Mary and her husband Dimitri



One of Mary's prize possessions



She kept it tied to



One evening, however, the lamb



so it was obvious that



When Dimitri came in from



Dimitri at once set out



He knew it would not



After telling several of his



Dimitri found out that his



Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's



He told him he had



Aleko denied taking it and



It was true that he



but his lamb was black.



Dimitri apologized to Aleko for



While they were talking it



When he went outside half



he was astonished to find



Its wool, which had been