Explore "The Mysterious Servant: the Story of a Young Man who Respected the Dead" by Parker Fillmore on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
There was once a rich merchant who had an only son. As he lay dying, he said:
"Matti, my boy, my end is approaching and there are two things I want to say to you: The first is that I am leaving you all my wealth. If you are careful you will have enough to suffice you for life. The second thing I have to say is to beg you never to leave this, your native village. At your birth there was a prophecy which declared that if ever you left this village you would have to marry a woman with horns. Now that I have warned you in time it will be your own fault if ever you have to meet this fate."