The Golden Goose

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Hello boys and girls,

I hope you've brushed your teeth, you've washed your face and you're ready for your bedtime story.

so tonight's story is the Golden Goose from favorite tables

once upon a time there were three brothers

the youngest son was given the name of Dummling

and he was laughed at by his family and

everybody else in the town one day the eldest son went into the forest to cut some wood

his mother gave him a cake and a bottle of wine and off he went whistling

cheerfully but he had no sooner set to work

when a little old man appeared I'm so hungry I'm thirsty

may I have some wine and cake he asked

but the eldest son shook his head be off

with you he said gruffly I will share my meal with no one

but it seems the old man was going to get his revenge for

with the very next swing of the axe it

landed on the eldest son's foot how he yelled

the next day the second son decided to try his luck

and once again his mother gave him cake and wine the

the little old man approached the second son

and asked share his meal but the second son also refused he too was cut by the

next swing of the axe the next day

Dummling set off for the forest to cut some wood he was given only bread and water

but he was happy to share what he had with the little man

you are a good boy said the man and if you cut down that tree you will get your reward

Dummling he did as he was bid and was astonished to find a goose covered

entirely with golden feathers I will go to the city and seek my fortune

Dummling decided this beautiful goose will give me luck as he strolled along

the lane he passed a girl she gasped to see such a beautiful creature and

stretched out her hand to stroke it but imagine her dismay when she

found that she could not take her hand away the goose was a magic goose and

whoever laid a finger on her thick

golden feathers soon found themselves stuck fast before many hours had passed

Dummling had collected two more

inquisitive girls and a parson all stuck

fast one behind the other as they

stumbled across the field they met the

bishop My dear parson he cried how do

you taken leave of your senses and you

reached out and caught the parson sleeve

now he too was stuck fast and it wasn't

long before they were joined by a ploughman

and a shepherd after a time they reached the city and there in the palace near the king and his daughter she had never

been known to smile and the King had promised her hand in marriage to the

first person who was able to make her laugh well when she saw the three

girls the parson the bishop the ploughman

and the poor Shepherd all falling over one another

behind Dummlings golden goose she burst into peals of laughter

the king came running and Dummling lost no time in asking permission to marry

the princess hmm thought the king to

himself I do not want this raggle taggle

boy to marry my daughter

I must give him an impossible task to

perform and when he fails I will be able

to refuse him and so the king told

Dummling that before the marriage could take place

he would first have to find a man who

could drink a whole cellar full of wine

Dummling scratched his head and then he

remembered the old man in the forest but

when he returned to the glade the old man was not there

instead he found a short man with a miserable face oh I am so terribly

thirsty he groaned I have already drunk a barrel of wine but I feel as if I could

drain a lake dry you are just the man

I am looking for cried Dummling and he led

the man to the wine cellar the fat man

clapped his hands with glee this is a sight for sore eyes the short man

declared and soon he had emptied every

bottle keg cask and barrel

the king was more vexed than ever he

decided to set another task and this

time he made it even harder find me a

man who can eat a whole mountain of

bread do it well satisfied that this would prove impossible but

Dummling you just went straight to the

forest and there he discovered a tall

thin man sitting I've just had four ovenfuks

of bread for my supper but to just

barely taken the edge of my appetite

complained the man Dummling pulled on his sleeve I know

a place where you could eat your fill

and he led him back to the palace

the cooks set to work and kneaded the

dough for a day and a night when the

bread was piled high it filled the

entire courtyard the thin man ate

and ate and ate and within hours there

was nothing left of the mountain of

bread except one very fat man then the

king set one last impossible quest find

for me a ship that can sail on both

land and sea only then marry my daughter

he declared this time Dummling found a

little old man waiting for him in the

forest I have not forgotten your

kindness he said now look behind me then

was a great rush

of canvas as the most magnificent ship

sailed into the grade when the King saw

a ship sailing over the fields towards

his castle he knew he would have to give

it and so Dummling and the princess were

married they lived happily ever after

but back at home Dummling's two brothers

grew bitter and miserable and all for

their lack of a good generous heart

all right boys and girls that's the end of the story.

I hope you enjoyed it and I will see you next time

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