“You have gained enough already.”
He will not hear of that, but goes off far, far, far away, to the house of his godfather.
They had there a cow with golden horns, and these horns bore fruits of diamonds. A boy used to guard her in the field. Malbrouk said to him:[11]
“What! do you not hear that the master is calling you? Go, quickly, then, and learn what he wants of you.”
The boy, (believing it), goes off. The master calls to him from the window:
“Where are you going to, leaving the cow? Go quickly; I see that Malbrouk is about there.”
The boy sets off running back, but he cannot find the cow. Malbrouk had got off proudly with his cow, and he gives it to his future wife, who was very much pleased with it. The king wished him, then, to marry, (saying) that he was quite rich enough. Malbrouk would not yet. He must make a present to the king. He goes again to his godfather’s house. He wished to steal from him a moon, which lighted for seven leagues round. Old Malbrouk used to drink a barrel of water every night. Young Malbrouk goes and empties this barrel. When night came, Malbrouk goes to drink at his barrel, and finds it empty. He goes to find his wife, and says to her:
“I have not got a drop of water; go directly, and fetch me some. I cannot bear this thirst.”
His wife said to him, “It is night, light your moon.” He lights it, and puts it by the chimney, on the roof. When everyone has gone to the fountain, young Malbrouk goes and takes this moon, and carries it to the king. And he, astonished, said to him:
“Now you have done grandly; now be married.”