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The beggars came to a far place where the road branched in three directions – east, west, and south – to three different lands.
The girls were grown into maidens and the boy into a stripling. Time had come to put aside begging, time for each to seek a fortune. Each went alone, his or her direction, into a new country.
On a steep road to the east went the eldest, a Clever maid, like her mother.
On a middle way to the west went the second, a Lively girl, like her father.
On a simple path to the south went a boy called Jack.