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?’
