For you will have a wife , but I never mean to marry . And now , go in peace , for never more will you see me . The bond of bread and salt is at an end between us . ' So they wept , and fell on each other 's necks , and asked forgiveness for any wrongs in the past . Then they parted and went their ways . -LSB- Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis . Von Hans Stumme . -RSB- BOBINO Once on a time there was a rich merchant , who had an only son called Bobino . Now , as the boy was clever , and had a great desire for knowledge , his father sent him to be under a master , from whom he thought he would learn to speak all sorts of foreign languages . After some years with this master , Bobino returned to his home . One evening , as he and his father were walking in the garden , the sparrows in the trees above their heads began such a twittering , that they found it impossible to hear each other speak . This annoyed the merchant very much , so , to soothe him , Bobino said : ` Would you like me to explain to you what the sparrows are saying to each other ? ' The merchant looked at his son in astonishment , and answered : ` What can you mean ? How can you explain what the sparrows say ? Do you consider yourself a soothsayer or a magician ? ' ' I am neither a soothsayer nor a magician , ' answered Bobino ; ` but my master taught me the language of all the animals . ' ` Alas ! for my good money ! ' exclaimed the merchant . ` The master has certainly mistaken my intention .
Of course I meant you to learn the languages that human beings talk , and not the language XXXXX animals . '
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