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THE GOBLIN AND THE GROCER
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whom he really belonged. But when the fire was put out, and the Goblin thought it over — then —

'I will divide myself between the two,' he said. 'I cannot quite give up the grocer, because of the jam!'

And it is just the same with us. We also cannot quite give up the grocer — because of the jam.

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