- The king loved them very much for they were good and beautiful girls, but one day he decided to test how much they loved him. - The king gathered his daughters around him and asked each of them the same question: “How much do you love me?” “Oh, father," said the eldest daughter, “I love you as much as all the diamonds and all the rubies in the world and more!” "That is excellent," said the king happily. - “My father and king, I love you as much as all the salt in the world and more!” The king was very surprised at her answer. - “What did you say? I think I must have misheard you," frowned the king. - “How dare you! Your sisters love me as much as diamonds and gold, and you love me as little as salt," said the king angrily. - And when he arrives, we will teach him a lesson," said the prince and immediately sent a wedding invitation to the King. - But the clever prince didn't write that he was marrying the King’s youngest daughter. - So when the wedding day came, the King arrived. - But when the king came to taste it, he frowned and cried out, “This meal has no salt in it! I can’t eat it!" At once a person wearing a veil brought him salt and said, “Here you are, my king! I hope that the meal will taste better now.” The king immediately recognised her voice. - The salt bearer lifted her veil and the king saw his youngest daughter. - Ashamed of what he had done, the king begged his daughter to forgive him