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What did the rich man wish for in the poor and the rich man in the grimm brothers tale

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he wished that his hoses neck was broken
he wished his wife to sit on a saddle
and because she was stuck on the saddle she forced him to wish her off the saddle.

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In the Grimm Brothers Tale of The Poor Man and The Rich Man, the rich man was thinking about getting all the riches in the world, but the things turn out to be against him. His character gets best of him, he loses his patience with the horse and wishes its neck to be broken and the Lord fulfills his wish. Later on, he became very exhausted because of the Sun and wishes his wife were sitting on the saddle and couldn't get off which we observe this wish to be fulfilled in the end of the story. Therefore, when the rich man gets home, he finds his wife crying in his home because she cannot get off the saddle. Now, the rich man is left with a dilemma: either to wish all the riches in the world or to help his wife to escape from this situation which he sadly chooses the latter one.

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