the Bremen town musicians by the brothers Grimm

there was once a donkey he was old he herd his master say "that donkey is too old to work. Why should I feed him?"

"If he won't feed me, I will run away." thought the donkey.
"May I can't work for him anymore, but I'm good at Music. I will go to Bremen Town and be a musician there." And the dokey set off for Bremen town.

On the way, he met a dog. "What's wrong?" asked the donkey. "You are out of breath."
"I'm getting too old to hunt." said the dog. "I heard my master say he wanted to kill me, so I ran away. But what shall I do now?"

"I know what," said the donkey. "I'm going to Bremen town to make a little music. I can bray and you can bark. Come with me to Bremen town, we will be musicians there."

Soon they met a cat. "What's wrong," said the donkey. "You look as sad as a rainy day."

"Why should I look happy?" asked the Cat. "I am getting too old to run after mice. I heard my Mistress say she was going to drown me, so I ran away. But What shall I do now?"

"You are good at night singing." said the Donkey. "Come with us to Bremen town and we will be Musicians there."

so off they went to Bremen town.

Soon they met a rooster. "What's wrong with you?" asked the Donkey.
"The way you crow makes me want to cry."

"I am crowing while I can." Said the rooster. "I heard my mistress say she was going to cut off my head and put me in a soup."

"You have a fine voice." said the Donkey. "Come with us to Bremen town. We will be musicains there.
So off they went. The Donkey, the Dog, the Cat, and the Rooster

At night they came to a forest. It was dark and they were ready to go to sleep. The Rooster looked around. "I see a light" he said. "There must be a house near here."
"A house" said the donkey "Let's go!"

So off they went. Before long they came to the house. The donkey looked in the window.
"What do you see?" asked the rooster.
"What do I see?" replied the donkey "I see a table full of good things to eat. And I see robbers at the table. They are eatting and having a good time."
"I'd like some of that food" said the Rooster.
"So would I" said the dog. "But how can we get rid of the robbers?"

"Let's all think" said the Donkey. They all thought hard. and soon they were ready.

"All together now." said the Donkey. "One....Two....THREE!"

HEE-HAW
BOW-WOW
ME-OW
COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO

And they all came crashing through the window.
The robbers ran away.
And the Four Friends ate and ate.

Then they put out the lights and went to sleep.

The robbers were hiding in the forest all this time.
"Why did we run away?" They said. "There is nothing to be araid of."
But they sent one robber back to make sure.

The robber went into the house, and saw the cat's eyes shining in the dark. "AH!" said the robber. "I see that there are still coals burning in the fireplace. I will use them to light my candle."
The robber went right up to the Cat. The Cat spit at him and scratched his face.

"Help! Help!" said the robber. And he ran to the door.
The Dog jumjped up and bit the robbers leg.
"Help! HELP! said the robber, and he ran outside.

The Donkey woke up and gave the robber a good hard kick.
"HELP! HELP!" said the robber. The noise woke up the rooster. "Cock-a-doodle-doo! COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!
The robber ran away from the house as fast as he could. "Help Help" he cried.

"What happened?" the other robbers asked him.

"Oh" he said "A horrible witch spit at me. She Scratched my face with her sharp nails. Then a monster near the door stabbed my leg with a knife. And then a giant hit me with a club. And a ghost screamed at me."
The robbers never went back to that house again.

But the Donkey
and the Cat
and the Dog
And the Rooster
liked the house so much that they stayed there forever.
they never went to Bremen town to be musicians there.

THE END