This folktale tells the story of how a foolish prince ends up a beggar. Once there was a king who had a foolish son. Knowing this, the king marries his son to an intelligent girl. After the king dies, however, the foolish prince drives out his wife who proceeds to marry a poor man. One day while gathering fireword, the wife finds a piece of gold and she and her new husband become rich. The foolish prince, meanwhile, becomes a poor beggar and ends up begging at the door of his former wife.