The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
The bird, the mouse, and the sausage by the brother's grim.
Once upon a time, a mouse, a bird, and a
sausage entered into a partnership and set up house together.
For a long time, all went well. They lived in
great comfort and prospered so far as to be able
to add considerably to their stores. The bird's duty was
to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel.

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The mouse fetched the water, and the sausage saw to
the cooking. When people were too well off, they always
began to long for something new. And so it came
to pass that the bird, while out one day, met
a fellow bird, to whom he boastfully expatiated on the
excellence of his household arrangements. But the bird sneered at
him for being a poor simpleton who did all the

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hard work, while the other two stayed at home and
had a good time of it. For when the mouse
had made the fire and fetched the water, she could
retire into her little room and rest until it was
time to set the table. The sausage had only to
watch the pot to see when the food was properly cooked,
and when it was near dinner time, he just threw
himself into the broth or rolled in and out of
the vegetables three or four times, and there they were

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buttered and salted and ready to be served. Then when
the bird came home and laid aside his burden, they
sat down the table, and when they finished their meal
they could sleep their fill until the following morning. And
that really was a very delightful life. Influenced by those remarks,
the bird next morning refused to bring in wood, telling
the others that he'd been their servant long enough, and
had been a fool into the bargain, and that was

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now time to make a change, and to try some
other way of arranging the work. Beg and pray as
the mouse and the sausage might, it was of no use.
The bird remained master of the situation, and the venture
had to be made. They therefore drew lots, and it
fell to the sausage to bring in the wood, and
the mouse to cook, and the bird to fetch the water.
And now what happened. The sausage started in search of wood,

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the bird made the fire, and the mouse put on
the pot, and then these two waited till the sausage
returned with the fuel. For the following day, but the
sausage remained so long away that they became uneasy, and
the bird flew out to meet him. He had not
flown far, however, when he came across a dog, who,
having met the sausage, had regarded him as his legitimate booty,
and so seized and swallowed him. The bird complained to

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the dog of this bare faced robbery, but nothing he
said was of any avail, for the dog answered that
he found false credentials on the sausage, and that was
the reason why his life had been fourfooted. He picked
up the wood and flew sadly home and told the
mouse all he had seen and heard. They were both
very unhappy, but agreed to make the best of things
and to remain with one another. So now the bird

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set the table, and the mouse looked after the food, and,
wishing to prepare it in the same way as the sausage,
he rolling in and out of the vegetables to salt
and butter them. She jumped into the pot, but she
stopped short, long before she reached the bottom, having already
parted not only with her skin and hair, but also
with life. Presently, the bird came in and wanted to

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serve up the dinner, but he could nowhere see the cook.
In his alarm and flurry, he threw the wood here
and there about the floor, called and searched, but no
cook was to be found. Then some of the wood
that had been carelessly thrown down caught fire and began
to blaze. The bird hastened to fetch some water, but
his pail fell into the well, and he after it,

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and he was unable to recover himself. He was drowned.
End of the bird, the mouse, and the sausage