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There was once a man who was poor and lazy and he had a wife who was even worse. Her name was Jenny. Jenny was so lazy that it was an effort for her to lift one foot after the other. And in addition to her laziness she was an everlasting complainer. "Oh! " she used to grunt in the morning, "I wish we didn't have to get up! " and "Oh! " she used to groan at night, "I wish we didn't have to take our shoes off before going to bed!"
One day when they were both out in the forest collecting faggots, Jenny said: