The Greedy Couple and their Seven Daughters
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Once upon a time there was an old man and an old woman in a village. The couple had seven daughters and one day the woman told her husband that he should take away the girls from home so that they would then have plenty of food to eat. Usually, each individual would throw a wooden spoon up to the roof and it would come back filled with food thus the greedy couple thought they could easily eat the seven girls' spoons' food. The old man agreed to his wife's proposition and some days later he took the girls to a remote pasture. On the way back, he demolished the bridge which was the only connection for the girls to cross the river. As the bridge was broken they could not pass and return home, and they started crying. Since they had no place to go and nothing to eat, the girls looked here and there for food and finally saw an animal shaped man who was scary and blind on one eye. Taking advantage of his blindness, the girls stole his food but this was not enough and the next day the scary creature caught the girls red handed stealing. The old man on reaching home told his wife that the girls were gone and now they couldn't return since he had broken the bridge. The women threw the nine spoons to the roof and to their surprise only two came down with food. Only then the couple realized their mistake that they had lost their daughters and there was no extra food for them to eat.
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