World Children's Story Classics: Family Stories

Chapter 31 Bleeding Bread

Once upon a time there was a pair of sisters. The elder sister was very rich, while the younger sister was a poor widow who had two children.

On this day, my sister really had no food, so I had to ask my sister.However, the cruel-hearted sister drove her away.In the evening, when my sister was preparing dinner, she cut it with a knife, and bright red blood flowed out of the bread.The older sister was very frightened, so she told her husband about her sister's coming to ask for bread.When they hurried to her sister's house, her two children had starved to death.

The sister and her husband gave the sister some food, but she replied, "I don't need food from the world anymore, and God will satisfy us." She also fell down.
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