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The Three Feathers

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A king is looking for his successor. The youngest and stupidest son wins with the help of a toad - happy ending with princess.

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

Once upon a time there was a king who had three sons, two of whom were wise and clever, but the third one did not speak much, was simple-minded and was only called the Dummling. When the king grew old and weak and thought of his end, he did not know which of his sons should inherit the kingdom after him. Then he said to them, 'Go forth, and whoever brings me the finest carpet shall be king after my death.' And that there might be no strife among them, he led them before his castle, and blew three feathers into the lust, and said 'as they fly, so shall ye go.' The one feather flew to the east, the other to the west, but the third flew straight out, and did not fly far, but soon fell to the earth. Now one brother went to the right, the other to the left, and they laughed at the fool, who had to stay by the third feather where it had fallen.

The fool sat down and was sad. Then he suddenly noticed that there was a trapdoor next to the spring. He lifted it up, found a staircase and descended. Then he came to another door, knocked on it, and heard how it called inside

'Maid green and small,
Hutzelbein,
Hutzelbein's doggie,
Hutzel back and forth,
let's quickly see who would be outside.'

The door opened, and he saw a big fat toad sitting there, and around it a lot of little toads. The big toad asked what he wanted. He answered 'I would like to have the most beautiful and finest carpet'. Then she called a young one and said

'Maid green and small,
Hutzelbein,
Hutzelbein's doggie,
Hutzel back and forth,
Bring me the big box.'

The young Toad fetched the box, and the fat Toad opened it and gave the Dummling a carpet out of it, as beautiful and as fine as none could be woven up on earth. Then he thanked her and went up again.

But the other two thought their youngest brother was so silly that they believed he would not find and raise anything. They said, "Why should we bother with searching?" They took the coarse cloths from the body of the first shepherdess they met and carried them home to the king. At the same time the dummy came back with his beautiful carpet, and when the king saw it, he was astonished and said, "If it is to be according to the law, then the kingdom belongs to the youngest. But the other two did not give the father a moment's peace and said that it was impossible for the fool, who lacked understanding in all things, to become king, and asked him to make a new condition. Then the father said, 'He shall inherit the kingdom who brings me the most beautiful ring,' and led the three brothers out, blowing three feathers into the air for them to follow. The two oldest ones went east and west again, and for the fool the feather flew straight out and fell down beside the earth door. Then he descended again to the fat Toad and told her that he needed the most beautiful ring. She immediately sent for her big box and gave him a ring that shone with precious stones and was so beautiful that no goldsmith on earth could have made it. The two oldest laughed at the fool, who wanted to look for a golden ring, did not bother at all, but knocked out the nails of an old wagon ring and brought it to the king. But when the fool showed his golden ring, the father said again, "The kingdom belongs to him. The two eldest did not cease to torment the king until he made a third condition and said that the kingdom should go to the one who brought home the most beautiful woman. He blew the three feathers into the air again, and they flew like the previous ones.

Then the fool went down to the fat Toad without further ado and said, "I shall bring home the most beautiful woman. The most beautiful woman,' replied the Toad, 'is not immediately at hand, but you shall have her. She gave him a hollowed-out yellow turnip covered with six little mice. Then the fool said sadly, "What shall I do with it? The idiot answered: "Just put one of my little idiots in it. So he grabbed one of the little ones out of the box and put her in the yellow carriage, but as soon as she sat in it, she turned into a beautiful lady, the turnip into a carriage, and the six little mice into horses. Then he kissed her, chased away with the horses and brought her to the king. His brothers followed, who had not taken any trouble at all to look for a beautiful wife, but had taken the first best peasant wives with them. When the king saw them, he said, "The kingdom will belong to the youngest after my death. But the two oldest ones deafened the king's ears again with their shouting, 'we cannot admit that the fool will be king,' and demanded that the one should have the preference whose wife could jump through a ring that was hanging in the middle of the hall. They thought 'the peasants' wives can do it, they are strong enough, but the delicate lady jumps to her death'. The old king also admitted this. Then the two peasant women jumped and jumped through the ring, but they were so clumsy that they fell and broke their rough arms and legs in two. Then the beautiful damsel whom the fool had brought with him jumped and leaped through as easily as a deer, and all opposition had to cease. So he received the crown, and ruled in wisdom for a long time.

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