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Eventually, the young woman could no longer stand this aggravation and went to the local herbalist for some poison to kill the old woman.
After some thought, the herbalist gave her a heavily-scented potion. He told her this potion should be massaged into the skin daily, and after six weeks, her mother-in-law would die.
The young woman did as instructed.
Each day she gave her mother-in-law a massage with the potion. Gradually the old woman's angry temper seemed to disappear and empathy grew between the two women.
After awhile, they started to understand and respect each other.
The young woman began to regret her desire to kill her mother-in-law and as time ran out, she became increasingly worried.
She returned to the herbalist and begged for an antidote to the poison.
The wise old man smiled and explained that no medicinal antidote was needed. The "poison" she had been massaging into the old woman's skin was simply a mixture of aromatic oils.
~ Author Unknown
Once upon a time, there was a young woman who was constantly nagged by her mother-in-law.
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