The woman was very angry , and broke out upon her husband ; but he took it all very quietly , and only said , ` Hang the money ! I know what I have learned . ' ` What have you learned I should like to know ? ' said his wife . ` You will see that yet , ' said the man . One day his wife took a fancy for broth , and said to him , ` Oh , go to the village , and buy a piece of beef to make broth . ' ` There 's no need of that , ' said he ; ` we can get it an easier way . ' With that he drove a spike into a beam , and ran his head against it , and in consequence had to lie in bed for a long time afterwards . After he had recovered from this his wife asked him one day to go and buy candles , as they had none . ` No , ' he said , ` there 's no need for that ; ' and he stuck his hand into the fire . This also made him take to bed for a good while . When he had got better again his wife one day wanted fish , and asked him to go and buy some . The man , however , wished again to show what he had learned , so he asked her to come along with him and bring her dough trough and a ladle . They both seated themselves in this , and rowed upon the lake . When they had got out a little way the man said , ` Are my eyes green ? ' ` No , ' said his wife ; ` why should they be ? ' They rowed a little further out , and he asked again , ` Are my eyes not green yet ? ' ` What nonsense is this ? ' said she ; ` why should they be green ? ' ` Oh , my dear , ' said he , ` ca n't you just say that they are green ? '
` Very well , ' XXXXX she , ` they are green . '
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