The Widow's Son
A king passes through a small village with his army, marching past the house of a widow and her son, who have one chicken to their name. The king's son flies his hawk as they pass, and the hawk kills the widow's chicken. Furious, the widow's son kills the hawk - and the prince then kills the widow's son. Hearing the commotion and the wails of the widow, the king arrives to adjudicate. He gives the widow a choice - either to have the prince executed in vengeance, or to take him into her household as a replacement for the son that he killed. She decides to take the young prince as her son.
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