With that he drove a spike into a beam , and ran his head against it , and in consequence had to lie in bed for a long time afterwards . After he had recovered from this his wife asked him one day to go and buy candles , as they had none . ` No , ' he said , ` there 's no need for that ; ' and he stuck his hand into the fire . This also made him take to bed for a good while . When he had got better again his wife one day wanted fish , and asked him to go and buy some . The man , however , wished again to show what he had learned , so he asked her to come along with him and bring her dough trough and a ladle . They both seated themselves in this , and rowed upon the lake . When they had got out a little way the man said , ` Are my eyes green ? ' ` No , ' said his wife ; ` why should they be ? ' They rowed a little further out , and he asked again , ` Are my eyes not green yet ? ' ` What nonsense is this ? ' said she ; ` why should they be green ? ' ` Oh , my dear , ' said he , ` ca n't you just say that they are green ? ' ` Very well , ' said she , ` they are green . ' As soon as he heard this he sprang out into the water with the ladle for the fishes , but he just got leave to stay there with them ! The Cunning Shoemaker Sicilianische Mahrchen . Once upon a time there lived a shoemaker who could get no work to do , and was so poor that he and his wife nearly died of hunger . At last he said to her , ` It is no use waiting on here -- I can find nothing ; so I shall go down to Mascalucia , and perhaps there I shall be more lucky . ' So down he went to Mascalucia , and walked through the streets crying , ` Who wants some shoes ? ' And very soon a window was pushed up , and a woman 's head was thrust out of it .
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