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Mother Hell

Once upon a time a mother had two daughters. One was beautiful and hard-working while the other one was pale and fat from spending all of her time in front of a video game console and chatting on facebook. The mother favored the ugly daughter because she reminded her mother of how lucky they were to have such wonderful things. The hard-working daughter made her feel guilty and lazy, so she forced her to sit by the well and spin 35% nylon/lycra blends all day. One day as she was spinning she accidentally pricked her finger on the spindle and a drop of blood fell onto the mint-green threads, staining them. "Oh my!" she exclaimed, not a single swearword entering her pure little head. She reached over the lip of the well to rinse the spindle off quickly in cool water, but the water was very cold indeed, and the shock of it made the girl's grip loosen, so the spindle dropped slowly to the bottom of the well. She ran to her mother, ashamed but honest, and told her all that had ...