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Fables for the Fair
THE WOMAN WHO HELPED HER SISTER
THERE was once a Woman who had Read in a Book that the Best Way to Become Dear to a Man was to Cook appetizing Dishes for Him. Therefore when a Nice Man Called on Her it was Her Custom to Retire to the Dining-room and Compose Delicious Lunches in a Chafing-dish, leaving her Sister to Entertain the Man till her Return. Her Sister would not Learn to Cook, because she did Not Care to.
One Day the Man invited the Woman to Go to the Theatre with him. This she would have Liked to do Very Much, but she Remembered What she had Read, and replied:
"I will Tell you Something Better. Take my Sister to the Theatre, and when
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