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Old Sultan

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Farmer wants to kill old dog. Sultan and wolf bring back roughed child and allowed to live. When wolf steals sheep, Sultan stands by farmer.

Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich
Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft
Marienkind
Von einem, der auszog, das Fürchten zu lernen
Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein
Der treue Johannes
Der gute Handel
Der wunderliche Spielmann
Die zwölf Brüder
Das Lumpengesindel
Brüderchen und Schwesterchen
Rapunzel
Die drei Männlein im Walde
Die drei Spinnerinnen
Hänsel und Gretel
Die drei Schlangenblätter
Die weiße Schlange
Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne
Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau
Das tapfere Schneiderlein
Aschenputtel
Das Rätsel
Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen und der Bratwurst
Frau Holle
Die sieben Raben
Rotkäppchen
Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten
Der singende Knochen
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
Läuschen und Flöhchen
Das Mädchen ohne Hände
Der gescheite Hans
Die drei Sprachen
Die kluge Else
Der Schneider im Himmel
Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack
Daumesdick
Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin
Die Wichtelmänner
Der Räuberbräutigam
Herr Korbes
Der Herr Gevatter
Frau Trude
Der Gevatter Tod
Daumerlings Wanderschaft
Fitchers Vogel
Von dem Machandelboom
Der alte Sultan
Die sechs Schwäne
Dornröschen
Fundevogel
König Drosselbart
Schneewittchen
Der Ranzen, das Hütlein und das Hörnlein
Rumpelstilzchen
Der liebste Roland
Der goldene Vogel
Der Hund und der Sperling
Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen
Die zwei Brüder
Das Bürle
Die Bienenkönigin
Die drei Federn
Die goldene Gans
Allerleirauh
Häsichenbraut
Die zwölf Jäger
Von dem Sommer- und Wintergarten
Jorinde und Joringel
Die drei Glückskinder
Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt
Der Wolf und der Mensch
Der Wolf und der Fuchs
Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin
Der Fuchs und die Katze
Die Nelke
Das kluge Gretel
Der alte Großvater und der Enkel
Die Wassernixe
Von dem Tode des Hühnchens
Bruder Lustig
Der Spielhansl
Hans im Glück
Hans heiratet
Die Goldkinder
Der Fuchs und die Gänse
Der Arme und der Reiche
Das singende, springende Löweneckerchen
Die Gänsemagd
Der junge Riese
Das Erdmännchen
Der König vom goldenen Berg
Die Rabe
Die kluge Bauerntochter
Der alte Hildebrand
Die drei Vögelchen
Das Wasser des Lebens
Doktor Allwissend
Der Geist im Glas
Des Teufels rußiger Bruder
Der Bärenhäuter
Der Zaunkönig und der Bär
Der süße Brei
Die klugen Leute
Märchen von der Unke
Der arme Müllerbursch und das Kätzchen
Die beiden Wanderer
Hans mein Igel
Das Totenhemdchen
Der Jude im Dorn
Der gelernte Jäger
Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel
Die beiden Königskinder
Vom klugen Schneiderlein
Die klare Sonne bringts an den Tag
Das blaue Licht
Das eigensinnige Kind
Die drei Feldscherer
Die sieben Schwaben
Die drei Handwerksburschen
Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtet
Der Krautesel
Die Alte im Wald
Die drei Brüder
Der Teufel und seine Großmutter
Ferdinand getreu und Ferdinand ungetreu
Der Eisenofen
Die faule Spinnerin
Die vier kunstreichen Brüder
Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein
Die schöne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie
Der Fuchs und das Pferd
Die zertanzten Schuhe
Die sechs Diener
Die weiße und die schwarze Braut
Der Eisenhans
Die drei schwarzen Prinzessinnen
Knoist und seine drei Söhne
Das Mädchen von Brakel
Das Hausgesinde
Das Lämmchen und Fischchen
Simeliberg
Auf Reisen gehen
Das Eselein
Der undankbare Sohn
Die Rübe
Das junggeglühte Männlein
Des Herrn und des Teufels Getier
Der Hahnenbalken
Die alte Bettelfrau
Die drei Faulen
Das Hirtenbüblein
Die Sterntaler
Der gestohlene Heller
Die Brautschau
Die Schlickerlinge
Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder
Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland
Das Dietmarsische Lügenmärchen
Rätselmärchen
Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot
Der kluge Knecht
Der gläserne Sarg
Der faule Heinz
Der Vogel Greif
Der starke Hans
Das Bürle im Himmel
Die hagere Liese
Das Waldhaus
Lieb und Leid teilen
Der Zaunkönig
Die Scholle
Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf
Die Eule
Der Mond
Die Lebenszeit
Die Boten des Todes
Meister Pfriem
Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen
Die ungleichen Kinder Evas
Die Nixe im Teich
Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes
Der Riese und der Schneider
Der Nagel
Der arme Junge im Grab
Die wahre Braut
Der Hase und der Igel
Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel
Der Bauer und der Teufel
Die Brosamen auf dem Tisch
Das Meerhäschen
Der Meisterdieb
Der Trommler
Die Kornähre
Der Grabhügel
Oll Rinkrank
Die Kristallkugel
Jungfrau Maleen
Die Stiefel von Büffelleder
Der goldene Schlüssel

