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A Father of two daughters had one marry a gardener and the second a tile-maker. He asked the first if there was anything he could get for her. She said: "All is well, except that I wish for a nice rain in order to water all the plants." A short time later the Father asked his other daughter the same question. She replied: "All is well here, except that I wish for continued sunshine in order to dry the tiles." The Father could not decide between the two and could do neither.
Townsend version
A Man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker. After a time he went to the daughter who had married the gardener, and inquired how she was and how all things went with her. She said, "All things are prospering with me, and I have only one wish, that there may be a heavy fall of rain, in order that the plants may be well watered." Not long after, he went to the daughter who had married the tilemaker, and likewise inquired of her how she fared; she replied, "I want for nothing, and have only one wish, that the dry weather may continue, and the sun shine hot and bright, so that the bricks might be dried." He said to her, "If your sister wishes for rain, and you for dry weather, with which of the two am I to join my wishes?'
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