I thought she had forgotten me , and that she would never return . But she has sought me everywhere , and now we are together once more we shall never part again . ' MOHAMMED WITH THE MAGIC FINGER Once upon a time , there lived a woman who had a son and a daughter . One morning she said to them : ' I have heard of a town where there is no such thing as death : let us go and dwell there . ' So she broke up her house , and went away with her son and daughter . When she reached the city , the first thing she did was to look about and see if there was any churchyard , and when she found none , she exclaimed , ` This is a delightful spot . We will stay here for ever . ' By-and-by , her son grew to be a man , and he took for a wife a girl who had been born in the town . But after a little while he grew restless , and went away on his travels , leaving his mother , his wife , and his sister behind him . He had not been gone many weeks when one evening his mother said , ' I am not well , my head aches dreadfully . ' ` What did you say ? ' inquired her daughter-in-law . ` My head feels ready to split , ' replied the old woman . The daughter-in-law asked no more questions , but left the house , and went in haste to some butchers in the next street . ' I have got a woman to sell ; what will you give me for her ? ' said she . The butchers answered that they must see the woman first , and they all returned together . Then the butchers took the woman and told her they must kill her . ` But why ? ' she asked .
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