The donkey is a fairy tale collected by the brothers Grimm for Kinder- und Hausmärchen and received the serial number KHM144. The original name is Das Eselein. The story Reading Warning: The following text contains details about the content and / or the end of the story.
A rich king and queen have everything except a child. The queen is sad, but after a while, she likes a child. The child does not look like a human, but like a young donkey. The mother wanted that she had not got a child and wanted to throw him into the water. The king does not want this, his son is his heir. The donkey is cheerful and loves music. He goes to a famous playmaker and wants to learn to ride on the lute. The young prince comes to a well on a day and sees his mirror image in the water. He is very sad and draws into the wide world with only his lute. The donkey comes an old king with only one daughter, but he is not let in. When he plays on the lute, the gate is opened and the donkey can eat with the servants. The donkey says to be a first name and can then eat with the soldiers, but he also does not like this. Then the donkey can sit with the king and he must say what he thinks of the king's daughter. He thinks it's a pretty girl and he can sit next to her. One day, the donkey wants home and the king asks what he wants. He does not want gold or valuables, but the king's hand.
The wedding is celebrated and the bride and groom go to the bedroom. The king carries a servant to hide himself in the bedroom and this servant sees how the boy finishes the ezelsuid. The bride is fond and they love each other. The next morning the king's son returns to the donkey and the king asks his daughter whether she is sad with the ass as a man. The king's daughter says he is the most beautiful man for her and the servant tells the king what happened. The king goes to his daughter's bedroom the next night and he sees a beautiful young man in the moonlight. The skin is on the ground and the king takes it along. He burns a large fire and burns the skin to ashes. The king's son wants to attract his skin the next morning, but that's gone. He wants to flee, but the king is outside and asks what he wants to do. The young man gets half the kingdom and after the death of the old king he will get the whole kingdom. The young man stays with the old king and after a year he has the whole empire and, as his father dies, he gets another richer. They live in wealth and abundance. Backgrounds Fairy tales of the brothers Grimm
Assepoester · Beer spoon · Bontepels · Bride and sister · Bridal choice · Carnation · The poor and the rich · The poor boy in the grave · The poor miller's knee and the kitten · The bee queen · The offerings of death · The farmer and the devil · De Bremer city musicians · The bread crumbs on the table · The wedding of Vos woman · Death as a goddess · The death of the hen · The thirst of the sky · The three brothers · The three happiness children · The three craftsmen · The three whole masters · The three sloths · The three males in the woods · The three snake leaves · The three spiders · The three languages · The three springs · The three birds · The three black princes · The devil and his grandmother · The devil with the three golden hair · The duration of life · The geese hater · The geese hound at the source · The gauze thief and his master · The spirit in the bottle · The gifts of the little people · The stolen dice · The glass coffin · The good ruin l · The golden goose · The golden key · The golden bird · The gold children · The grave hill · The vegetable donkey · The hare and the hedgehog · The male beam · The hazel · The bright sun brings it to light · The heavenly wedding · The hoofnight · The dog and the mouse · The household · The iron stove · The young giant · The jew in the bush · The gnomes · The frog king · The tailor in the sky · The king of the golden mountain · The king's son who scared nothing for wax · The corn-ears · The crystal ball · The boots of buffalo · The lazy spinster · The moon · The master thief · The mus and his four children · The ungrateful son · The old beggar · The old grandfather and his grandson · The old Hildebrand · The old Rinkrank · The old Sultan · The old woman in the forest · The peetoom · The raven · The rap · The rannel, the hat and the horn · The ranger of Hamelen · The giant and the tailor · The helmsman and the bouncer · The black-red brother of the devil · The robber's groom · The schol · The scornful servant · The star of daughters · The most striking shoe · The drummer · The faithful John · The twelve brothers · The twelve hunters · The twelve lazy servants · The two brothers · The two king children · The two traveling children · The owl · The wise farmer · The wise men · The four artificial brothers · The full hunter · The fox and the geese · The fox and the cat · The fox and the mother of his pet child · The fox and the horse · The true bride · The waternip · The water snake in the pond · The white snake · The white and the black bride · The wolf and the human · The wolf and the fox · The wolf and the kids · The wonderful playman · The six servants · The six swans · The seven Swabs · The seven ravens · The singing jumping lark · The sweet cardboard · Doctor Weetal · Doornroosje · Duimendik · Thumbs up the world · One eye, two eye and three eye · Eve's unequal children en · Frieder and Katherineje · Happy Hans · Hans and Grietje · Hans celebrates wedding · Hans-mine-hedgehog · Hazekebruid · Het aardmanneke · The blue light · Het boerke · The boerke in the sky · The forest house · The brave cutter · The death shield · The selfish child · The donkey · The Lord's and the Devil's animals · The mess · The shepherd's boy · The household of cat and mouse · The child of Maria · The lamb and the fish · The lies of Ditmar · The male that young anointed · The girl without hands · Brakel's girl · The beautiful Katrinella and Pief Paf Poltrie · The riddle · The slender cutter · The fairy tale of Luilekkerland · The water of life · The winter boy · The winter boy and the bear · The singing bun · Iron Hans · Jonkvrouw Maleen · Jorinde and Joringel · Klitten · Klosje, schietspoel and needle · Kneppe Elsje · Knoest and his three sons · King Lijsterbaard · Liefde and suffering sharing · Luie Hein · Luisje and Fleece · Skinny Liesje · Master Priem · Sir Korbes · Heels the world around · Going · Riddles · Rapons · Repelsteltje · Red-headed · Simeliberg · Snake Probe · Slim Grietje · Slim Hans · Snow White · Snow White and Red Dood · Playing Gloves · Fairy tale of somebody who pulled out to learn grieves · Strong Hans · Strohalm, Cabbage fire and bean · Table cover you, Donkey stretch out and bat from the bag · Faithful Ferdinand and Faith Ferdinand · From the fisherman and his wife · From the guardian tree · From the mouse, the bird and the roast worm · Vleerkens bird · Bird grab · Vulture · Free Roland · Merry French · Female Holly · Female Sweater
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