![]() She then went away and left the girls alone.Larina watched her sister, but did not give her a single seed. She had a bag of seeds in her hand, and taking one she gave it to Mangita, who soon showed signs of being better, but was so weak that she could not give thanks.The old woman then gave the bag to Larinaand told her to give a seed to her sister every hour until she returned. Mangita grew worse and worse, but finally, when it seemed as if she would soon die, the door opened and the old woman to whom she had been so kind came into the room. She asked Larina to nurse her, but the latter was jealous of her and would do nothing to ease her pain. They live happy, unfortunately they have not only was a child also. He had gone to the big city down the river to sell his fish, and had been attacked with a terrible sickness that was raging there.The girls were now alone in the world.Mangita carved pretty shells and earned enough to buy food, but, though she begged Larina to try to help, her sister would only idle away the time.The terrible sickness now swept everywhere and poor Mangita, too, fell ill. Long time ago, living a couple of farmers. When she had gone Mangita took Larina to task for her cruel treatment of a stranger but, instead of doing any good, it only caused Larina to hate her sister all the more.Some time afterwards the poor fisherman died.
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