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 tilemaker, 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?'
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