No sooner had the monk hidden inside the cupboard than the witch leapt into the temple. "Hello, old monk. Your disciple ran here, did he not?" "No, no one came here." "Liar! If you tell one more lie, you will be the first one I eat!"
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"Very well," said the old monk. "Let us make a wager. If I lose, I will not mind being eaten. Can you turn yourself into a bean? Something so small must be impossible even for you." The witch replied, "A bean? That is easy." She began spinning in the air and grew smaller and smaller until she became a tiny bean.
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No sooner had the monk hidden inside the cupboard than the witch leapt into the temple. "Hello, old monk. Your disciple ran here, did he not?" "No, no one came here." "Liar! If you tell one more lie, you will be the first one I eat!"
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