"Good-day, father hollenthe." "Many thanks, pif-paf-poltrie." "May I
be allowed to have your daughter?" "Oh, yes, if mother malchomilchcow, brother high-and-mighty, sister kasetraut, and fairkatrinelje are willing, you can have her." "Where is mother malcho,then?" "She is in the cow-house, milking the cow.""Good-day, mother malcho." "Many thanks, pif-paf-poltrie." "May I beallowed to have your daughter?" "Oh, yes, if father hollenthe,brother high-and-mighty, sister kasetraut, and fair katrinelje arewilling, you can have her." "Where is brother high-and-mighty, then?""He is in the room chopping some wood.""Good-day, brother high-and-mighty." "Many thanks, pif-paf-poltrie.""May I be allowed to have your sister?" "Oh, yes, if fatherhollenthe, mother malcho, sister kasetraut, and fair katrinelje arewilling, you can have her." "Where is sister kasetraut, then?" "Sheis in the garden cutting cabbages.""Good-day, sister kasetraut." "Many thanks, pif-paf-poltrie." "May Ibe allowed to have your sister?" "Oh, yes, if father hollenthe,mother malcho, brother high-and-mighty, and fair katrinelje arewilling, you may have her." "Where is fair katrinelje, then." "She isin the room counting out her farthings.""Good day, fair katrinelje." "Many thanks, pif-paf-poltrie." "Willyou be my bride?" "Oh, yes, if father hollenthe, mother malcho,brother high-and-mighty, and sister kasetraut are willing, I amready.""Fair katrinelje, how much dowry do you have?" "Fourteen farthings inready money, three and a half groschen owing to me, half a pound ofdried apples, a handful of pretzels, and a handful of roots. And many other things are mine, Have I not a dowry fine?""Pif-paf-poltrie, what is your trade? Are you a tailor?" "Somethingbetter." "A shoemaker?" "Something better." "A husbandman?""Something better." "A joiner?" "Something better." "A smith?""Something better." "A miller?" "Something better." "Perhaps abroom-maker?" "Yes, that's what I am, is it not a fine trade?"
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Big Book of Ancient Gabanian Fables
SpiritualOften regarded as the most sacred of text from the planet of Gaban, once forbidden to foreigners, translators and the ability to print on text. This is the first translated Copy of the Holy Scriptures from Athenaism, the dominant religion of the pla...
