The Musicians of Bremen
by Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Carl Grimm
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Four old animals leave their homes and decide to form a group of town musicians.Tags
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In this story a set of animals, all aging and done wrong by unfaithful owners, leave home and gather on the road to Bremen. They stop under a tree in the forest, until the Cock sees a light and they agree that it must be a house. After following the light they find a house inhabited by robbers, who they scare away. The robbers later believe it was a fluke and send a scout back to the house. The scout was disorientated in the darkened house and believing the attacks of the animals to be supernatural warns the others they should not go back. The animals decide they like the house and discontinue their travels to Bremen, instead living in the house in the woods.
I liked this story, I felt the emotional portrayal the animals was wonderful. show more I enjoyed the story very much; though I tend to love Grimm Brothers stories. Overall very well written and worth taking the time to read!
I could use the story as a way to introduce a section on how to care for senior pets. It is also a good basis if you needed to explain karma to children. The robbers had a nasty surprise from the animals, but they were generally nasty people to steal things. You can also open a unit to music, or old world travel with this story in ways that will rivet the attention of children. show less
I liked this story, I felt the emotional portrayal the animals was wonderful. show more I enjoyed the story very much; though I tend to love Grimm Brothers stories. Overall very well written and worth taking the time to read!
I could use the story as a way to introduce a section on how to care for senior pets. It is also a good basis if you needed to explain karma to children. The robbers had a nasty surprise from the animals, but they were generally nasty people to steal things. You can also open a unit to music, or old world travel with this story in ways that will rivet the attention of children. show less
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Jacob W. Grimm (1785-1863) and his brother Wilhelm K. Grimm (1786-1859) pioneered the study of German philosophy, law, mythology and folklore, but they are best known for their collection of fairy tales. These include such popular stories as Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty and The Frog Prince. Commonly referred to now as Grimm's Fairy Tales, show more their collection was published as Kinder-und-Hausmarchen (Children's and Household Tales, 1812-15). The brothers were born thirteen months apart in the German province of Hesse, and were inseparable from childhood. Throughout their lives they showed a marked lack of sibling rivalry. Most of their works were written together, a practice begun in childhood when they shared a desk and sustained throughout their adult lives. Since their lives and work were so collaborative, it is difficult now to differentiate between them, but of course there were differences.- Jacob, who studied for a time in Paris, was fascinated with variant spellings of older words. He articulated "Grimm's Law," the rules of which are still used today to determine correspondences between the consonants of German and languages in the Indo-European family. Jacob was bolder and more experimental than Wilhelm, and was rumored to be a lively dancer. Throughout his life, Jacob kept rigidly to schedule and could be extremely focused on work that demanded close attention to detail. He never married, but was a loving uncle to Wilhelm's children. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm are buried side by side in Berlin. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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