There was a farmer who had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who had grown old and had lost all his teeth, so that he could no longer grasp anything tightly. At one time the farmer stood with his wife in front of the house door and said "I'll shoot the old Sultan dead tomorrow, he's no good for anything anymore." The woman, who had pity on the faithful animal, replied "since he has served us for so long a year and kept honestly with us, we might as well give him a reprieve." "Well," said the man, "you are not quite clever: he has not a tooth left in his mouth, and no thief is afraid of him, he can go now. If he has served us, he has got his good food for it."

The poor dog, who lay stretched out in the sun not far away, had heard everything and was sad that tomorrow would be his last day. He had a good friend, that was the wolf, to whom he crept out into the forest in the evening and lamented the fate that was in store for him. "Listen, old man," said the wolf, "be of good cheer, I want to help you out of your misery. I have thought of something. Tomorrow early in the morning your master and his wife will go to the hay, and they will take their little child with them, because no one will stay behind in the house. They are used to put the child behind the hedge in the shade while they are working: lie down next to it as if you wanted to guard it. Then I want to come out of the forest and steal the child: you have to jump after me eagerly, as if you wanted to steal it from me again. I will drop it, and you will bring it back to the parents, who will then think you have saved it, and are much too grateful to do you any harm: on the contrary, you will come into complete grace, and they will want for nothing more."

The plot pleased the dog, and as it was thought out, so it was executed. The father cried out when he saw the wolf running through the field with his child, but when the old sultan brought him back, he was glad, stroked him and said "not a hair on your head shall be harmed, you shall eat the bread of mercy as long as you live. But to his wife he said, "Go straight home and cook the old sultan a wake-up porridge, which he need not bite, and bring the pillow from my bed, which I will give him for his bed." From now on, the old sultan was as comfortable as he could wish. Soon after, the wolf visited him and was pleased that everything had turned out so well. "But," he said, "you will turn a blind eye if I take a fat sheep away from your master on occasion. It's getting hard to get by these days." "Don't count on it," replied the dog, "I remain faithful to my master, I must not admit that." The wolf, thinking this was not spoken seriously, crept up in the night and wanted to get the sheep. But the farmer, to whom the faithful Sultan had betrayed the wolf's intention, watched him and nastily combed his hair with the flail. The wolf had to run away, but shouted to the dog "wait, you bad fellow, you shall pay for this."

The next morning the wolf sent the pig, and let the dog demand out into the forest, there they wanted to settle their matter. The old sultan could find no help but a cat, which had only three legs, and when they went out together, the poor cat limped along and at the same time stretched its tail up in pain. The wolf and his assistant were already on the spot, but when they saw their opponent coming, they thought he was carrying a saber, because they saw the cat's raised tail as a saber. And when the poor animal hopped on three legs like that, they thought nothing else than that it would pick up a stone every time and wanted to throw it at them. Then they both became afraid. The wild pig hid in the leaves, and the wolf jumped up a tree. The dog and the cat, when they approached, were surprised that no one could be seen. The wild pig, however, had not been able to hide itself completely in the foliage, but its ears were still sticking out. While the cat looked around thoughtfully, the pig tweaked its ears: the cat, thinking that a mouse was stirring, jumped towards it and took a hearty bite. Then the pig rose up with a great cry, ran away and shouted "there on the tree there sits the guilty one". The dog and the cat looked up and saw the wolf, who was ashamed that he had shown himself so fearfully and accepted peace from the dog.

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