The prince answered, "What can I do with such a great big man?" - "Oh," said the Stout One, "this is nothing, when I stretch myself out well, I am three thousand times fatter." - "If that's the case," said the prince, "I can make use of thee, come with me." So the Stout One followed the prince, and after a while they found another man who was lying on the ground with his ear laid to the turf. "What art thou doing there?" asked the King's son. "I am listening," replied the man. "What art thou listening to so attentively?"
Vente conmigo. Y el gordo se marchó con el hijo del Rey. Al cabo de un rato encontráronse con otro sujeto que, tendido en el suelo, mantenía una oreja aplicada contra la hierba. Preguntóle el príncipe: - ¿Qué estás haciendo ahí? - Escucho - contestó el otro. - ¿Y qué escuchas con tanta atención?