The Good Wife (a Kazakh folk story)

LONG, long ago, there lived a king who had a daughter who was both intelligent and beautiful. One day in the royal garden, the king saw a beautiful white swan hovering about and trumpeting. The princess said. "The white swan told me that a good wife can make a king out of a stupid man, while a lazy wife will change a diligenl hush,md into a lazy man." Irritated, the king said. "Let me see how you call turn a fool into a king!" And he ordered his men to drive the princess to the most remote