The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . There stands an old tree ; cut it down, and you will findsomething at the roots. about it. But Simpleton begged so hard to be allowed to gothat at last his father said, Well, off you go then. You willbe wiser when you have hurt yourself. His mother gave him a cake which was only mixed withwater and baked in the ashes, and a bottle of sour beer. Wlienhe reached the forest, like the others, he met the little grey258 THE GOLDEN GOOSE Man, who greeted him, and said, Give me a bit of your cakeand a drop of your wine. I am so hungry and thirsty. Simpleton answ
The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm . There stands an old tree ; cut it down, and you will findsomething at the roots. about it. But Simpleton begged so hard to be allowed to gothat at last his father said, Well, off you go then. You willbe wiser when you have hurt yourself. His mother gave him a cake which was only mixed withwater and baked in the ashes, and a bottle of sour beer. Wlienhe reached the forest, like the others, he met the little grey258 THE GOLDEN GOOSE Man, who greeted him, and said, Give me a bit of your cakeand a drop of your wine. I am so hungry and thirsty. Simpleton answered, I only have a cake baked in the ashes,and some sour beer ; but, if you like such fare, we will sit downand eat it together. So they sat down ; but when Simpleton pulled out his cakeit was a sweet, nice cake, and his sour beer was turned into goodwine. So they ate and drank, and the little Man said, As youhave such a good heart, and are willing to share your goods, I. So now there were seven people running behind Simpleton and his Goose. will give you good luck. There stands an old tree; cut itdown, and you will find something at the roots. So saying he disappeared. Simpleton cut down the tree, and when it fell, lo, andbehold ! a Goose was sitting among the roots, and its featherswere of pure gold. He picked it up, and taking it with him,went to an inn, where he meant to stay the night. The land-lord had three daughters, who saw the Goose, and were very 259 GRIMMS FAIRY TALES curious as to what kind of bird it could be, and wanted to getone of its golden feathers. The eldest thought, There will soon be some opportunityfor me to pull out one of the feathers, and when Simpletonwent outside, she took hold of its wing to pluck out a feather ; but her hand stuck fast, and shecould not get away. Soon after, the second sistercame up, meaning also to pluck outone of the golden feathers; butshe had hardly touched her sisterwhen she found herself held
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