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Once upon a time there was a poor widow, and this woman had two beautiful sons. One of them, the older one, got on a ship whose first voyage was about to lead to the Pacific Ocean. What happened to it, what did not, no one can say, because it became a cold place on the seas. The younger one stayed at home. But once when his mother sent him for sugar (which is the seventh house), he never came home. This is a case that happened. But in fairy tales, widows usually have three sons, and it is always the third who prospers.

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Once upon a time there was a poor widow, and this woman had two beautiful sons. One of them, the older one, got on a ship whose first voyage was about to lead to the Pacific Ocean. What happened to it, what did not, no one can say, because it became a cold place on the seas. The younger one stayed at home. But once when his mother sent him for sugar (which is the seventh house), he never came home. This is a case that happened. But in fairy tales, widows usually have three sons, and it is always the third who prospers.

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Hungarian

"Volt egyszer egy szegény özvegyasszony, s ennek az asszonynak volt két szép fia. Az egyik, az idősebbik, elszegődött egy hajóra, melynek első útja mindjárt a Csendes-óceánra vezetett. Mi történt vele, mi nem, nincs aki megmondja, mert hűlt helye lett a tengereken. A kisebbik otthon maradt. De egyszer, amikor az anyja elküldte cukorért (ami a hetedik ház), nem jött többé haza. Ez megtörtént eset. De a mesékben az özvegyasszonyoknak három fiuk szokott lenni s mindig a harmadik, aki boldogul."

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