then the king felt compassion for him, and said, "thou shalt be raised from thy poverty, and shalt have such gifts from me that thou shalt be equal to thy rich brother." then he bestowed on him much gold, and lands, and meadows, and herds, and made him immensely rich, so that the wealth of the other brother could not be compared with his. when the rich brother heard what the poor one had gained for himself with one single turnip, he envied him, and thought in every way how he also could get hold of a similar piece of luck. he would, however, set about it in a much wiser way, and took gold and horses and carried them to the king, and made certain the king would give him a much larger present in return. if his brother had got so much for one turnip, what would he not carry away with him in return for such beautiful things as these? the king accepted his present, and said he had nothing to give him in return that was more rare and excellent than the great turnip.