And the middle brother said, ‘I’m off. I shan’t stay here. I want to be emperor too.’
And the youngest said, ‘I shall stay.’
So the middle one departed, and went to another emperor; that emperor had a daughter. And thus said the emperor, ‘Whoever surpasses her in money, he shall marry her.’
He went to her. ‘Come, let us play for money.’
They started playing; he beat her. One day they played, and two not. And he surpassed her in money, and wedded her. And the emperor joined them in marriage, and made him king.
And she had a lover. And that lover sent her a letter: ‘Ask him where he gets all his money from.’
And she asked him: ‘My lord, where do you get all your money from, that you managed to beat me?’
‘Every night I find a thousand gold pieces under my head.’
‘How so?’
‘I ate a hen’s heart.’