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THE FATHER AND HIS DAUGHTERS

A Man had two Daughters, one of whom he gave in marriage to a

gardener, and the other to a potter. After a time he thought he

would go and see how they were getting on; and first he went to

the gardener's wife. He asked her how she was, and how things

were going with herself and her husband. She replied that on the

whole they were doing very well: "But," she continued, "I do wish

we could have some good heavy rain: the garden wants it badly."

Then he went on to the potter's wife and made the same inquiries

of her. She replied that she and her husband had nothing to

complain of: "But," she went on, "I do wish we could have some

nice dry weather, to dry the pottery." Her Father looked at her

with a humorous expression on his face. "You want dry weather,"

he said, "and your sister wants rain. I was going to ask in my

prayers that your wishes should be granted; but now it strikes me

I had better not refer to the subject."

THE THIEF AND THE INNKEEPER