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The Tale of Meshka the Kvetch

Story Stats

Rating: 5
Grade Level: 3, 4, 5
Page count: 5
Categories: Folk Tale, Humor, Jewish
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Author

Carol
Chapman

Appeared in

Cricket Magazine Vol 5, Num 7, March 1978

Story Summary

Meshka the Kvetch complains about everything until one day she gets the Kevtch's Itch, a disease that makes everything that you complain about come true. According to the Rabbi, the only cure is to praise the good in everything.