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In Grimm Brothers\u2019 fairy tale of the Die goldene Gans <\/em> (The Golden Goose) after many trials and enchantments the simple wood cutter wins the day, and the maiden AND the kingdom, and the story ends with the immortal lines,<\/p>\n nach des K\u00f6nigs Tod erbte der Dummling das Reich und lebte lange Zeit vergn\u00fcgt mit seiner Gemahlin.<\/em> Image; L. Leslie Brooke, from The Golden Goose Book, Frederick Warne & Co., Ltd. 1905 So the idea of living happily ever after is a bit (a BIT!?) of a stretch, don’t you think? Maybe the story could have ended, ‘so they lived in the kingdom and made the most of their ups and downs, their disappointments and failures, enjoying the odd successes and happy days, doing their best to keep their heads high, their chins up, their shoulders to the wheel and in that rather awkward posture prevailed until they finally snuffed it and were eventually, mostly, remembered for being nice old folks.’<\/p>\n Just saying’.<\/p>\n The Br\u00fcder Grimm recorded wonderful tales. And now I offer my own. Digitally remastered from the original tapes.<\/p><\/div>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column] [et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] In Grimm Brothers\u2019 fairy tale of the Die goldene Gans (The Golden Goose) after many trials and enchantments the simple wood cutter wins the day, and the maiden AND the kingdom, and the story ends with the immortal lines, nach des K\u00f6nigs Tod erbte der Dummling das Reich […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7143,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"
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