FAIRY TALES 207 daughter to the field, and there they found the stranger waiting with his cart full of money. The stranger gave the gold to the king, and went away with the beautiful princess, and no one knew where he had taken her. The king was so glad to have all this gold for wine that he did not think much about his daughter whom he had sold. He thought only of what the cart full of gold would buy; and he supposed it would last a long, long time. So the king began to drink more than ever, and to spend his money as fast as he pleased. What was his surprise one day to find his gold nearly gone; and very soon, it was all gone! The king walked out into the fields once more, thinking what he could do. And there he met another stranger, just as prosperous appearing as the other had been. "Will you give me your second daughter?" the stranger asked. "I will, if you will give me a cart full of gold," the king said. "I will give you a cart full of gold; but it must be on the condition that you promise not to ask where we are going. I will bring the gold here to this spot in the morning," the stranger said. The selfish king agreed to this; and the next morning he took his second daughter, who was even more beautiful than the eldest, and they