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Miserable devil
Sweden folktale

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　Once upon a time, a peasant had a cow and he took it to the ranch.

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The peasant prayed to God while looking at the cow grazing.

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‘God,
thank you for watching over us always.
Please give the cow a lot of grasses this year, too.’
A devil was listening to the peasant in the bushes.
‘Hum.
Human never fail to thank God when everything goes well.
But, they never fail to blame us when bad things happen.
…How frustrating. There’s a nice devil like me.
Darn it. Just you wait and see!’

Three days had passed.

The cow had fallen into the marsh and couldn’t get out.

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　When the peasant found it, he was so angry.
‘What have you done! It must be a mischievous devil!’
　The devil muttered in the bushes.
‘See, just as I thought.’

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The peasant went to ask someone to help the cow out of the marsh.

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‘Now it’s my chance to do a good thing!’

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　The devil got out from the bushes and rescued the cow from the marsh.

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‘Ha ha! The peasant would definitely thank me.’
The devil is smiling.

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　 Then, the peasant came back.

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When he found the cow out of the marsh, he said delightfully.

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‘Wow, God. Thank you for rescuing my cow.’

The End

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