Atondido Stories
price. I want my drum. Give me back my drum, for my Worm
and the Duck and the Fox and the Wolf are all in it." The Chief
said, "How can I give you back your drum when it is broken? It
is gone for ever. I will give you anything you desire in exchange
for it. Since you do not like the price I offer, you may name your
own price and you shall have it." And the boy thought to him-
self, "Here is a chance for good fortune. Now I shall surprise my
brothers." And he said, "Since you cannot give me my drum, I
will take your daughter in marriage in exchange." The Chief was
much perplexed, but he had to be true to his word. So he gave
his daughter to Thick-head, and they were married, and the girl
brought him much treasure and they lived very happily. And his
brothers were much amazed and angered because they had
failed. But his mother said, "I told you he was wiser than you
and that he would outwit you yet although you called him Thick
-head and fool. For the forest fairy said it to me at his birth."
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