The cat and the mouse
The cat and the mouse is an animal fairy tale ( AaTh 111). It is in Ludwig Bechstein's German Book of Fairy Tales at position 78 (1845 No. 89) and comes from Antonius von Pforr's The Book of Examples of the Old Wise Men (Chapter 16: The Cat and the Brazen Mouse ).
content
A cat is supposed to kill the mice in the house. The mouse wants to make peace, but the cat only allows three days of closed season. After that, the mouse is carefree and will be eaten. Vogel tells Mosam to his girlfriend as an example of the value of friendly advice. He has her kill her old man with a fish with a fish hook in it. When the food runs out, he kills her. Her sons peck out his eyes in revenge so that he is starving.
origin
The fable comes from Antonius von Pforrs The Book of Examples of the Ancient Wise Men . At Bechstein she concludes the series from No. 75 Vogel Holgott and Vogel Mosam , No. 76 About Two Monkeys , No. 77 About the Wolf and the Mouse Dogs . The raven and eagle stories in Bechstein's New German Fairy Tale Book No. 37 , 38 , 39 , 40 , 41 , 42 , 43 , 44 come from the same source .
literature
- Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , pp. 359-361, 393.
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Individual evidence
- ^ Hans-Jörg Uther (Ed.): Ludwig Bechstein. Storybook. After the edition of 1857, text-critically revised and indexed. Diederichs, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-424-01372-2 , p. 393.