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I am dreadfully sick at my stomach. Can you cure me?"
I can," the little devil said.
Then do so."
The little devil bent toward the earth and began searching for roots,
and when he found them he gave them to Ivan, saying: "If you will
swallow some of these you will be immediately cured of whatsoever
disease you are afflicted with."
Ivan did as directed, and obtained instant relief.
"I beg of you to let me go now," the little devil pleaded; "I will pass
into the earth, never to return."
"Very well; you may go, and God bless you;" and as Ivan pronounced the
name of God, the small devil disappeared into the earth like a flash,
and only a slight opening in the ground remained.
Ivan placed in his hat what roots he had left, and proceeded to plow.
Soon finishing his work, he turned his plow over and returned home.
When he reached the house he found his brother Simeon and his wife
seated at the supper-table. His estate had been confiscated, and he
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