there were once two brothers who both served as soldiers; one of them was rich, and the other poor. then the poor one, to escape from his poverty, put off his soldier’s coat, and turned farmer. he dug and hoed his bit of land, and sowed it with turnip-seed. the seed came up, and one turnip grew there which became large and vigorous, and visibly grew bigger and bigger, and seemed as if it would never stop growing, so that it might have been called the princess of turnips, for never was such an one seen before, and never will such an one be seen again.