los 500 sombreros de bartolome cubbins the 500 hats of bartholomew cubbins
each time young bartholomew cubbins takes off his hat another appears on his head . this infuriates the king who has commanded the boy to remove his hat . even the kings wise men and magicians can not keep the hats from reappearing . the 500th hat however is so beautiful that the king decides he must have it . he pays bartholomew 500 gold pieces and bartholomew goes home a richer though hatless young man .