Once an old man was bravely selling
An ox in greatest youth and health;
He stood on the market just loudly yelling:
"I need no money and no wealth,
If someone wants this ox to buy,
He should not wait, or delay,
Cause I need the king's left eye,
That's all he has to pay".
This news spread out into chain
And soon it reached the monarch's ear.
He thought the peasant was insane,
Because he showed no fear. ...