There were once two women who lived in the same house. They each had a child. It happened that one of the children died one night. Its mother took the other women's child, and put the dead child in her bed instead.
The next morning they had a quarrel.
"This is my child. The dead child is yours," said one.
"No, the dead child is yours. This living one is mine," said the other.
Each one said the living child was hers, but no one could tell who was its true mother. And they went to see Solomon, the wise king of the Jews.
When King Solomon heard their story, he said, "cut the child into two and give each woman one half."
"That is a good idea," said the dead child's mother.
"Give her the child. Let it be hers. But do not kill it," said the living child's mother.
"Give the child to this woman," said the king. "She is its true mother.
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