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