Vagabonds E-book
Author: Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Genre: Children Stories, Literature
Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) - German philologists whose
collection "Kinder- und Hausmarchen," known in English as "Grimm's Fairy
Tales," is a timeless literary masterpiece. The brothers transcribed these
tales directly from folk and fairy stories told to them by common villagers.
The Vagabonds (1812) - After a day of "nutting," a cock and a hen make a
carriage out of nutshells, harness a duck to pull them, pick up a pin and a
needle on their journey, then play some nasty tricks on an innkeeper.
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