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Mary had a little lamb[00:10.18]
Was Dimitri right to apologize to his neighbour? Why not?[00:16.99]
Mary and her husband Dimitri lived in the tiny village of Perachora in southern Greece.[00:24.58]
One of Mary's prize possessions was a little white lamb which her husband had given her.[00:31.84]
She kept it tied to a tree in a field during the day and went to fetch it every evening.[00:39.35]
One evening, however the lamb was missing.[00:42.76]
The rope had been cut, so it was obvious that the lamb had been stolen.[00:49.04]
When Dimitri came in from the fields, his wife told him what had happened.[00:54.18]
Dimitri at once set out to find the thief.[00:58.46]
He knew it would not prove difficult in such a small village.[01:04.24]
After telling several of his friends about the theft,[01:07.74]
Dimitri found out that his neighbour, Aleko, had suddenly acquired a new lamb.[01:15.16]
Dimitri immediately went to Aleko's house and angrily accused him of stealing the lamb.[01:22.64]
He told him he had better return it or he would call the police.[01:27.59]
Aleko denied taking it and led Dimitri into his backyard.[01:32.54]
It was true that he had just bought a lamb he explained,[01:37.15]
but his lamb was black.[01:40.31]
Ashamed of having acted so rashly, Dimitri apologized to Aleko for having accused him.[01:47.78]
While they were talking it began to rain and Dimitri stayed in Aleko's house until the rain stopped.[01:55.64]
When he went outside half an hour later,[01:59.07]
he was astonished to find that the little black lamb was almost white.[02:05.52]
Its wool, which had been dyed black,[02:08.20]
had been washed clean by the rain!