Episode 37: 36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack

FromThe Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

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Episode 37: 36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack

FromThe Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

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24 minutes

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Jan 4, 2012

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A tailor's three sons go out into the world and acquire three useful magical items. The main story is bookended with another story about an ornery goat.

Released:

Jan 4, 2012

Format:

Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

A few times a week, over my lunch break, I will record, edit, and publish one of the original 250 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and translated to English by Dr. Jack Zipes.

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Episode 13: 12. Rapunzel: Rapunzel: The classic story of a maiden with long hair locked in a tower, but maybe a bit darker than you remember. Still, she and her prince live happily ever after. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
9 min listen
Episode 1: 0. Introduction: The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The original fairy tales recorded, edited, and published during my lunch break. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
3 min listen
Episode 8: 7. The Good Bargain: The Good Bargain: A dumb farmer is outsmarted by frogs and dogs, but still manages to strike a good bargain with a soldier and a Jew. (Yeah, I know. But for this podcast, I'll be reading *all* the Grimm's stories.) by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
11 min listen
Episode 15: 14. The Three Spinners: The Three Spinners: A lazy girl doesn't want to spin flax, but her mother's lie to the queen finds her in the middle of three rooms full of the stuff. Three women with odd features happen by and agree to spin the flax for her. They do, and the girl never by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 4: 3. The Virgin Mary's Child: The Virgin Mary adopts a child who lies, grows up, lies again, repents, and is forgiven. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
11 min listen
Episode 7: 6. Faithful Johannes: Faithful Johannes by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
19 min listen
Episode 34: 33. The Three Languages: The Three Languages: A count's son has trouble learning anything of use, but he does learn how to talk to dogs, frogs, and birds. Those skills end up coming in handy for the fellow. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 11: 10. Riffraff: Riffraff: A rooster and hen, along with a duck, a pin, and a needle, don't make for the best houseguests. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
6 min listen
Episode 5: 4. A Tale About the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was: A Tale About the Boy Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
22 min listen
Episode 9: 8. The Marvelous Minstrel: The Marvelous Minstrel: A bored minstrel walking through the forest wants a companion. Beasts need not apply. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 3: 2. The Companionship of the Cat and Mouse: A mouse lives with a cat, and the cat eats all the fat. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 78: 77. Clever Gretel: Clever Gretel: A fashionable cook, who is also a bit of a lush, eats all of the dinner she was supposed to serve to her master and his guest, so she quickly has to think of a story to cover her deeds. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 31: 30. The Louse and the Flea: The Louse and the Flea: A louse and a flea set up a happy home together, but things very quickly go wrong one day while they are brewing beer. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 17: 16. The Three Snake Leaves: The Three Snake Leaves: A young man makes a name for himself, and is able to marry a king's beautiful daughter. An illness takes her, but a snake provides three miraculous leaves that he uses to bring her back to life. Unfortunately, she returns a changed by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
10 min listen
Episode 2: 1. The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich: A princess loses her ball down a well, a frog retrieves it, and a servant's heart grows three sizes. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
9 min listen
Episode 14: 13. The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest: The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest: A good girl is tortured by her evil stepmother and stepsister, but thanks to the gifts bestowed by three gnomes in the forest, everything works out for the good girl and her tormentors come to a terrible end. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
13 min listen
Episode 28: 27. The Bremen Town Musicians: The Bremen Town Musicians: A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster are no longer appreciated by their human owners, so they all run off to make a new life for themselves as musicians in the town of Bremen. Along the way, they encounter a band of theives. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
8 min listen
Episode 30: 29. The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs: The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs: A boy is born as fortune's favorite, destined to marry the king's daughter. The king didn't care for the idea, and did what he could to prevent it. The boy ends up going to hell and back to fulfill his destiny. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
16 min listen
Episode 10: 9. The Twelve Brothers: The Twelve Brothers: Twelve princes lose everything after their father has a strange prophesy regarding their young sister. They stew in the forest for a while and eventually reconcile with her, only to be turned into ravens. Their young sister then endur by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
13 min listen
Episode 39: 38. The Wedding of Mrs. Fox: The Wedding of Mrs. Fox: Two tales of Mrs. Fox remarrying fter her beloved Mr. Fox passes away. Only the first time, he was only pretending to have died. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
6 min listen
Episode 24: 23. The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage: The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage: A mouse, a bird, and a sausage meet and set up house. Everything is happy until the bird gets convinced he's being taken advantage of. He tries for a different arrangement with disasterous results. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
5 min listen
Episode 20: 19. The Fisherman and His Wife: The Fisherman and His Wife: A fisherman catches a wish-granting flounder, and his wife wishes for more and more outlandish things. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
20 min listen
Episode 12: 11. Brother and Sister: Brother and Sister: A brother (who gets turned into a deer) and a sister (who becomes a ghost) get tormented by their evil stepmother (who is also a witch). But in the end, they live happily ever after. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
15 min listen
Episode 6: 5. The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 19: 18. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean: A peice of straw, a smoldering coal, and a bean escape from a poor old woman's house and head off for a foreign country. Along the way, we learn why beans to this day have a black seam. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
4 min listen
Episode 46: 45. Thumbling's Travels: Thumbling's Travels: A little man, no bigger than a thumb, goes out into the wide world. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
11 min listen
Episode 40: 39. The Elves: The Elves: Three short stories of the elves interacting with our world, including the story of elves helping the poor shoemaker while he sleeps. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
8 min listen
Episode 22: 21. Cinderella: Cinderella: The familiar story of a girl marrying a prince, despite her evil step-sisters doing their best to keep her down. This original version is a bit more bloody than the one you may know, however. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
16 min listen
Episode 61: 60. The Two Brothers: The Two Brothers: This is the longest fairy tale in the collection. Two young twin brothers eat the magical heart and liver of a golden bird, which bestows upon them the gift of a gold coin under their pillow each monring. Their father believes it to be t by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
49 min listen
Episode 36: 35. The Tailor in Heaven: The Tailor in Heaven: A tailor bluffs his way into heaven, where he causes trouble. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
6 min listen

