human
How on earth did you do that?
gpt
Oh, that's nothing,
human
What do you say to selling me that diamond?
gpt
What will you give me for it?
human
I will give you this bowl. It is a wishing bowl. Whenever you are hungry all you have to do is to wish for something in it, and there it is; milk, or soup, or wine; anything that can go in a bowl. And if you turn it over, as you saw me do just now, a rushing, roaring river pours out, and surrounds you, or, if you like, it will flood a whole country and drown every living thing.
gpt
Dear me! said the young man,
human
So they exchanged the bowl and the diamond. The old man took the diamond in his hand and watched it sparkle; but he did not watch long, for the young man slapped his hatchet and cried,
gpt
Heads!