"Do you see this golden castle? Well, I will give you that too, the silver wood and the gold castle, if only you will say one thing to me: 'To your good health.'"
The Shepherd gaped and wondered, and was quite dazzled but he still said:
"No, I will not say it till I have the Princess for my wife."
This time the King was overwhelmed with grief, and gave orders to drive on to the diamond pond and there he tried once more:
"You shall have the all—all, if you will but say 'To your good health.'"
The Shepherd had to shut his staring eyes tight not to be dazzled with the brilliant pond, but still he said:
"No, no; I will not say it till I have the Princess for my wife."
Then the King saw that all his efforts were useless, and that he might as well give in; so he said:
"Well, well, it is all the same to me—I will give you my daughter to wife; but then you really must say to me, 'To your good health.'"
"Of course I'll say it; why should I not say it? It stands to reason that I shall say it then."