"Oh, ape!" said the datto, "your master has forgotten to take out one piece of gold. Take it and give it back to him." "Never mind, sir," answered the ape, "he has so much gold that that small piece is nothing to him. You may keep it." Some weeks afterward, the ape went again to borrow the chief's ganta. "What do you want it for now?" asked the chief. "To measure my master's silver with," was the answer. So he carried it home, stuck inside the piece of silver he had found, and returned it. The chief found the piece of silver and offered to return it, but was answered as before, that it did not matter. The chief believed all that the ape said, but was puzzled to know how such a rich man could be living in his territory without his having heard of him. After a few days the ape, considering the way well prepared for his plans, called upon the datto and said: "My master requests you to give him your daughter in marriage. I am authorized to make all the arrangements with you for the wedding, if you consent to it." "Very well," answered the chief, "but before we arrange matters I wish to see my future son-in-law. Ask him to come to see me, and I will receive him in a manner befitting his rank." The ape returned home and said to Masoy, who knew nothing at all of the negotiations with the chief: "I have good news for you. The chief wants to see you, for he intends to give you his daughter in marriage." "What are you chattering about?" answered Masoy. "Have you lost your senses? Don't you know that I am too poor to marry the chief's daughter? I have not even decent clothes to wear and no means of getting any." "Do not worry about the clothes. I will get them for you somewhere," replied the ape. "And how shall I talk? You know that I am ignorant of city ways." "Oh, Masoy, don't trouble about that! Just answer 'Yes' to the questions they ask you and you will be all right." Finally Masoy consented to go, and went down to the river to wash off the dirt and grime. A rich merchant was bathing some distance up the river, and the ape slipped along the bank, stole the merchant's clothes, hat, and shoes, and running back swiftly to his master, bade him put them on. Masoy did so, and found himself, for the first time in his life, so well dressed that he no longer hesitated about going to the chief's house. When they arrived there they found that the chief was expecting them and had made a big feast and reception in honor of his future son-in-law. The chief began to talk about the wedding and said: "Shall we have the wedding in your palace, Masoy?" "Yes," answered Masoy. "You have a large palace, I suppose, have n't you, sir?" "Yes," was the reply. "Don't you think it would be well for us to go there this afternoon?" "Yes," was again the reply.