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Bohdan's wife hurried home and repeated the story to her husband. Unfortunately, instead of rejoicing for his brother, Bohdan became envious and jealous. He wished he could have the same good fortune as his brother. He was already very rich, but he wanted to have even more wealth. When spring came, Bohdan watched the swallows as they built their nest under the roof of his stately house. When the baby birds hatched and their piping filled the air, Bohdan waited for a gust of wind that would bring a baby bird to the ground, so that he too could mend its leg. But there was no wind. Then Bohdan lost patience, took a stick and knocked the nest down! All the nestlings were killed except one, and its leg was broken. Bohdan mended the broken leg, cared for it and when the leg was healed, he set the bird free. A few days later, the swallow brought Bohdan a pumpkin seed. Bohdan and his wife were overjoyed and hurried to plant it and water it. The seed gave forth shoots. . .and a vine. . .and leaves. The vine trailed all over the ground of Bohdan's garden. Many golden flowers bloomed, but the vine yielded only one fruit. And Bohdan watched it grow bigger and bigger until it became a huge pumpkin, much, much bigger than any of Ivanko's pumpkins! When the fall came, Bohdan watched his garden day and night, because he was afraid that someone would steal his giant pumpkin. At last the pumpkin was ready to be picked up and the whole village gathered to see Bohdan and his wife bring the giant pumpkin home. Now the giant pumpkin was on the kitchen floor of Bohdan's house. Bohdan closed the door so that nobody could see the riches he expected to pour out of the giant pumpkin. But no sooner was the giant pumpkin cut than flames burst out of the opening. Bohdan and his wife got so scared that they ran out of the house, screaming for help. The villagers came with buckets of water to save Bohdan's house and his possessions, but ever since that event, people say: "envy and jealousy can set a house on fire ." Retold io English by Helene Turkewicz-Sanko, Ph.D. ® Helene Turkewicz-Sanko, Ph.D. 1997. Department of Classical and Modern Languages and Cultures John Carroll University, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.A. Видання C оюзу Українок A мерики - перевидано в електронному форматі в 2012 році . A рхів C У A - Ню Йорк , Н . Й . C Ш A.
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