There he saw a man who wanted to give his pig some acorns to eat , and was trying with all his might to make him climb up the oak-tree . ` What are you doing , my good man ? ' asked he . ' I want to make my pig eat some acorns , and I ca n't get him to go up the tree . ' ` If you were to climb up and shake down the acorns the pig would pick them up . ' ` Oh , I never thought of that . ' ` Here is the second idiot , ' said the lover to himself . Some way farther along the road he came upon a man who had never worn any trousers , and who was trying to put on a pair . So he had fastened them to a tree and was jumping with all his might up in the air so that he should hit the two legs of the trousers as he came down . ` It would be much better if you held them in your hands , ' said the young man , ` and then put your legs one after the other in each hole . ' ` Dear me to be sure ! You are sharper than I am , for that never occurred to me . ' And having found three people more foolish than his bride , or her father or her mother , the lover went back to marry the young lady . And in course of time they had a great many children . Story from Hainaut . -LRB- M. Lemoine . La Tradition . No , 34 , -RRB- KARI WOODENGOWN THERE was once upon a time a King who had become a widower . His Queen had left one daughter behind her , and she was so wise and so pretty that it was impossible for any one to be wiser or prettier . For a long time the King went sorrowing for his wife , for he had loved her exceedingly ; but at last he grew tired of living alone , and married a Queen who was a widow , and she also had a daughter , who was just as ill-favoured and wicked as the other was good and beautiful .
The stepmother and her daughter were envious of the King 's daughter because she was so pretty , but so long as the King was at home they dared do her no harm , because his love XXXXX her was so great .
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