“Then the father said, " And thou, my dearest child, how much dost thou love me ? " "I do not know, and can compare my love with nothing." But her father insisted that she should name something. So she said at last, " The best food does not please me without salt, therefore I love my father like salt." When the King heard that, he fell into a passion, and said, " If thou lovest me like salt, thy love shall also be repaid thee with salt."”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 179 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan