. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . MOUSL^eBIED,. NCE on a time, a mouse and a bird anda sausage lived and kept house togetherin perfect peace among themselves, andin great prosperity. It was the birdsbusiness to fly to the forest every dayand bring back wood. The mouse hadto draw the water, make the fire, andset the table; and the sausage had todo the cooking. Nobody is content in this world : much will have more ! One day the bird metanother bird on the way, and told him of his excellent con-dition in life. But the other bird called him a poor simpletonto do so much
. Household stories from the collection of the Bros. Grimm . MOUSL^eBIED,. NCE on a time, a mouse and a bird anda sausage lived and kept house togetherin perfect peace among themselves, andin great prosperity. It was the birdsbusiness to fly to the forest every dayand bring back wood. The mouse hadto draw the water, make the fire, andset the table; and the sausage had todo the cooking. Nobody is content in this world : much will have more ! One day the bird metanother bird on the way, and told him of his excellent con-dition in life. But the other bird called him a poor simpletonto do so much work, while the two others led easy lives athome. When the mouse had made up her fire and drawn water,she went to rest in her little room until it was time to lay thecloth. The sausage stayed by the saucepans, looked to it thatthe victuals were well cooked, and just before dinner-time hestirred the broth or the stew three or four times well roundhimself, so as to enrich and season and flavour it. Then thebird used to come home and lay down his load, and they satdown to
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