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A Grain as Bias a Hen's
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"The Grain", sometimes translated as A Grain as BigHen's Egg, is
a short story by Rauthor Leo Tolstoy written in 1ta#es the $orm o$
a %arable being &ontent with one's lot in
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n (e%tember ), 18*8,
-i#olayei&h Tolstoy, usuato in English as Leo Tolstoin Tula
.roin&e, Russia! nhe wrote his 0rst great no.ea&e! n 1823,
Tolstoy se
the se&ond o$ his best #nAnna 4arenina! He
&ontinu0&tion throughout the 18)/s! ne o$ his mostlater
wor#s was The 5elyi&h! Tolstoy died on -o1)1/ in Asta%oo,
Russia!
leo tolstoy
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6A Grain as Big as a Hen7s E
written $rom an ob9e&tie, omn%oint o$ iew, obsering ea&h
eeled to the eldest man7s story w
%arti&i%ation in the a&tio&ommentary on its own
%reremaining anonymous to the read
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(ummaryne day some &hildren $ound a strange oraine, and they
sold it to a %asserby $or who then sold it to a &uriosity sho%!
Een
ob9e&t $ound its way to the #ing, and the ery &urious to
#now what it was! Htogether his wise men, and they dis&othe
ob9e&t, about the si:e o$ a hen's
a&tually a large grain!
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The #ing wanted to #now where su&hgrain &ould
&ome $rom, and he had his m
him an old %easant, ho%ing that he migsomething o$ it! An old
de&re%it %easanblind, unable to wal#, unable to see, wasbe$ore
the #ing! The #ing showed him tand the %easant said that he had
neanything li#e it be$ore, but maybe hwould #now something! The
%easant's $a$ound and brought be$ore the #ing!
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The $ather was a%%arently healthier t
son, with only one bad leg and bettHe, howeer, still &ould
not idengrain, but suggested that his $athe#now something about it!
That %e
$ather was $ound, and he was a healtwith good legs and bright
eyes! He idthe grain as one that he and his $am
%lanted in abundan&e in their time!
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The #ing as#ed the man why he was s
healthier than his son and grandson, and grains were so mu&h
bigger in his day! Te;%lains that his health and the grabe&ause
in his time, men were &ontent w
they had, and they &ould thrie sim%ly $$ruits o$ their own
labor! n the times o$and grandson, men begin to &oeneighbor's
%ro%erty, and they &ould no lo
&ontentment!
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