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聪明的老奶奶 　　Once upon a time there lived an old woman in a kingdom ruled by a beautiful queen. She had four sons but they used to fight a lot and their wives were also unkind to each other. They all lived in the same house but as they argued so much， everyone had separate kitchens. The old woman was very sad， as she wished that they would be able to live as one big happy family， helping each other. She threatened to throw them out of the house if they could not learn to live as a united family， and in order to save money she told her sons and their wives that they would only be able to use one kitchen. She hoped that this would mean that the wives would learn to live in harmony with each other. The sons were also fed up with the situation and agreed to their mother’s command. 　　As the old woman was very poor， the sons all gave their daily earnings to their mother. One day the youngest son went to find work in the city， but had no luck. He saw a dead snake when returning home that evening and sadly he picked it up in order to take something back to his mother. When the old woman asked for his earnings， he told her that he had been unable to find work that day and passed the dead snake to her. She 1）consoled him and asked him to try again the next day. But knowing that the snake would not make a good meal for them all， she threw the dead snake onto the roof of her mud house. 　　On that same day， the queen of the kingdom went to a beautiful pond to take a bath. She removed her expensive diamond necklace and left it near the bank in the care of her maids. Suddenly， an eagle appeared overhead. The eagle was attracted to the bright shining necklace and 2）swooping down， she clasped it in her claws and flew away. The maids screamed but to no avail. The queen was so upset that she made an announcement that whoever could find the lost necklace would be granted a grand prize. 　　After flying for a while， the eagle saw the dead snake on the old woman’s roof. Realising that the s