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A poor man asks his rich brother for food. The rich brother gives him a piece of ham and tells him to go to Hell. So he does just that, and he makes an interesting trade with the Devil...

Today's story is Why the Sea is Salty. Go to EasyStoriesInEnglish.com/Sea for the full transcript. Level: Beginner. Genre: Myths & Legends. New Vocabulary: Salty, Cheat, Hell, The Devil, Flour, Wheat, Grind, Millstone, Sink (falling). Setting: Medieval. Word Count: 1030. Author: Norwegian Myths.

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