The Father and His Daughters

A man who had two daughters had given one in marriage to a gardener, the other to a potter. After some time, he went to see the gardener's wife, and asked her how she was and how their affairs stood. She replied that everything was going as she wished, and that she had only one thing to ask of the gods: storm and rain to water the vegetables. A little later he went to the potter's wife and asked her how she was getting on. She replied that they lacked nothing, and that she had only one wish to make, namely that the weather should stay clear and the sun bright, to dry the pottery. "If you," said the father, "ask for fine weather, and your sister for bad, with which of you shall I join in prayer?"