So he tied up the third , and ran away off the road to look for them in the wood . In the meantime the youth went away with the third ox . When the man returned and found that he had lost that too , he fell into such a rage that there was no bounds to it . He wept and lamented , and for many days he did not dare to go home again , for he was afraid that the old woman would slay him outright . The robbers , also , were not very well pleased at this , for they were forced to own that the youth was at the head of them all . So one day they made up their minds to set to work to do something which it was not in his power to accomplish , and they all took to the road together , and left him at home alone . When they were well out of the house , the first thing that he did was to drive the oxen out on the road , whereupon they all ran home again to the man from whom he had stolen them , and right glad was the husbandman to see them . Then he brought out all the horses the robbers had , and loaded them with the most valuable things which he could find -- vessels of gold and of silver , and clothes and other magnificent things -- and then he told the old woman to greet the robbers from him and thank them from him , and say that he had gone away , and that they would have a great deal of difficulty in finding him again , and with that he drove the horses out of the courtyard . 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 XXXXX that has made you such a great man in so short a time ? '
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