As they came back they met the shoemaker , and stared at him with open mouths . ` Oh , if you only knew how many pigs live in the sea , ' he cried . ` And the deeper you go the more there are . I have just brought up these , and mean to return for some more . ' ` There are still some left there ? ' ` Oh , more than I could count , ' replied the shoemaker . ' I will show you what you must do . ' Then he led the robbers back to the shore . ` Now , ' said he , ` you must each of you tie a stone to your necks , so that you may be sure to go deep enough , for I found the pigs that you saw very deep down indeed . ' Then the robbers all tied stones round their necks , and jumped in , and were drowned , and Master Joseph drove his pigs home , and was a rich man to the end of his days . The King Who Would Have a Beautiful Wife Sicilianische Mahrchen . Fifty years ago there lived a king who was very anxious to get married ; but , as he was quite determined that his wife should be as beautiful as the sun , the thing was not so easy as it seemed , for no maiden came up to his standard . Then he commanded a trusty servant to search through the length and breadth of the land till he found a girl fair enough to be queen , and if he had the good luck to discover one he was to bring her back with him . The servant set out at once on his journey , and sought high and low-in castles and cottages ; but though pretty maidens were plentiful as blackberries , he felt sure that none of them would please the king . One day he had wandered far and wide , and was feeling very tired and thirsty . By the roadside stood a tiny little house , and here he knocked and asked for a cup of water . Now in this house dwelt two sisters , and one was eighty and the other ninety years old . They were very poor , and earned their living by spinning . This had kept their hands very soft and white , like the hands of a girl , and when the water was passed through the lattice , and the servant saw the small , delicate fingers , he said to himself : ' A maiden must indeed be lovely if she has a hand like that . ' And he made haste back , and told the king .
` Go back at once , ' said his majesty , ` and try XXXXX get a sight of her . '
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