True and Untrue

True and Untrue

True and Untrue is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Asbjørnsen and Moe.

ynopsis

Two brothers were known as True and Untrue for their natures. They set out to seek their fortunes. Untrue persuaded True to let them both eat his food first, and when that was eaten, refused him any of his. True said that it showed Untrue's nature, and Untrue gouged his eyes out.

True fumbled along through the woods until he came to a lime tree. He decided to spend the night in it for fear of wild animals. A bear, wolf, fox, and hare met under it, because it was St. John's Eve. The bear said that the dew on the lime tree would cure the sight of the king, who was going blind; the wolf said that the king's daughter was deaf and dumb because when she went to communion, she let a crumb fall, but if they caught the toad that had swallowed it, she would be cured; the fox told how the king could find a spring in his courtyard; and the hare told how a golden chain buried about the king's orchard kept it from bearing fruit.

At dawn, True rubbed his eyes with the dew, and regained his sight. He went to serve the king and put to use everything the animals had said, ending with restoring the princess's speech and hearing, at which the king married him to the princess and gave him half his kingdom.

At the wedding, a beggar came: Untrue. True gave him some food and told him to go sit in the lime tree, but when the animals came, they knew that someone had overheard all they said, so this year, they did not do more than say good night and part.

ee also

*Mother Hulda
*Diamonds and Toads
*The Three Heads in the Well
*Father Frost
*The Three Little Men in the Wood
*The Prince and the Princess in the Forest
*The Three Treasures of the Giants
*The Grateful Beasts

External links

* [http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/authors/asbjornsenmoe/trueuntrue.html "True and Untrue"]


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