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Episode 116: 115. The Bright Sun Will Bring it to Light: The Bright Sun Will Bring it to Light: A poor wandering tailer robs and kills a fellow traveller.The victim's last words were "the bright sun will bring it to light". It took many years, but eventually, with the help of the bright sun, the tailor's crime by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 115: 114. The Clever Little Tailor: The Clever Little Tailor: An unassuming little tailor correctly answers a princess's riddle and is then entitled to marry her, but he must first spend a night with a bear. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 114: 113. The Two Kings' Children: The Two Kings' Children: A young prince is kidnapped by foreign king and must pass a series of challenges. If he fails, he will be put to death, but if he succeeds, he will win one of the king's daughters for his bride. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 113: 112. The Fleshing Flail from Heaven: The Fleshing Flail from Heaven: A farmer drops a turnip seed and it grows into a tree that reaches all the way up into heaven. So, naturally, he climbs it. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 112: 111. The Expert Marksman: The Expert Huntsman: With the aid of a magical gun, a huntsman tricks and kills three evil giants. In doing so, he wins the hand of a princess. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 111: 110. The Jew in the Thornbush: The Jew in the Thornbush: Warning! This story contains offensive racial stereotypes from another era, and is not suitable for all audiences. A journeyman apprentice is granted magical items and powers after being kind to a dwarf, but he later uses them to by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 110: 109. The Little Shroud: The Little Shroud: A beloved boy dies, and returns to tell his mother to stop crying. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 109: 108. Hans My Hedgehog: Hans My Hedgehog: A farmer and his wife give birth to a son who is half boy, and hedgehog. He grows up to play the bagpipes, ride a rooster, and inherit a kingdom. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 108: 107. The Two Travelers: The Two Travelers: Two craftsmen, one a tailor and the other a shoemaker, one good and the other bad, travel together through the country. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 107: 106. The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat: The Poor Miller's Apprentice and the Cat: A miller is nearing retirement age and has no family to pass his mill down to. He tells his three hired men that whichever goes out into the world and brings back the best horse can have the mill. One of them, a v by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 106: 105. Tales About Toads: Tales About Toads: Three very short and sad tales (fragments, really) about toads. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 105: 104. The Clever People: The Clever People: Good-hearted but dim-witted people get taken advantage of by greedy people. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 104: 103. The Sweet Porridge: The Sweet Porridge: A cautionary tale about having a magic item but forgetting how to use it. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
3 min listen
Episode 103: 102. The Wren and the Bear: The Wren and the Bear: A chronicle of the short war between the animals that walk and the animals that fly. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
7 min listen
Episode 102: 101. Bearskin: Bearskin: A desolate soldier is given a proposition by the devil: live for seven years like a beast and be set for life, or forfeit his soul. The soldier passes the challenge and finds a wife in the process, but the devil also comes out a winner. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 101: 100. The Devil's Sooty Brother: The Devil's Sooty Brother: A down and out discharged soldier gets hired on to become the Devil's assistant. He serves well enough for seven years, and is well paid for his service. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 100: 99. The Spirit in the Glass Bottle: The Spirit in the Bottle: A student discovers a mean spirit in a glass bottle. He outsmarts the spirit, and once he sets the spirit free, he is rewarded with a magical item that sets him and his poor father up for life. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
11 min listen
Episode 99: 98. Doctor Know-It-All: Doctor Know-It-All: A farmer asks a doctor how he too could become a doctor. The doctor gives him a sarcastic response, but the farmer follows it anyway. He then lucks into fame and fortune. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 98: 97. The Water of Life: The Water of Life: A King lies dying, and only the hard to find Water of Life can save him. His three sons, two wicked ones and one younger good one, go out to find it. Along the way, everyone gets what they have coming. by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 97: 96. The Three Little Birds: The Three Little Birds: Three sisters marry a king and two of his ministers. The new queen births three children, but her two sisters conspire to throw the babies into the river. They are rescued by a fisherman, and with the help of a magical bird, all is by The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
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Episode 37: 36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack

Episode 37: 36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack

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