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The widow kept quiet, but in the dead of the night she again started shouting: "Snake! Snake!"
Everyone woke up.
"Where...where did you see it mother?" asked the eldest son, weakly.
"Son, I saw it coming out of your stomach," replied the woman. "It disappeared into the darkness." From that day on the condition of the eldest son started improving. Soon he was able to walk into the courtyard where he saw the new wall. "Who has built this!" he thundered. The neighbours came running and meekly pulled down the wall.
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