The main contents of musicians in Bremen, Grimm's fairy tales

once upon a time, a donkey was raised. For many years, this donkey has worked hard and carried wheat to the mill bag by bag. But now, the donkey's physical strength is gradually used up, and it is not satisfactory to get to work every day. So, the owner wants to get rid of it to save a feed. But the donkey found that the situation was not good and ran away. It is on the road to Bremen; It thinks that it can always be a musician in a municipal orchestra. He walked for a while and found a hunting dog lying on the road. The hounds were panting, as if they were tired from running. "Hey, dog, why are you whistling so hard?" "Alas," the hound sighed, "I am old and weak day by day, and I can't go hunting any more. My master wants to kill me, so I have to run away. But now what can I do for a living? " "Tell you," said the donkey, "I'm going to Bremen to be a musician in the municipal orchestra. Let's go together and let the orchestra accept you; I play the lute and you play the bronze drum. "

The dogs were satisfied, so they went forward together. After walking for a while, they saw a cat squatting on the side of the road, looking unlucky. "Hey, brother cat, what's so frustrating?" The donkey asked. "I can't keep my life, can I still be happy?" The cat replied. "Because I am old and my teeth are dull, I like to stay behind the stove and snore, and I refuse to run around to catch mice. The housewife wants to drown me. Although I have escaped now, who can tell me where to go? " -"Come to Bremen with us. You are an expert at serenading, and you can also be a musician in a municipal orchestra."

The cat thought this staple food was good, and went with it. Then, three fugitives passed by in front of a farm and saw a rooster squatting at the gate, desperate for his life. "What do you want to do, make people creepy?" The donkey asked. "I am forecasting the good weather," replied the rooster, "because today is the day when the Virgin Mary washes and dries the underwear for the baby Christ. But there will be guests tomorrow Sunday, and my housewife has made up her mind to tell the cook that she will eat the soup stewed with me tomorrow; I'll have my head cut off tonight! At this moment, I craned my neck and shouted desperately. If I don't shout, there will be no chance. " "Hey, look at what you said!" Donkey road. "Wouldn't it be better to come with us? Let's go to Bremen, it's better to get there than to die! Have a good voice; If we play together, it will be not bad. " The rooster accepted the suggestion and the four guys went forward together.

however, they couldn't reach Bremen in one day, so they went into a forest in the evening and prepared to spend the night in it. The donkey and the dog were lying under a big tree, but the cat and the chicken got on the tree, and the chicken flew to the top of the tree, where it was safest for it. When he was about to fall asleep, the chicken looked around in all directions again, and suddenly felt that he saw a little light in the distance, so he shouted to the guys that there must be a house not far away with lights on. The donkey said, "Then let's get up and move there. The place to sleep here is too bad. " Dogs also think it's good to find some bones with a little meat. As a result, they moved to a place with light, and soon saw that the light was more and more bright and huge. Finally, a brightly lit robber's nest appeared in front of them. The donkey was the biggest of them, so he went to the window to spy on the movement in the room. "What do you see, old gray hair?" Asked the rooster. "Oh," the donkey replied, "a table is full of delicious food, and robbers are feasting around the table." "This is good for us." The chicken said. "Yes, yes, alas, if only we sat there!" The donkey said.

So the animals quickly discussed how to drive the robbers out, and finally came up with a way. That is, the donkey must put its front feet on the windowsill, the dog jumps on the donkey's back, the cat jumps on the dog's back, and finally the chicken flies up and squats on the cat's head. The posture is set, and then a signal is issued. They began to sing in chorus. Listen to the donkey growling, the dog barking, the cat barking and the chicken crowing; Then they broke through the window and entered the room; The broken glass crashed to the ground. The robbers jumped up at the terrible roar, believing that a ghost was coming, and fled into the forest in horror. The next four guys sat on the table and ate the leftovers happily, as if they had been hungry for four weeks.

When the four musicians were full, they blew out the lights, and each of them chose a comfortable sleeping place for themselves according to their habits. The donkey lay on the dunghill, the dog lay behind the door, the cat huddled in the warm charcoal ash on the stove, and the chicken flew on the roof. Everyone was tired after a long walk and soon fell asleep. After midnight, the robbers looked at the house from a distance, and it seemed quiet. Their leader said, "We can't be cowards!" " Then he sent an accomplice to investigate the situation in the house. This guy found it was quiet everywhere, so he went into the kitchen and tried to light a lamp. He took the flickering cat's eyes as a burning charcoal block and reached over a match to catch the fire. But the cat didn't like joking, and jumped into his face, yelling and scratching. The robber was frightened to death and ran away, trying to choose a house from the back door. The dog sleeping there jumped up and bit his leg one day. He ran past the dunghill in the yard, and the donkey gave him a hard blow with his hind hoof. The rooster sleeping on the beam was awakened by the noise, refreshed and shouted at the bottom "cough up, cough up, cough up, cough up". The robber fled back to the leader desperately. He said, "Oh, there is a terrible old witch squatting in that room. She is yelling at me and scratching my face with her pointed fingers. There was a man with a knife lurking at the door and stabbed me in the leg. There was a big black monster lying in the yard, beating me hard with a wooden stick. On the roof, however, sat a judge, shouting,' Bring the bad guys here!' I had to run away. "From then on, the robbers dared not enter the house again. The four musicians in Bremen lived comfortably inside and didn't want to move out again. The last person who told this story, he is still alive at the moment.