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Wonder of wonders, marvel of marvels

A Russian folktale

This Russian folktale had me laughing. I chose between two versions. This one has one problematic issue--the merchant's wife has a, gasp, boyfriend. I make it clear that this is NOT ALLOWED. In the original, he's called her lover, which seemed even worse.

The other version is about a very poor man who is rewarded with a magic goose, which is then stolen…

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