Reading Notes: The Sad Tale of the Mouse's Tail

The story starts off with a mouse falling into a trap and losing its tail. She asks a Cobbler to sew her tail back on and the Cobbler say's he will if the mouse finds thread. The mouse finds a Jew and asks for thread and the Jew asks her to find him an egg first. The mouse finds a Hen and asks for an egg and then Hen asks for a grain of corn. The mouse goes to the Corn Heap to ask for a grain of corn and they say they want a sieve. The mouse then goes to the Tinker to ask for a sieve and the Tinker says to bring him goat skin. The mouse then goes to the goat and the goat asks for grass from the farmer in exchange for the skin. The mouse then goes to the farmer and the farmer asks for a spade in return. The mouse asked for all of the things in order to get his tail sew back on by the Cobbler.

The Sad Tale of the Mouse's Tail translated by D.L.R. Lorimer and E.O. Lorimer.

Mouse. Source: Pixnio