A young man lived in the same street. He loved her very much and he wanted to marry her. He went to the girl and asked her to be his wife.
"Pooh!" she said unkindly, "You are not good enough for me. I am too beautiful for a man like you. But I will marry you if you give me a diamond ring".
The young man went away and worked hard for many years. At last he saved enough money to buy the girl a diamond ring.
"Here is your ring," he said. "Now will you marry me?"
"Yes," the girl said "But first you must get a fine house for me to live in. I am too beautiful to live in a small house".
The young man went away and worked even harder than before. At last he had enough money to buy a fine house.
"I have got a fine house for you to live in" he said to the girl. "Now will you marry me?"
"Yes" said the girl, "but first you must buy me beautiful clothes to wear. I am too beautiful to wear ordinary, rough clothes".
The young man went away and worked harder than before. He bought beautiful clothes for the girl and went to see her again.
"Here are the clothes" he said. "Now will you marry me?".
"No" the girl said. "A very rich merchant has come to live in the town. He has much more money than you will ever have. People say he is looking for a wife. When he sees me, I know he will want to marry me. I am the most beautiful girl in the town".
The young man was very sad when he heard this. He was also angry with the girl, but he said: "Very well. I love you and want you to be happy, so I will help you to marry this man". Then he went away.
A few days later he came to the girl's house again.
"I have talked to this merchant," he said. "You are right. He is very rich. Many people say he is the richest man in the country. But he is a strange man. He does not like slim girls with golden hair. He likes fat girls with very short black hair. He is also a little deaf. Your voice is too soft. If you want to marry him, you must learn to speak louder".
"Then it will be easy for me to marry him," the girl said. "I shall cut my hair and make it black. I shall eat and eat until I am very fat. And I shall practise speaking in a loud voice".
"Yes," said the young man. "That is what you must do". And he went away.
In a small town there lives a very fat girl with short black hair and a very loud voice. Nobody wants to marry her.
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