Mary and her husband Dimitri lived



One of Mary's prize possessions was



She kept it tied to a



One evening, however, the lamb was



so it was obvious that the



When Dimitri came in from the



Dimitri at once set out to



He knew it would not prove



After telling several of his friends



Dimitri found out that his neighbour,



Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house



He told him he had better



Aleko denied taking it and led



It was true that he had



but his lamb was black. Ashamed



Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having



While they were talking it began



When he went outside half an



he was astonished to find that



Its wool, which had been dyed