and now as he was walking slowly through the sand, and the sun was burning hot at noon-day, he grew quite hot-tempered and angry. the saddle hurt his back, and he had not yet any idea what to wish for. "if i were to wish for all the riches and treasures in the world," said he to himself, "i should still to think of all kinds of other things later on, i know that, beforehand. but i will manage so that there is nothing at all left me to wish for afterwards." then he sighed and said, "ah, if i were but that bavarian peasant, who likewise had three wishes granted to him, and knew quite well what to do, and in the first place wished for a great deal of beer, and in the second for as much beer as he was able to drink, and in the third for a barrel of beer into the bargain."