` And my sister ? ' ` Well , while the people were chopping up your mother she ran away , and I heard no more of her . ' ` Give me my mother 's liver and lungs , ' said the young man . And she gave them to him . Then he put them in his pocket , and went away , saying : ' I can stay no longer in this horrible town . I go to seek my sister . ' Now , one day , the little boy stretched out his finger and said to his mother , ` My uncle is coming ! ' -LSB- Illustration : MY UNCLE IS COMING -RSB- ` Where is he ? ' she asked . ` He is still two days ' journey off : looking for us ; but he will soon be here . ' And in two days , as the boy had foretold , the uncle had found the hole in the earth , and arrived at the gate of the city . All his money was spent , and not knowing where his sister lived , he began to beg of all the people he saw . ` Here comes my uncle , ' called out the little boy . ` Where ? ' asked his mother . ` Here at the house door ; ' and the woman ran out and embraced him , and wept over him . When they could both speak , he said : ` My sister , were you by when they killed my mother ? ' ' I was absent when they slew her , ' replied she , ` and as I could do nothing , I ran away . But you , my brother , how did you get here ? ' ` By chance , ' he said , ` after I had wandered far ; but I did not know I should find you ! '
` My little boy told me you were coming , ' she explained , ` when you were yet two XXXXX distant ; he alone of all men has that great gift . '
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