The Brothers Grimm’s “The Golden Goose”
LL and I read and discuss this lovely folktale. A man had three sons, the youngest called Dummling (Simpleton), who was mocked and sneered at. The eldest son wanted to hew wood in the forest, and his mother packed him cake and wine. On the way, a small grey man greeted him and asked him to share the food, but the son refused, saying he would have none left. At a tree, he cut his arm and returned home. The second son does the same, and cuts his leg.
Now Dummling asked repeatedly to go, and his father relented, reasoning that he might learn a lesson. His mother sent him off with cake baked with…
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