How a Man Shared a Goose
(A fairy tale story)
One smelly man ended up with not a single loaf of bread to bring to his family. He decided to ask for some bread from his laird. Before going to the master, he caught a goose and roasted it in wine sauce with cognac.
The laird accepted the goose and quietly said to the smelly peasant: «I thank you, sweet man. You do your service well. I will eat a fried little goose to relieve my stomach pain. But look here, I don’t know how I will share your goose. I have a beautiful wife, Maria, two sons, and two more daughters to marry off.»
The man was thinking as the time was ticking.
The foul-smelling man finally said: «I know how we can share the goose.»
He took his knife, cut the goose’s head off and told his master: «You are the head of the household — the head is yours.»
He then cut off the tail and gave it to the laird’s wife: «You stay at home,» he said, «You look after the house — the rump is yours.»
The man snapped the legs off and offered them to the sons: «You are the legs, stomping your father’s path.» As for the daughters, he gave them the wings: «You will soon open your wings and fly away from your family home.«The man then announced, and the rest I will take for myself!»
And he took the remainder of the goose. The laird laughed to tears, gave the peasant a loaf of bread and some coins for him to drink to his health.
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