A man wanted to see which of his three daughters loved him most. The youngest said she loved him like meat loves salt. He thought this meant she didn't love him, and so he kicked her out of the house. She was walking and walking until she came upon a house. She asked the people living there if they need a maid. They agreed to let her stay there if she washed dishes.
There was a great dance that all the servants were allowed to go. She told them that she was too tired to go, but when everyone was gone she cleaned herself up real nice and went. Her master's son was there and he fell in love with her the moment he set eyes on her. But before he was able to dance with her, she slipped away and pretended to be sleeping back at the house.
The next morning, all the servants were saying how she should've been there because there was a beautiful lady that the master's son wouldn't take his eyes off of. They told her that there was another dance that evening that she should go to. She told them she was too tired, but slipped away again all dressed up once they were all gone. This night was the same as the last.
The next morning, the servants told her how the girl was there again and that the master's son still couldn't take his eyes off of her. Perhaps she should go to the dance again this evening. Again, she told them that she was too tired but snuck off anyway. This time, the master's son danced with her and wouldn't dance with anyone else. She wouldn't tell him her name or where she was from, so he gave her a ring and said if he never sees her again he should die. She slipped away before the dance was over.
The master's son became love sick because he could never find her, and one morning she was to make him some food. She slipped the ring in the food, and brought it up to his room. He sees the ring at the bottom of his bowl, and she reveals herself to him. They soon married, and had a big celebration. Her father was invited, yet he didn't know that it was his daughter who married the master's son.
She was told to cook meat and do not put any salt on it. When her father ate the meat, he was very disappointed in how bland it was. He started crying, and said that he once had a daughter who said she loved him as much as meat loves salt and he turned her away when actually she was the one who loved him the most.
The daughter then revealed herself to her father, and everyone lived happily ever after.
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