Town Musicians of Bremen Theme
Tagged under Fairy Tales.
Now unable to work properly for their masters, four farm animals band together with the goal of reaching Bremen and
living "a fate better than death". If at first the donkey travels alone, he is soon joined by a hunting dog, a cat, and
a rooster - all heading for Bremen with high hopes of becoming "town musicians".
On their way, the group
stops to rest at a house which, unbeknownst to them, serves as shelter to a band of thieves. To drive them away, the dog
jumps on the donkey's back, the cat jumps on the dog's back, the rooster jumps on the cat's back, and all of them start
to "sing" at the same time. Their plan is a success, until the robbers return after a few hours to reclaim the loot they
had left behind. The captain sends in one of his men to investigate, who flees the house convinced that he'd been
scratched by a witch (the cat), stabbed by a man (bitten by the dog), hit by another man (kicked by the donkey), and
caught by the judge (crowed at by the rooster). Terrified, the thieves leave the stolen goods to the animals, who either
use them to live comfortably until the end of their days, or return them to their rightful owner (who, in some versions
of the story, is also their master).
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