into the carpenter's shop she saw thirteen masters and all of them looked like twins. They all thirteen looked just the same as her father. She stared at the men carefully, but couldn't recognize who her father was. So she divided the meal among the men and left for home.

At home she told everything to her mother, but her mother only smiled. "You are too young, my daughter, so you couldn't recognize who your father was", said the woman.

Next day the woman took the meal and brought it to her husband herself.

As soon as she came into the carpenter's shop thirteen men stretched their arms to her and they looked just the same as her husband. At first, the woman didn't know what to do, but then she began to look carefully at everybody's face. And suddenly she saw a drop of sweat on the face of one of the men.

"You could deceive our daughter", said the woman, "but not me".

And she gave him his favourite dish.

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