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A boy was asked: Do you wish that your father would die so that you might take his inheritance? He said: No, but I wish that they would kill him, so that when I take his inheritance I might also collect his blood-money! The child who seeks the father's wealth Wishes the father gone and the wealth remaining It is not pleasant, the death of the father and the taking of the inheritance— He wishes that they would slay him, so that he might collect the blood-money too. A beautiful slave-girl was passing by, and a certain man stood behind her. The slave-girl said: Do you want what my master does with me? He said: Yes! She said: Sit down, for my master is coming up behind you and will do to you what he does to me! A child's father returned from a journey. To everyone who passed by the door of the house, He said: O sir, give me silver and gold as a reward for the good tidings of my father's arrival. A clever man said to him: O child, his arrival is not pleasing to everyone. Your mother's husband has returned from a journey— seek from someone the reward for the tidings of your mother.