In the carriage sat a prince , and over his head a golden umbrella was held , to protect him from the sun 's rays . ` Oh , if I were only a prince ! ' said the stone-cutter to himself , as the carriage vanished round the corner . ` Oh , if I were only a prince , and could go in such a carriage and have a golden umbrella held over me , how happy I should be ! ' And the voice of the mountain spirit answered : ` Your wish is heard ; a prince you shall be . ' And a prince he was . Before his carriage rode one company of men and another behind it ; servants dressed in scarlet and gold bore him along , the coveted umbrella was held over his head , everything heart could desire was his . But yet it was not enough . He looked round still for something to wish for , and when he saw that in spite of the water he poured on his grass the rays of the sun scorched it , and that in spite of the umbrella held over his head each day his face grew browner and browner , he cried in his anger : ` The sun is mightier than I ; oh , if I were only the sun ! ' And the mountain spirit answered : ` Your wish is heard ; the sun you shall be . ' And the sun he was , and felt himself proud in his power . He shot his beams above and below , on earth and in heaven ; he burnt up the grass in the fields and scorched the faces of princes as well as of poorer folk . But in a short time he began to grow tired of his might , for there seemed nothing left for him to do . Discontent once more filled his soul , and when a cloud covered his face , and hid the earth from him , he cried in his anger : ` Does the cloud hold captive my rays , and is it mightier than I ? Oh , that I were a cloud , and mightier than any ! ' And the mountain spirit answered : ` Your wish is heard ; a cloud you shall be ! ' And a cloud he was , and lay between the sun and the earth . He caught the sun 's beams and held them , and to his joy the earth grew green again and flowers blossomed . But that was not enough for him , and for days and weeks he poured forth rain till the rivers overflowed their banks , and the crops of rice stood in water . Towns and villages were destroyed by the power of the rain , only the great rock on the mountain side remained unmoved .
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