So they sent for the man and said , ` Do you think you are able to drink half the royal cellar in one day ? ' ` Dear me , yes , and as much more as you want , ' answered he . ' I am never satisfied . ' The king was not pleased at the young man agreeing so readily , but he had no choice , and ordered the servant to be taken downstairs . Oh , how he enjoyed himself ! All day long he drank , and drank , and drank , till instead of half the cellar , he had drunk the whole , and there was not a cask but what stood empty . And when the king saw this he said to the youth , ` You have conquered , and I can no longer withhold my daughter . But , as her dowry , I shall only give so much as one man can carry away . ' ` But , ' answered he , ` let a man be ever so strong , he can not carry more than a hundredweight , and what is that for a king 's daughter ? ' ` Well , do as you like ; I have said my say . It is your affair -- not mine . ' The young man was puzzled , and did not know what to reply , for , though he would gladly have married the princess without a sixpence , he had spent all his money in building the ship , and knew he could not give her all she wanted . So he went to the hermit and said to him , ` The king will only give for her dowry as much as a man can carry . I have no money of my own left , and my brothers have none either . ' ` Silly boy ! Why , you have only got to fetch the man who carried half the forest on his shoulders . ' And the youth was glad , and called the strong man , and told him what he must do . ` Take everything you can , till you are bent double . Never mind if you leave the palace bare . ' The strong man promised , and nobly kept his word .
He piled all he could see on his back -- chairs , tables , wardrobes , chests XXXXX gold and silver -- till there was nothing left to pile .
So for if in like of than though to without