What have you done ? Your father was in that straw , and you have killed him ! ' ` Now , how was I to know that my father was lying in that straw , instead of in the kitchen ? ' said the boy . But his mother only wept the more , and sobbed out , ` From this day you have no father . You must do without him as best you can ! ' ` Why did you marry a serpent ? ' asked the boy . ' I thought he was a man ! How did he learn those odd tricks ? ' As the sun rose , she woke her brother , and said , ` Go and take the goats to pasture ! ' ' I will come too , ' said the little boy . ` Go then ! ' said his mother , and they went together . On the way the boy began : ` Dear uncle , this night my mother means to kill both of us , by poisoning us with the bones of the serpent , which she will grind to powder and sprinkle in our food . ' ` And what are we to do ? ' asked the uncle . ' I will kill her , dear uncle . I do not want either a father or a mother like that ! ' When they came home in the evening they saw the woman preparing supper , and secretly scattering the powdered bones of the serpent on one side of the dish .
On the other , where she meant XXXXX eat herself , there was no poison .
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