Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in



One of Mary's prize possessions was a



She kept it tied to a tree



One evening, however, the lamb was missing.



so it was obvious that the lamb



When Dimitri came in from the fields,



Dimitri at once set out to find



He knew it would not prove difficult



After telling several of his friends about



Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko,



Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and



He told him he had better return



Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri



It was true that he had just



but his lamb was black. Ashamed of



Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused



While they were talking it began to



When he went outside half an hour



he was astonished to find that the



Its wool, which had been dyed black,