` Ah , ' she replied , ` if only my husband had sworn by that oath , I could have spoken to him from the beginning , and he need never have taken another wife . But now he will never say it , and he will have to go on marrying fresh ones . ' And the prince , from his hiding-place , heard her words , and he jumped up and ran to her and said , ` By the head of Buk Ettemsuch , speak to me . ' So she spoke to him , and they lived happily to the end of their days , because the girl kept the promise she had made to the ogre . -LSB- Märchen und Gedichte aus der Stadt Tripolis . Von Hans Stumme . -RSB- LAUGHING EYE AND WEEPING EYE , OR THE LIMPING FOX -LRB- SERVIAN STORY -RRB- Once upon a time there lived a man whose right eye always smiled , and whose left eye always cried ; and this man had three sons , two of them very clever , and the third very stupid . Now these three sons were very curious about the peculiarity of their father 's eyes , and as they could not puzzle out the reason for themselves , they determined to ask their father why he did not have eyes like other people . So the eldest of the three went one day into his father 's room and put the question straight out ; but , instead of answering , the man flew into a fearful rage , and sprang at him with a knife . The young fellow ran away in a terrible fright , and took refuge with his brothers , who were awaiting anxiously the result of the interview . ` You had better go yourselves , ' was all the reply they got , ` and see if you will fare any better . ' Upon hearing this , the second son entered his father 's room , only to be treated in the same manner as his brother ; and back he came telling the youngest , the fool of the family , that it was his turn to try his luck . Then the youngest son marched boldly up to his father and said to him , ` My brothers would not let me know what answer you had given to their question . But now , do tell me why your right eye always laughs and your left eye always weeps . ' As before , the father grew purple with fury , and rushed forwards with his knife . But the simpleton did not stir a step ; he knew that he had really nothing to fear from his father . ` Ah , now I see who is my true son , ' exclaimed the old man ; ` the others are mere cowards . And as you have shown me that you are brave , I will satisfy your curiosity . My right eye laughs because I am glad to have a son like you ; my left eye weeps because a precious treasure has been stolen from me . I had in my garden a vine that yielded a tun of wine every hour -- someone has managed to steal it , so I weep its loss . '
The simpleton returned to his brothers and told them of their father 's loss , and they all made up their minds XXXXX set out at once in search of the vine .
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