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Wax ChildrenChildren of waxByIllustrated by Wiehan de JagerTranslated by
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There was once this happy family of wax people.
Once upon a time, there lived a happy family.
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The children didn't never be fighting or anything.
Instead, they be helping they parents in the house and around the yard like good girls and boys would.
The children never fought with each other.
They helped their parents at home and in the fields. |
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But they was always inside, keeping away from any fire, and never allowed to go out until it got dark.
But they were not allowed to go near a fire.
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So they was doing all they yard work at night.
They had to do all their work during the night.
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But one of them boys wanted real bad to go out in the sun.
But one of the boys longed to go out in the sunlight.
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One day he just couldn't help hisself.
His brother and sister tried to warn him.
One day the longing was too strong.
His brother and sister warned him. |
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But it ain't matter!
The sun melted him.
But it was too late!
He melted in the hot sun. |
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The other wax children cried and cried when they saw they brother melting away.
The wax children cried to see their brother melting away.
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So they came up with this plan.
That night, they molded the melted wax into a bird.
But they made a plan.
They shaped the lump of melted wax into a bird. |
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They took the bird they made way up to the top of a high mountain.
They took their bird brother up to a high mountain.
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At the crack of dawn, the bird flew away, singing.
And as the sun rose, he flew away, singing in the morning light.
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Children of Wax
