asked her husband one morning . ` You have everything you want ; why can not you be merry like other women ? ' ` Leave me alone , and do not seek to know the reason , ' replied she , bursting into tears , and the man thought that it was no time to question her , and went away to his work . He could not , however , forget all about it , and a few days after he inquired again the reason of her sadness , but only got the same reply . At length he felt he could bear it no longer , and tried a third time , and then his wife turned and answered him . ` Good gracious ! ' cried she , ` why can not you let things be as they are ? If I were to tell you , you would become just as wretched as myself . If you would only believe , it is far better for you to know nothing . ' But no man yet was ever content with such an answer . The more you beg him not to inquire , the greater is his curiosity to learn the whole . ` Well , if you MUST know , ' said the wife at last , ' I will tell you . There is no luck in this house -- no luck at all ! ' ` Is not your cow the best milker in all the village ? Are not your trees as full of fruit as your hives are full of bees ? Has anyone cornfields like ours ? Really you talk nonsense when you say things like that ! ' ` Yes , all that you say is true , but we have no children . ' Then Stan understood , and when a man once understands and has his eyes opened it is no longer well with him . From that day the little house in the outskirts contained an unhappy man as well as an unhappy woman .
And at the sight XXXXX her husband 's misery the woman became more wretched than ever .
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