f I cannot have that lettuce,� said the wife, �I will not eat anything at all!

"That lettuce looks so good!� said the wife. �It is just what I need to eat."

What could the carpenter do? Late that night, he climbed over the garden wall.
With very quiet steps, he took one green head of lettuce. With more quiet steps,
he went back over the garden wall. His wife ate up the lettuce right away. But
eating the lettuce only made her want more! If she could not have more lettuce, she
said, there was nothing she would eat at all! So the next night, the carpenter
climbed back over the garden wall. He picked up one more head of lettuce. All at
once came a high, loud, voice.

�STOP! What do you think you are doing?�

�I�uh�am getting lettuce for my wife,� said the carpenter.