` That is strange , ' answered the thief . ' I have just come from a country where it grows so well that one head of cauliflower filled twelve water-tubs . ' ' I do n't believe it , ' answered the king . ' I bet you six hundred florins it is true , ' replied the thief . ` And I bet you six hundred florins it is not true , ' answered the king . And he sent for a servant , and ordered him to start at once for the country whence the thief had come , to find out if his story of the cauliflower was true . On his journey the servant met with a man . Stopping his horse he asked him where he came from , and the man replied that he came from the country to which the other was travelling . ` If that is the case , ' said the servant , ` you can tell me to what size cauliflower grows in your country ? Is it so large that one head fills twelve water-tubs ? ' ' I have not seen that , ' answered the man . ` But I saw twelve waggons , drawn by twelve horses , carrying one head of cauliflower to the market . ' And the servant answered : ` Here are ten florins for you , my man , for you have saved me a long journey . Come with me now , and tell the king what you have just told me . ' ` All right , ' said the man , and they went together to the palace ; and when the king asked the servant if he had found out the truth about the cauliflower , the servant replied : ` Sire , all that you heard was perfectly true ; here is a man from the country who will tell you so . ' So the king had to pay the thief the six hundred florins . And the two partners set out once more on their travels , with their nine hundred florins . When they reached the country of the neighbouring king , the thief entered the royal presence , and began conversation by asking if his majesty knew that in an adjacent kingdom there was a town with a church steeple on which a bird had alighted , and that the steeple was so high , and the bird 's beak so long , that it had pecked the stars till some of them fell out of the sky . ' I do n't believe it , ' said the king . ` Nevertheless I am prepared to bet twelve hundred florins that it is true , ' answered the thief .
` And I bet twelve hundred florins XXXXX it is a lie , ' replied the king .
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