The Fairy's Two Gifts (11) [The Fairy's Two Gift]
The Fairy's Two Gifts (11)
As he now walked along through the hot sand, with the burning noonday sun shining upon him, he became fretful with the heat and fatigue.
The saddle dragged him back, and he could not decide what to wish for.
" If I were to wish for all the riches and treasures in the world, " he said to himself, " what would be the use ? I should not know which to chose."
Then he sighed, and said, " If I were only like the Bavarian peasant, who had three wished offered him. First he wished for a draught of beer ; the second time for as much beer as he could drink ; and the third time for a whole cask. Each time he thought he had gained what he wanted, but afterwards it seemed to him like nothing. "
(11/13)
As he now walked along through the hot sand, with the burning noonday sun shining upon him, he became fretful with the heat and fatigue.
The saddle dragged him back, and he could not decide what to wish for.
" If I were to wish for all the riches and treasures in the world, " he said to himself, " what would be the use ? I should not know which to chose."
Then he sighed, and said, " If I were only like the Bavarian peasant, who had three wished offered him. First he wished for a draught of beer ; the second time for as much beer as he could drink ; and the third time for a whole cask. Each time he thought he had gained what he wanted, but afterwards it seemed to him like nothing. "
(11/13)
2015-07-28 16:00
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