After a long , long time he came to the road on which he was travelling when he came to the robbers . And when he had got very near home , and was in sight of the house where his father lived , he put on a uniform which he had found among the things he had taken from the robbers , and which was made just like a general 's , and drove into the yard just as if he were a great man . Then he entered the house and asked if he could find a lodging there . ` No , indeed you ca n't ! ' said his father . ` How could I possibly be able to lodge such a great gentleman as you ? It is all that I can do to find clothes and bedding for myself , and wretched they are . ' ` You were always a hard man , ' said the youth , ` and hard you are still if you refuse to let your own son come into your house . ' ` Are you my son ? ' said the man . ` Do you not know me again then ? ' said the youth . Then he recognised him and said , ` But what trade have you taken to that has made you such a great man in so short a time ? ' ` Oh , that I will tell you , ' answered the youth . ` You said that I might take to anything I liked , so I apprenticed myself to some thieves and robbers , and now I have served my time and have become Master Thief . ' Now the Governor of the province lived by his father 's cottage , and this Governor had such a large house and so much money that he did not even know how much it was , and he had a daughter too who was both pretty and dainty , and good and wise . So the Master Thief was determined to have her to wife , and told his father that he was to go to the Governor , and ask for his daughter for him . ` If he asks what trade I follow , you may say that I am a Master Thief , ' said he . ' I think you must be crazy , ' said the man , ` for you ca n't be in your senses if you think of anything so foolish . ' ` You must go to the Governor and beg for his daughter -- there is no help , ' said the youth .
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