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 . ` Because , ' they said , ` it is always our custom that when persons are ill and complain of their head they should be killed at once . It is a much better way than leaving them to die a natural death . ' ` Very well , ' replied the woman . ` But leave , I pray you , my lungs and my liver untouched , till my son comes back . Then give both to him . ' But the men took them out at once , and gave them to the daughter-in-law , saying : ` Put away these things till your husband returns . '
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