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Once upon a time there was a girl who was clever and beautiful but was also very lazy.

Her old mother tried hard to beat the laziness out of her daughter, but never succeeded.

Distressed and disappointed, the mother had made a tough decision to make the daughter sit on their roof and spin thread, hoping the girl would work hard when she was watched by the people of the village.

However, the girl remained lazy even on the roof.