the ground longer than the others and watched with amazement and delight as it grew bigger and bigger. it grew so big that no one could remember ever having seen such a huge turnip before.
at last it stopped growing, and the old man decided that the time had come to pull it up. he took hold of the leaves of the great big turnip and pulled and pulled, but the turnip did not move.
so the old man called his wife to come and help him. the old woman pulled the old man, and the old man pulled the turnip. together they pulled and pulled, but the turnip did not move.
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