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finger – палец

forty – сорок

grand-children – внуки

ring – кольцо

snow – снег

still – ещё

time – время

wish – желание

yet – пока

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The years went by, their children grew up, but the farmer still kept his wish. Sometimes his wife spoke to him about it, but he always answered,

“No, no, my dear. We have still a lot of time. We must not use our wishing ring yet.”

At last she saw that she couldn't make him use the ring and gave up speaking about it. Though the farmer often looked at his ring and even turned it on his finger, he never said a wish. Thirty, forty years went by. The farmer and his wife grew old, their hair was white as snow.

And so they lived happily on till one day, when they both died together, at the same time. Their children and grand-children stood around them and cried.

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Младший сын wanted снять кольцо с пальца отца as a remembrance, но старший сын сказал:

«Нет, не забирай ring. Пусть наш дорогой отец keep его. Оно ему так нравилось. И мама тоже часто looked на него. Возможно, она once подарила его отцу, когда они были young».