7 brown mice - Mongolian fairy tale

made together with the 9 years old neighbour's girl Lenchen
Long time ago there lived seven mousebrothers. They owned a piece of land as big as the palm of hand. One day, a hand full snow fell on this ground. When the seven brothers put it away together, they found a piece of yellow butter, as big a...s a game bone (en.wikipedia.or.... They gave it to the youngest of them for he would retain it. But he licked and licked on it, till the whole butter was finished. The six brothers beat him so long, till he died. Then they went to a fortune teller/a wise man to tell him the whole story: "We have been seven brothers", they said.
The fortune-teller answered: "So You almost have been a big family."
"We owned a piece of land as big as the palm of hand."
"So You almost had much land!"
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"One day, a hand full snow fell on our land."
"So it almost began a foodless dearth!"
"We brothers put it away in sevens."
"So You almost have been hard-working!"
"When we put it away, we found a piece of yellow butter as big as a game bone."
"So You almost gained wealth!"
"We gave it to the youngest for he should retain it, but he licked and licked on it, till he ate it up."
"He almost seems to be a treasurer!"
"We brothers have beaten him so heavily, that he died."
"This almost was a war!", the fortune-teller said unconcernedly.
The six mice went to the fortune-teller, to hear from him a kind of advice. But now they recognized with disappointment, that this fortune-teller knew nothing at all and only talked trash. They felt very sorry to have done something so bad.
Somehow like this. They often told us in childhood to tell, that not all persons with a great title are really wise ... and to think over yourself and to have a look into your heart often will give you the best answer to your questions.

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