when he was on his legs again, the farmer said to him, "thou art too stupid for me, i cannot make a herdsman of thee, thou must go as errand-boy." then he sent him to the judge, to whom he was to carry a basketful of grapes, and he gave him a letter as well. on the way hunger and thirst tormented the unhappy boy so violently that he ate two of the bunches of grapes. he took the basket to the judge, but when the judge had read the letter, and counted the bunches he said, "two clusters are wanting." the boy confessed quite honestly that, driven by hunger and thirst, he had devoured the two which were wanting. the judge wrote a letter to the farmer, and asked for the same number of grapes again. these also the boy had to take to him with a letter. as he again was so extremely hungry and thirsty, he could not help it, and again ate two bunches. but first he took the letter out of the basket, put it under a stone and seated himself thereon in order that the letter might not see and betray him. the judge, however, again made him give an explanation about the missing bunches. "ah," said the boy, "how have you learnt that? the letter could not know about it, for i put it under a stone before i did it." the judge could not help laughing at the boy’s simplicity, and sent the man a letter wherein he cautioned him to keep the poor boy better, and not let him want for meat and drink, and also that he was to teach him what was right and what was wrong.