|
The Father and His Two Daughters
A man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a
tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener,
and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, "All things
are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall
of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered." Not long after, he went
to the daughter who had married the tile-maker, and likewise inquired of her how
she fared; she replied, "I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the
dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks
might be dried." He said to her, "If your sister wishes for rain, and you for
dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'
|
|