![]() ![]() 'I am going away from you,' she said to her children, in a faint voice 'but first, my son, choose which you will have: blessing or property.' But hardly was the time of mourning over, than the mother was attacked by a disease which was common in that country. That night he died, and his wife and son and daughter mourned for him seven days, and gave him a burial according to the custom of his people. 'I will have blessing,' she answered, and her father gave her much blessing. 'And you?' asked the old man of the girl, who stood by her brother. 'Your property, certainly,' answered the son, and his father nodded. ![]() But choose: will you have my blessing or my property?' He called his children to the place where he lay on the floor-for no one had any beds in that country- and said to his son, 'I have no herds of cattle to leave you-only the few things there are in the house-for I am a poor man, as you know. They were all very happy together for many years, and then the father became very ill, and felt he was going to die. Today’s story is THE ONE-HANDED GIRL, a story from eastern Africa and found in Andrew Lang’s Lilac Fairy Book.Īn old couple once lived in a hut under a grove of palm trees, and they had one son and one daughter. I’m Susan Poulter, a Librarian at the Main Library. Hello, and welcome to Family Folktales from the Nashville Public Library. This story can be found in Andrew Lang’s Lilac Fairy Book.
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