Her sister comes to help her and is stuck fast too. With the goose under his arm, he heads for an inn where as soon as his back is turned, the innkeeper's daughter attempts to pluck just one of the feathers of pure gold and is stuck fast.
Simpleton takes The Golden Goose to market. For his act of generosity, Simpleton is rewarded with a golden goose he discovers within the roots of a tree he cut down chosen by the little gray man. Simpleton, sent out with a burned biscuit cooked in the ashes of the hearth and soured beer, is generous with the little old man, who turns the biscuit and beer into a proper cake and fine wine. The second brother meets a similar fate when he injures his foot. The eldest brother later injures his arm falling into a tree and is taken home. He meets a little gray man who begs a morsel to eat and a swallow of wine but is rebuffed. His eldest brother is sent into the forest to chop wood, fortified with a rich cake and a bottle of wine. In the Brothers Grimm version, the hero is the youngest of three brothers, given the nickname Simpleton as he is not handsome or strong like his brothers. " The Golden Goose" ( German: Die goldene Gans) is a fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm (KHM 64). Simpleton finds The Golden Goose: illustration by L.
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