Grimms' Fairy Tales, Clever Gretel summary
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In Clever Gretel, a cook drinks wine and eats both chickens meant for her master and his guest, then invents two stories to hide her actions. She frightens the guest with a threat to his ears and accuses him of stealing dinner, turning her master’s pursuit into a frightening misunderstanding.
What happens
- Gretel prepares two chickens for her master and his expected guest, but the guest does not arrive when the food is ready.
- While her master fetches the guest, Gretel drinks wine, tastes the chickens, and finds excuses to eat both.
- Her master returns, announces the guest’s approach, and sharpens a carving knife while Gretel promises to serve dinner.
- Gretel warns the arriving guest that her master plans to remove his ears, and the sound of sharpening makes him flee.
- Gretel accuses the guest of stealing both chickens, so her master chases him with the knife, asking for one.
- The guest thinks the master demands an ear rather than a chicken and runs faster.
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