, bringing again four of the gifts, but Death was wanting. She said:

"I gave it to a mother`s pet, a little child. It was ignorant, but trusted me, asking me to choose for it. You did not ask me to choose."

"Oh, miserable me! What is left for me?"

"What not even you have deserved: the wanton insult of Old Age."


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