instead of gold and jewels , she saw before her serpents with glittering eyes and forky tongues . And they twined themselves about her and darted poison into her veins , and she died , and no man regretted her . The Story of Ciccu From Sicilianische Mahrchen . Once upon a time there lived a man who had three sons . The eldest was called Peppe , the second Alfin , and the youngest Ciccu . They were all very poor , and at last things got so bad that they really had not enough to eat . So the father called his sons , and said to them , ' My dear boys , I am too old to work any more , and there is nothing left for me but to beg in the streets . ' ` No , no ! ' exclaimed his sons ; ` that you shall never do . Rather , if it must be , would we do it ourselves . But we have thought of a better plan than that . ' ` What is it ? ' asked the father . ` 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 XXXXX my sons , who are to live in it together ; the fig-tree I divide as follows .
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