Grimms Fairy Tales The Old Man and His Grandson

the old man and his grandson from

Grimm’s fairy tales by Jacob and Wilhelm

Grimm there was once a very old man

whose eyes had become dim his ears

Dolloff hearing his knees trembled and

when he sat at table he could hardly

hold a spoon and split the broth upon

the tablecloth or let it run out of his

mouth his son and his son’s wife were

disgusted at this so the old grandfather

at last had to sit in the corner behind

the stove and they gave him his food in

an earthenware Bowl and not even enough

of it and he used to look towards the

table with his eyes full of tears once

to his trembling hands could not hold

the bowl and it fell to the ground and

broke the young wife scolded him but he

said nothing and only sighed then they

brought him a wooden bowl for a few hay

pans out of which he had to eat

they were one sitting thus when the

little grandson of four years old began

to gather together some bits of wood

upon the ground what are you doing there

asked the father I am making a little

trough answered the child for father and

mother to eat out of when I am big

the man and his wife looked at each

other for a while and presently began to

cry

then they took the old grandfather to

the table and henceforth always let him

eat with them and like why said nothing

if he did spill a little of anything