The Bride

Seems that a tribal chieftain's daughter was offered as a bride to the son of a 
neighboring potentate in exchange for two cows and four sheep. The big swap 
was to be effected on the shore of the stream that separated the two tribes. Pop 
and his daughter showed up at the appointed time, only to discover that the groom 
and his livestock were on the other side of the stream. The father grunted, ... 
"The fool doesn't know which side his bride is bartered on."