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Die Maus fraß das gute Korn, das Korn, das Jakob kaufte. Das Korn war im Hause, in dem schönen, neuen Hause, das Jakob gebaut hatte.« Der junge Mann und das schöne Mädchen gingen nach Hause. Der Priester ging auch in sein Haus und sagte: »Ende gut, alles gut!« This story is the nursery favorite, "The House that Jack Built," which has its counterpart in the Folk Lore of many countries.
This is the Swedish version of a fragment of the Animal Epic of "Reynard the Fox," which crossed the Rhine with the Franks, and became well known in France, whence it gradually spread all over Europe. It forms part of the Folk Lore, of all the European nations. Dasent has given an English translation of this particular version in his "Tales of the Fjeld." Die Prinzessin, die nicht lachen wollte.