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\nOnce upon a time there lived three friends,a mouse,a sparrow and a sausage.Theylived together in a house sharing their work.The sparrow would bring firewood fromthe forest everyday.The mouse broughtwater and lighted the fire.The sausage hadto cook.They lived happily and in peace.  \nOne day the sparrow's friend,a bulbulvisited him.When the bulbul saw how thesparrow worked helaughed athim.He calledthe sparrow a simpleton and said his friendswere enjoying at home.He said the mousewould take rest in her room after bringingwaterandmakingthefire.Thesausagestayedby the pot,cooked the food and then rested.  \nIt was only the sparrow that had to go outand collect the firewood.The bulbul's wordsset the sparrow thinking.He could not sleepthe whole night.The next morning,thesparrow said he would not go and collectthe firewood.He was angry that he hadbeen treated like a servant.He wanted achange in duties.The mouse and sausagepleaded with him not to do like this but to noavail.Lots were cast to decide their duties.  \n99  \nIt was now the sparrow's duty to getwater,the mouse had to cook and thesausage had to bring firewood.Thebulbul had started the trouble and gone.The sausage went out to collect firewoodand did not come back for a long time.The sparrow went out searching for it.Soonit met a fox that had eaten off the poorsausage.The sparrow scolded the fox.","cbCaijYL5c4dRZiZ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaijYL5c4dRZiZ","pdf",3136295,16,"English","# The Three Friends\n## The Bulbul's Influence\n## The Change in Duties\n## The Fate of the Sausage","[{\"question\":\"How did the mouse, sparrow, and sausage divide their work initially?\",\"answer\":\"The sparrow collected firewood, the mouse brought water and lighted the fire, and the sausage cooked the food.\"},{\"question\":\"What caused the sparrow to become dissatisfied with his duties?\",\"answer\":\"A visiting bulbul mocked the sparrow for his hard work, calling him a simpleton and suggesting he was being treated like a 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