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Updated: June 21, 2025
'And I, said the mother, 'I feel so uneasy, as if a heavy thunderstorm were coming. But little Marleen sat and wept and wept. Then the bird came flying towards the house and settled on the roof. 'I do feel so happy, said the father, 'and how beautifully the sun shines; I feel just as if I were going to see an old friend again.
Now there were so many of the toys that they filled the whole house, and it took days and days just to look at them. At last, however, Marleen had seen and touched every one, and she cried: "These things are dull and stupid. I must have something to amuse me.
Little Marleen now felt as lighthearted and happy as if her brother were still alive, and she went back to the house and sat down cheerfully to the table and ate.
Go, brother, and tell the fox that these toys are all ugly and useless; but that there is one thing that I would like above all else, one thing that would make me quite happy. Tell him I must have the great silvery ball that hangs at night above us in the sky," "Be satisfied, dear sister," said Ludwig. "We are quite happy as we are." "No, no, I will not be satisfied!" said Marleen.
And when he had finished his song, he spread his wings, and with the chain in his right claw, the shoes in his left, and the millstone round his neck, he flew right away to his father's house. The father, the mother, and little Marleen were having their dinner. 'How lighthearted I feel, said the father, 'so pleased and cheerful.
Little Marleen went upstairs and took her best silk handkerchief out of her bottom drawer, and in it she wrapped all the bones from under the table and carried them outside, and all the time she did nothing but weep. Then she laid them in the green grass under the juniper-tree, and she had no sooner done so, then all her sadness seemed to leave her, and she wept no more.
"Why are you so troubled, sister? Come, let us play in the sunshine," said the boy. "Why should I be happy?" said Marleen. "Why should I play? We have no toys, only ugly sticks and stones for playthings. If you will go to the fox and get a beautiful doll, then I will play." "Be satisfied, dear sister," said Ludwig. "We are quite happy as we are." "No, no, I will not be satisfied!" said Marleen.
'I feel very unhappy about it, said the husband, 'in case it should not be all right, and he ought to have said goodbye to me. With this he went on with his dinner, and said, 'Little Marleen, why do you weep? Brother will soon be back. Then he asked his wife for more pudding, and as he ate, he threw the bones under the table.
"She would have for herself a dress of shining silk." "Go, little brother, it shall be as she wishes," said the fox. But only for a time was Marleen content with the beautiful dress. "I will stay no longer in this smoky old hut," said she. "Go, brother, and ask the fox for a fine house to live in. He can give us one if he will." "Be satisfied, dear sister," said Ludwig.
The father and little Marleen heard the sound and ran out, but they only saw mist and flame and fire rising from the spot, and when these had passed, there stood the little brother, and he took the father and little Marleen by the hand; then they all three rejoiced, and went inside together and sat down to their dinners and ate.
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