A long time ago, a girl named Tasnim got married and went to live with her husband and mother-in-law. In a very short time, Tasnim found that she couldn’t get along with her mother-in-law at all. Their personalities were very different, and Tasnim was angered by many of her mother-in-law’s habits. In addition, she criticized Tasnim constantly. Days passed days, and weeks passed weeks. Tasnim and her mother-in-law never stopped arguing and fighting. But what made the situation even worse was that, according to Asian tradition, Tasnim had to bow to her mother-in-law and obey her every wish. All the anger and unhappiness in the house was causing the poor husband great distress. Finally, Tasnim could not stand her mother-in-law’s bad temper and dictatorship any longer, and she decided to do something about it. Tasnim went to see her father’s good friend, Mr. Halil, who sold herbs. She told him the situation and asked if he would give her some poison so that she could ...