There once lived a poor man in a miserable hovel, who had no one with
him save an only daughter. But she was very wise, and went about
everywhere seeking alms, and taught her father also to speak in a
becoming manner when he begged. It happened once that the poor man came
to the king and asked for a gift. The king demanded whence he came, and
who had taught him to speak so well. The man said whence he came, and
that it was his daughter who had taught him.
“And who taught your daughter?” asked the king.
The poor man answered: “God, and our great poverty.”