Then he would say to the next child, “I am old enough for meat. Here is yours. Wait until you are older.”
It went like this for all the children. The youngest child got the tiniest piece of meat.

The father kept the big pieces of meat for himself and his wife.
The children were quiet and ate their food.

Years passed and the children grew up. The parents grew old. They became helpless.
The children took turns preparing food for their old mother and father.