By-and-by , as the boy was growing bigger , his uncle returned from his long journey , and went straight to his wife . ` Where are my mother and sister ? ' he asked ; but his wife answered ; ` Have something to eat first , and then I will tell you . ' But he replied : ` How can I eat till I know what has become of them ? ' Then she fetched , from the upper chamber , a box full of money , which she laid before him , saying , ` That is the price of your mother . She sold well . ' ` What do you mean ? ' he gasped . ` Oh , your mother complained one day that her head was aching , so I got in two butchers and they agreed to take her . However , I have got her lungs and liver hidden , till you came back , in a safe place . ' ` 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 , XXXXX the boy had foretold , the uncle had found the hole in the earth , and arrived at the gate of the city .
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