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Goodluck and Goodbrains were loving brothers , inseparable, until one day they were forced to separate. many years later they met again by chance, near a fertile valley . They hugged each other and each one told the other his story, each claiming that he is more useful than the other. So they agreed to try each other , and Goodbrains told Good luck : "I t 's your turn first, and you can have a go with this farmer there." The young farmer was ploughing the land, so Good luck took hold of him. While he was ploughing the land, his plough got stuck. Removing the earth he found a jar full of golden coins. He took it out and brought it back to his parents who were delighted with the discovery.

The mother however told them: "This gold is for the King, and if you don't take it back to him he will know and punish both of you." The son and the father both tried to convince her otherwise but to no avail. Finally, the father told his son: "Let's take the treasure to the King and give it to him as a present." The son gave in and they both went to the King. The father explained how his son found the treasure which is the best gift anyone could bring the King who asked: " Wouldn't it have been better for you to have kept the treasure?" The Father answered: " We learnt that the King's treasury is empty and that you are borrowing money for the state so we thought that this money will come in handy." the King said: " I have no reward for you better than offering my daughter as a bride for your son. Send him over for lunch after two days so he may be seen by the princess."

Both father and son were delighted and broke the good news to the mother who was ecstatic. Two days later, the son attended the banquet where the King and his ministers were present. The princess then arrived and gave her father a rose and he smelled it, then he gave it to his counselor who smelled it as well and gave it to the next one in line and so on until it reached the young man who ate it after smelling it. When everyone started eating, the groom-to-be was eating and at the same time putting a handful of food in his pocket, until everyone finished eating.

After a short period of time, the wedding celebrations began. On the wedding night, the princess was kind to her groom but he was very rough, and tied her with a rope. She screamed for help and the guards came to her rescue with the King who ordered the groom to be taken to prison in preparation for his execution. Good brains asked Good luck when he met with him: "What have you done?!" Good luck answered: "What more could I have done? I gave him riches, and married him off to the princess." - "But you also brought him to his death. Leave him to me, " said Good brains, who then took over the young man.

When it was time for him to be executed, the governor asked him about his last wish and he said:" I would like to speak to the King." In the presence of the King the young man said:" Oh King you have been unfair to me and do not understand the rationale behind my behavior. I ate the rose because I love the princess and instead of throwing away the rose I ate it to preserve it. I placed the food in my pocket to take it back to my mother who asked me to bring her back something from the King's table. As to my rough treatment of your daughter, I did that because I am a farmer and wanted her to be trained in the life of the farmer which is different from her life in the castle. I did that because I love her very much." the King was impressed with his words and forgave him ordering him to return to his wife and become his counselor.