The glutonous wife who ate nine thrushes
Once there was a man who brought home nine birds - thrushes - for his wife to cook. When the husband is away at work, the wife prepares and roasts the birds until they are sizzling over the fire. The husband has not yet returned, but the birds are ready to be eaten. The wife mentally divides them: four for her husband, four for her, and one left over. She decides to eat her four birds right away, as they are ready and piping hot. Then, thinking of her husband's generosity, she goes ahead and eats the fifth bird, saying to herself that her husband would certainly offer it to her. A while later, her husband is still not home. She looks at the four remaining birds, and tells herself that her husband would insist she have half - so eats two more. Then, feeling that the two remaining birds are paltry and sad on their own, she eats them as well, and sets a pot of fava beans on to boil. When her husband returns, she tells him that the greedy cat ate all nine thrushes, and gives the cat a beating; he believes her. She gives him a bowl of beans to eat, and claims that her sorrow at the loss of the fine dinner - not her full stomach - prevents her from joining him.
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