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Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.

Charles Perrault
Daughter, Mother, Character
Charles Perrault (1942). “The Tales of Mother Goose as First Collected by Charles Perrault in 1696”, p.55, Library of Alexandria
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that whoever saw the daughter saw the mother.