![]() She asked Larina to nurse her, but the latter was jealous of her and would do nothing to ease her pain. He had gone to the big city down the river to sell his fish, and had been attacked with a terrible sickness that was raging there.The girls were now alone in the world.Mangita carved pretty shells and earned enough to buy food, but, though she begged Larina to try to help, her sister would only idle away the time.The terrible sickness now swept everywhere and poor Mangita, too, fell ill. When she had gone Mangita took Larina to task for her cruel treatment of a stranger but, instead of doing any good, it only caused Larina to hate her sister all the more.Some time afterwards the poor fisherman died.
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