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Once upon a time there were a husband and wife who lived together fo r a long time,
but had no children at all. The wife th en started to have a lover who came to spend
time with her everyday. One day, the husband set out to look fo r potatoes in the
forest , and as it was hot he took a rest in a small shrine. The wife prepared stuff to
be offered to the spirits there to have her husband killed so she could make her lover
the husband. When everyth ing was ready, she headed with the stuff to the shrine.
Having seen his wife entering the spirit shrine, the husband asked himself: "What is
she going to do here in the shrine" . He then hid himself behind the spirit idol to
eavesdrop on his wife.
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The wife lit candles and incenses and said to the spirits: " I do not want to be with
my husband. I want to get another one. Please have my husband killed, and I will
offer you a pig". After having heard what hi s wife said, the man answered from
behind the idol: "Well , it is simple. If you've got a lover and wanted me to take your
husband's life, just go back home and look for a broody hen and its eggs. You cook
them all as food for your husband. He will die eating them". After having heard
everything, the woman presumed that the spirits gave the advice. She hurried back
home and bought a broody hen and its eggs to cook as food for her husband to eat
with the expectation that he would die and she could have her lover as husband .

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Having seen the husband get up and sit back so suddenly, the wife 's lover couldn't
find time to escape, but hid himself in a big jar beside the bed, waiti ng for the
husband to go back to sleep and coming out to sleep with the woman again. The
husband pretended not to see it and said to the wife: "I feel very chilly. Co uld you
boil water for me to bath before I die?". The wife felt very exited to hear because
this was what she sought from the sp irits .

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the boiling water. She then carried the pot to fetch water as told by her husband.
Seeing the wife go away, the hu sband stood up and carried the boiling water in a
large frying pan to pour over the wife's lover in the jar, killing him. He then went
back to the bed and again pretended to feel sick by uttering continuous groans.

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nose, but hit the ear, which broke with the hair. She
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Wh en the morning came, the dame could not think of a way to get rid of the corpse.
But then came an idea: "There are 4 thi eves in the vil lage. They steal property from
people every day. So I must think of a way of having the 4 thi eves carrying the body
out of my house and dumping it in the forest". With this idea, she set off to borrow
silk clothes from the locals and dried them around the house. Having seen the
laundry, the 4 thi eves said to themselves: "Look! That dame must be rich . Tonight
we will steal the stuff. We wrongly think that she is poor".

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she sec ured the jar, wh ich contained the body, tightly with a rope for the thieves to
carry away. At night, the 4 thieves sneaked in and looked for the stuff. They found
nothing, but a jar which was tied up so tightly that they cou ld not make it open. The
4 thieves discussed among themse lves: "The stuff must be in the jar. We must take
the jar" . They then carried the jar away into the forest and broke off the rope to see
what was in.

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that it was a dead man. The other one did not believe and dug his hand in , feeling
the chest. He started to realize that it was really a corpse so he fled and was very
red-faced because he was cheated by the woman into getting rid of the dead. The 4
thieves discussed among themselves: "We are waiting for her. If she is alone, we
will catch and beat her so she will not dare cheating us again".
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They caught, beat and sworn at the woman for deceiving them. The woman said:
"Well , it is no use beating me. I am about to collect money from the ship captain. So
why don't you come along. When I have the money, we will share them together".
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"There they are. Once they come aboard and I go on shore, hold and tie them up with
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money, the 4 thieves then went aboard the ship, where the ship captain had hi s men
catch, chain and detain them in the bottom of the vessel. The woman got the money
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After having received the money, the dame got back home. But as it was getting dark
on the way, she was scared to continue any further. She then decided to spend the
night on a big tree next to the road. The 4 thieves, who were held with chain by the
captain said among themselves: "Damn it! She is very smart. She deceived us
carrying and dumping the dead in the forest. And now she is able to have us
. THey were very angry. They broke loose the chain and managed to flee at
,"" o ht time. As it was very late at night, they decided to get some sleep on the big
where the woman was also sleeping. The three thieves climbed up and slept on
separate branches. One of the thieves came across the woman on top of the tree.
"Damn you! You will die this time. You cheat me. Now you cannot escape any more.
The woman showed the money and whispered: " Don' t let the three men know about
We will be husband and wife and comfortably spent the money on running
together. Don't do me any harm! " .
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The did not say a word, but moved closer to hold her in his arms, saying: "You are
very smart. You cheated me twice already. Now I have you as a wife because we are
destined to meet". He then hugged and kissed the woman, who did not resist and
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tongue!". She then stuck her tongue out and bent over the thief. After licking the
woman's tongue, the thief then returned his for her to do likewise. The dame bit off
a piece of tissue from the thief's tongue and pushed him off the tree. The man could
not speak, but only mumbled. The other three thought that the ship captain surrounded
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