` Well , we will take you in the forest , where you shall cut wood , and then we will bind it up in bundles and sell it in the town . ' So their father let them do as they said , and they all made their way into the forest ; and as the old man was weak from lack of food his sons took it in turns to carry him on their backs . Then they built a little hut where they might take shelter , and set to work . Every morning early the father cut his sticks , and the sons bound them in bundles , and carried them to the town , bringing back the food the old man so much needed . Some months passed in this way , and then the father suddenly fell ill , and knew that the time had come when he must die . He bade his sons fetch a lawyer , so that he might make his will , and when the man arrived he explained his wishes . ' I have , ' said he , ' a little house in the village , and over it grows a fig-tree . The house I leave to my sons , who are to live in it together ; the fig-tree I divide as follows . To my son Peppe I leave the branches . To my son Alfin I leave the trunk . To my son Ciccu I leave the fruit . Besides the house and tree , I have an old coverlet , which I leave to my eldest son . And an old purse , which I leave to my second son . And a horn , which I leave to my youngest son . And now farewell . ' Thus speaking , he laid himself down , and died quietly . The brothers wept bitterly for their father , whom they loved , and when they had buried him they began to talk over their future lives . ` What shall we do now ? ' said they . ` Shall we live in the wood , or go back to the village ? '
And they XXXXX up their minds to stay where they were and continue to earn their living by selling firewood .
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