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German fairy tale
The Crumbs on the Table
Folk tale
NameThe Crumbs on the Table
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 236
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales

"The Crumbs on the Table" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, number 190.

It is Aarne-Thompson type 236*, Imitating Bird Sounds, because in the original Swiss dialect, the responses imitate live chickens.

Synopsis

A rooster tells his chicklets to come into the parlor and take the crumbs. They refuse, because the mistress will beat them, but he persists and persuades them. The mistress returns just then and beats them, but the rooster only laughs and says that he knew it would happen.

References

  1. Jacob and Wilheim Grimm, Household Tales, "The Crumbs on the Table"
  2. D.L. Ashliman, "The Grimm Brothers' Children's and Household Tales (Grimms' Fairy Tales)"
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