When the peasant went out by the gate, the sentry said, "Thou hast made the King's daughter laugh, so thou wilt certainly receive something good." - "Yes, that is what I think," answered the peasant; "five hundred are to be counted out to me." - "Hark thee," said the soldier, "give me some of it. What canst thou do with all that money?" - "As it is thou," said the peasant, "thou shalt have two hundred; present thyself in three days' time before the King, and let it be paid to thee." A Jew, who was standing by and had heard the conversation, ran after the peasant, held him by the coat, and said, "Oh, wonder! what a luck-child thou art! I will change it for thee, I will change it for thee into small coins, what dost thou want with the great thalers?" - "Jew," said the countryman, "three hundred canst thou still have; give it to me at once in coin, in three days from this, thou wilt be paid for it by the King." The Jew was delighted with the profit, and brought the sum in bad groschen, three of which were worth two good ones. After three days had passed, according to the King's command, the peasant went before the King. "Pull his coat off," said the latter, "and he shall have his five hundred." - "Ah!" said the peasant, "they no longer belong to me; I presented two hundred of them to the sentinel, and three hundred the Jew has changed for me, so by right nothing at all belongs to me." In the meantime the soldier and the Jew entered and claimed what they had gained from the peasant, and they received the blows strictly counted out. The soldier bore it patiently and knew already how it tasted, but the Jew said sorrowfully, "Alas, alas, are these the heavy thalers?" The King could not help laughing at the peasant, and as all his anger was gone, he said, "As thou hast already lost thy reward before it fell to thy lot, I will give thee something in the place of it. Go into my treasure chamber and get some money for thyself, as much as thou wilt." The peasant did not need to be told twice, and stuffed into his big pockets whatsoever would go in. Afterwards he went to an inn and counted out his money. The Jew had crept after him and heard how he muttered to himself, "That rogue of a King has cheated me after all, why could he not have given me the money himself, and then I should have known what I had? How can I tell now if what I have had the luck to put in my pockets is right or not?" - "Good heavens!" said the Jew to himself, "that man is speaking disrespectfully of our lord the King, I will run and inform, and then I shall get a reward, and he will be punished as well." 

农夫从宫门出来时，卫兵问他："你把公主逗笑了，肯定得到什么奖赏了吧？""我想是吧，"农夫说，"国王要给我整整五百块银元呢。""你听我说，"卫兵说，"你要那么多钱干什么？分一点给我吧！""既然是你嘛，"农夫说，"我就给你两百块吧。你三天后去见国王，让他把钱付给你好了。"站在旁边的一位犹太人听到了他们的谈话，赶紧追上农夫，拽着他的外衣说："我的天哪，你的运气真好啊！你要那些大银元做什么？把它们换给我吧，我给你换成小钱。""犹太人，"农夫说，"你还有三百块银元好拿，赶紧把小钱给我吧。三天后让国王把钱给你好了。"犹太人很高兴自己占到了便宜，给农夫拿来了一些坏铜钱。 这种坏铜钱三枚只能值两枚。 三天过去了，农夫按国王的吩咐，来到了国王的面前。国王突然说道："脱掉他的外衣，给他五百板子。""嗨，"农夫说道，"这五百已经不属于我了。我把其中的两百送给了卫兵，把另外的三百换给了犹太人，所以它们根本不属于我。"就在这时，卫兵和犹太人进来向国王要钱，结果分别如数挨了板子。卫兵因为尝过板子的滋味，所以挺了过来；犹太人却伤心地说："天哪，天哪，这就是那些沉重的银元吗？"国王忍不住对农夫笑了，怒气也消失了。他说："既然你在得到给你的奖赏之前就已经失去了，我愿意给你一些补偿。你到我的宝库去取一些钱吧！愿意拿多少就拿多少。"这句话农夫一听就懂，把他的大口袋装得满满的，然后他走进一家酒店，数着他的钱。犹太人悄悄跟在他的后面，听见他在低声嘀咕："那个混蛋国王到底还是把我给骗了！他干吗不自己把钱给我呢？这样我就能知道他究竟给了我多少。他现在让我自己把钱装进口袋，我怎么知道有多少钱呢？""我的天哪，"犹太人心中想道，"这个家伙居然在说国王大人的坏话。我要跑去告诉国王，这样我就能得到奖赏，而这家伙就会受到惩罚。"