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Emelian was a labourer and worked for a master. He was walking through a field one day on his way to work, when a frog hopped in front of him and he just missed crushing it by stepping across. Suddenly some one called to him from behind. He turned, and there stood a beautiful maiden, who said to him, "Why don't you marry, Emelian?"
"How can I, dear maiden? I possess nothing but the clothes I stand up in, and who would have a husband like that?"