the summary:
once upon a time there was a tailor he had three sons and a goat who kept them all alive. the sons
took turns in feeding the goat. the eldest son was first he let the goat eat only the best herbs and
leaves but when they got home the goat told the tailor she hadn't eaten a single leave and the tailor
drove his eldest son out of the house. the next day it was the turn of the second son he took the goat
to the places with the finest herbs but when they got home the goat told the tailor that she hadn'teaten a single leaf and the tailor drove his second son away too. then it was the turn of the youngest
son the youngest son took the goat to the places with the greenest grass and the best leaves to eat
but when they got home the goat told the tailor she hadn't eaten a single leave and the tailor drove
his youngest son away too. the next day he took the goat to the best grazing spots and when they
came home t he asked the goat if she had eaten enough but the goat said she hadn't eaten a single
leaf. realising his mistake he drove the goat away with a horse whip. Now that the tailor was alone in
his house he fell into great grief
meanwhile the eldest son had gone into lore at a joiner and when he was done with his training his
master gave him a magic table when you said “Little table, spread thyself” the table would be filled
with food and drink. The son went back home with the table but he had to stay at an inn for the night
and when he showed the table to the other people in the inn the host looked at the table and made
a plan. That night he swapped the table for another one. and as the son wanted to show the table to
his father nothing happened.
the second son had become a miller and when he left his master gave him a donkey but it was no
normal donkey because when you said “Bricklebrit” he spew gold pieces. The second son went home
too and stayed in the same inn as his brother. And when he went to the stables to get money the
host followed him and saw the donkey spew gold pieces he did the same as he did to the elder son.
And when the second son came home he tried to make the donkey spew gold pieces the donkey
didn’t do anything.
when the youngest son who had become a turner heard what happened to his elder brothers he set
off and his master gave him a sack with a cudgel inside that flew out and attacked your enemy when
you said “Out of the sack, Cudgel”. When he came at the inn he fooled the host into stealing his sack
and when the host tried to steal it he said “Out of the sack, Cudgel” and the cudgel attacked the host
the son said he would let the cudgel stop if the host gave back his brother’s valuables.
So when the youngest son came home his two brothers and his father were stunned to see him with
the things they got from their masters. And they lived happily ever after
the background:
The Wishing-Table, the Golden-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack is written by wilhelm grim in hessen.
there are other versoins of the story but this is the most famous one. the fairytale is known in multiple countries like danmark, the netherlands, and ireland.
the lesson:
the lesson of this story is that if you steal you will eventually get punished for it.
