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1There were two brothers who were both soldiers; the one was rich and the other poor. The poor man thought he would try
2to better himself; so, pulling off his red coat, he became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips. When
3the seed came up, there was one plant bigger than all the rest; and it kept getting larger and larger, and seemed as if
4it would never cease growing; so that it might have been called the prince of turnips for there never was such a one
5seen before, and never will again. At last it was so big that it filled a cart, and two oxen could hardly draw it; and
6the gardener knew not what in the world to do with it, nor whether it would be a blessing or a curse to him. One day he
7said to himself, 'What shall I do with it? if I sell it, it will bring no more than another; and for eating, the little
8turnips are better than this; the best thing perhaps is to carry it and give it to the king as a mark of respect.' Then
9he yoked his oxen, and drew the turnip to the court, and gave it to the king. 'What a wonderful thing!' said the king;
10'I have seen many strange things, but such a monster as this I never saw. Where did you get the seed? or is it only your
11good luck? If so, you are a true child of fortune.' 'Ah, no!' answered the gardener, 'I am no child of fortune; I am a
12poor soldier, who never could get enough to live upon; so I laid aside my red coat, and set to work, tilling the ground.
13I have a brother, who is rich, and your majesty knows him well, and all the world knows him; but because I am poor,
14everybody forgets me.' The king then took pity on him, and said, 'You shall be poor no longer. I will give you so much
15that you shall be even richer than your brother.' Then he gave him gold and lands and flocks, and made him so rich that
16his brother's fortune could not at all be compared with his. When the brother heard of all this, and how a turnip had
17made the gardener so rich, he envied him sorely, and bethought himself how he could contrive to get the same good
18fortune for himself. However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of
19gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had
20received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth? The king took the gift very graciously, and said he
21knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it
22into a cart, and drag it home with him. When he reached home, he knew not upon whom to vent his rage and spite; and at
23length wicked thoughts came into his head, and he resolved to kill his brother. So he hired some villains to murder him;
24and having shown them where to lie in ambush, he went to his brother, and said, 'Dear brother, I have found a hidden
25treasure; let us go and dig it up, and share it between us.' The other had no suspicions of his roguery: so they went
26out together, and as they were travelling along, the murderers rushed out upon him, bound him, and were going to hang
27him on a tree. But whilst they were getting all ready, they heard the trampling of a horse at a distance, which so
28frightened them that they pushed their prisoner neck and shoulders together into a sack, and swung him up by a cord to
29the tree, where they left him dangling, and ran away. Meantime he worked and worked away, till he made a hole large
30enough to put out his head. When the horseman came up, he proved to be a student, a merry fellow, who was journeying
31along on his nag, and singing as he went. As soon as the man in the sack saw him passing under the tree, he cried out,
32'Good morning! good morning to thee, my friend!' The student looked about everywhere; and seeing no one, and not knowing
33where the voice came from, cried out, 'Who calls me?' Then the man in the tree answered, 'Lift up thine eyes, for behold
34here I sit in the sack of wisdom; here have I, in a short time, learned great and wondrous things. Compared to this
35seat, all the learning of the schools is as empty air. A little longer, and I shall know all that man can know, and
36shall come forth wiser than the wisest of mankind. Here I discern the signs and motions of the heavens and the stars;
37the laws that control the winds; the number of the sands on the seashore; the healing of the sick; the virtues of all
38simples, of birds, and of precious stones. Wert thou but once here, my friend, though wouldst feel and own the power of
39knowledge. The student listened to all this and wondered much; at last he said, 'Blessed be the day and hour when I
40found you; cannot you contrive to let me into the sack for a little while?' Then the other answered, as if very
41unwillingly, 'A little space I may allow thee to sit here, if thou wilt reward me well and entreat me kindly; but thou
42must tarry yet an hour below, till I have learnt some little matters that are yet unknown to me.' So the student sat
43himself down and waited a while; but the time hung heavy upon him, and he begged earnestly that he might ascend
44forthwith, for his thirst for knowledge was great. Then the other pretended to give way, and said, 'Thou must let the
45sack of wisdom descend, by untying yonder cord, and then thou shalt enter.' So the student let him down, opened the
46sack, and set him free. 'Now then,' cried he, 'let me ascend quickly.' As he began to put himself into the sack heels
47first, 'Wait a while,' said the gardener, 'that is not the way.' Then he pushed him in head first, tied up the sack, and
48soon swung up the searcher after wisdom dangling in the air. 'How is it with thee, friend?' said he, 'dost thou not feel
49that wisdom comes unto thee? Rest there in peace, till thou art a wiser man than thou wert.' So saying, he trotted off
50on the student's nag, and left the poor fellow to gather wisdom till somebody should come and let him down.
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