Once upon a time, there were a man and a woman who were very rich. The woman, however, was greedy enough to try and get it all for herself. So she told a neighbour, and her neighbour gave her some advice: "Give him four eggs and a jug of milk every morning. Then he'll go blind eventually and drown himself."

So she did, and after three months, she became ill herself.

"Well, my dear lady wife," said her husband, "because you've been so good to me, I want to do the same for you."

So he went over to his neighbour and asked her for advice. She told the man what a trick she had been playing on his wife. When the woman was better, she went to see her neighbour and said that her husband wouldn't go blind.

"Well," said the woman, "in that case give him four eggs and two jugs of milk."

So she did, and after a while, he started to complain that he was blind, although he could see very well.

Aha, the woman thought, it's beginning to work.

A few days later, the man said, "Oh wife, I am going to drown myself. Would you be kind enough to escort me to the lake?"

She was happy to do so.

When they arrived at the lake, the man said, "Sweet wife, will you give me a push, so that I will fall in?"

The woman took a few steps back, walked towards her husband with some speed, and ... her husband jumped aside, and because she couldn't slow down enough in time, she fell in herself.

"Help, help," the wife cried.

"Oh wife, it's no use. After all, I can't see anything," said her husband and returned home.