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* SchmuckBait: Don't touch the golden goose, you say? Ok.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Sharing your food is the way to success.
* StandardHeroReward: The kingdom comes with the princess.
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* MovingTheGoalPosts: In some versions, the King is none too pleased at the prospect of having a simpleton peasant as a son-in-law so he tries to drive Dummling away by tacking on three additional, seemingly [[ImpossibleTask impossible challenges]] that he must complete before he can marry the princess. These are finding someone who can eat a mountain of bread, finding someone who can drink all the wine in the kingdom and finding a ship that can sail on both land and sea. Dummling manages to finish all three tasks with the help of the old beggar.


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** In some versions, the King tries to drive Dummling away by making him complete three impossible tasks.
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* StickySituation: Seven persons become stuck to a goose and each other, and they are dragged through several fields and two towns by the goose's owner, who clearly does not care for his hangers-on's antics.

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* StickySituation: Seven persons become stuck to a goose and each other, and they are dragged through several fields and two towns by the goose's owner, who clearly does not care for his hangers-on's is oblivious to their antics.

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* StickySituation: A bunch of people get stuck together because of the golden goose.
* ThresholdGuardians: The little old man imposes a test.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it?

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* StickySituation: A bunch of people get Seven persons become stuck together because of to a goose and each other, and they are dragged through several fields and two towns by the golden goose.
* ThresholdGuardians: The little old man imposes a test.
goose's owner, who clearly does not care for his hangers-on's antics.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the The eponymous goose and everybody the seven persons who became stuck to it?it are dropped from the story when Dummling wins the princess' hand.
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* SchmuckBait: One of the innkeeper's daughters tries to pluck one feather of the golden goose, and her hand becomes stuck to its wing. Her sister also tries to get a feather, and becomes stuck to her. Then, the third sibling shows up, sees her sisters stuck to goose and screaming her to stay away, and she touches the goose anyway.
-->At last the third also came with the like intent, and the others screamed out, "Keep away; for goodness' sake keep away!" But she did not understand why she was to keep away. "The others are there," she thought, "I may as well be there too," and ran to them; but as soon as she had touched her sister, she remained sticking fast to her. So they had to spend the night with the goose.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: An old beggar asks the three brothers to give him food. Dummling's siblings refuse to, and suffer accidents. Dummling shares his food, and is given the golden goose.
* StandardHeroReward: Dummling gets to marry the princess because he makes her laugh.

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A man had three sons, and the youngest was a fool, and continually abused. One day, the older two sons went to cut wood, and were rude with a little old man who asked to share their food, and both of them cut themselves so badly they had to return home. The youngest asked to go, too, and shared his food. The old man pointed him to a tree to chop down, and he found a goose whose feathers were gold in its roots when he did.

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A man had three sons, and the youngest -called Dummling- was a fool, and continually abused. One day, the older two sons went to cut wood, and were rude with a little old man who asked to share their food, and both of them cut themselves so badly they had to return home. The youngest asked to go, too, and shared his food. The old man pointed him to a tree to chop down, and he found a goose whose feathers were gold in its roots when he did.



* RuleOfThree: There are three brothers
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The youngest son is stupid.

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* RuleOfThree: There are RuleOfThree:
** Dummling's father has
three brothers
sons.
** Likewise, the innkeeper has three daughters.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: The Dummling is abused and belittled by his brothers because of being their father's youngest son is stupid.and dimmest son.

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* KindheartedSimpleton: The youngest son is rather simple, but also a good and hard-working man.
* MustMakeHerLaugh: The simpleton accidentally fullfills the king's challenge and makes the princess laugh.
* OldBeggarTest: The older brothers snub the old man, and [[LaserGuidedKarma injure themselves trying to cut wood]]. Our hero shares his simple lunch, and is rewarded with the location of the golden goose.

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* KindheartedSimpleton: The youngest son Dummling is rather simple, a simple-minded but also a good nice and hard-working man.
man who gets the golden goose because he readily shared his food with an old beggar.
* MustMakeHerLaugh: The simpleton accidentally fullfills Dummling's antics make the king's challenge overly serious and makes the grim-faced princess laugh.
burst out in laughter.
-->Soon afterwards he came to a city, where a king ruled who had a daughter who was so serious that no one could make her laugh. So he had put forth a decree that whosoever should be able to make her laugh should marry her. When Dummling heard this, he went with his goose and all her train before the King's daughter, and as soon as she saw the seven people running on and on, one behind the other, she began to laugh quite loudly, and as if she would never leave off.
* OldBeggarTest: The Dummling shares his humble lunch with a hermit, after his two older brothers snub snubbed the old man, same hermit and [[LaserGuidedKarma injure themselves trying to cut wood]]. Our hero shares his simple lunch, suffered nasty wood-cutting accidents. Not only does the hermit turn the hero's dry bread and is rewarded with water into cakes and wine as a sign of gratitude, but he tells him where to find the location of the eponymous golden goose.

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''The Golden Goose'' is a German FairyTale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm.

A man had three sons, and the youngest was a fool, and continually abused. One day, the older two sons went to cut wood, and were rude with a little old man who asked to share their food, and both of them cut themselves so badly they had to return home. The youngest asked to go, too, and shared his food. The old man pointed him to a tree to chop down, and he found a goose whose feathers were gold in its roots when he did. The youngest son took it with him to an inn where he stayed the night. One of the innkeeper's daughters tried to steal a feather, and was stuck to it; her two sisters tried as well, and were stuck to her. The youngest son set out the next day, and the girls had to run to keep up with him. The parson chided them for their antics, and grabbed hold, and then he was stuck as well; the sexton tried to rebuke him, and ended up as well.

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''The Golden Goose'' (German: ''Die goldene Gans'') is a German FairyTale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm.

Creator/TheBrothersGrimm and published in their ''Children and Household's Tales'' (''Kinder- und Hausmärchen'') collection. It is the number 64 tale.

A man had three sons, and the youngest was a fool, and continually abused. One day, the older two sons went to cut wood, and were rude with a little old man who asked to share their food, and both of them cut themselves so badly they had to return home. The youngest asked to go, too, and shared his food. The old man pointed him to a tree to chop down, and he found a goose whose feathers were gold in its roots when he did. did.

The youngest son took it with him to an inn where he stayed the night. One of the innkeeper's daughters tried to steal a feather, and was stuck to it; her two sisters tried as well, and were stuck to her. The youngest son set out the next day, and the girls had to run to keep up with him. The parson chided them for their antics, and grabbed hold, and then he was stuck as well; the sexton tried to rebuke him, and ended up as well.



Not to be confused with one of Literature/AesopsFables, ''The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs''.

Full text [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goldengoose/index.html here]].

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Not to It can be confused with one of Literature/AesopsFables, ''The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs''.

Full text [[http://www.
read [[https://web.archive.org/web/20200221213927/http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goldengoose/index.com/authors/grimms/64goldengoose.html here]].
here]], [[https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/the_golden_goose here]] and [[https://www.gutenberg.org/files/52521/52521-h/52521-h.htm#hdr_29 here]].

Inn the Aarne–Thompson–Uther Index, it is a Type 571 "All Stick Together" and 513B "The Land and Water Ship".

Not to be confused with one of ''Literature/AesopsFables'', ''The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs''.



* EngagementChallenge: [[MustMakeHerLaugh Making the princess laugh]]

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* EngagementChallenge: [[MustMakeHerLaugh Making The King decrees that, if a man can make the princess laugh]]very serious and unemotional Princess laugh, she'd marry him.



* MustMakeHerLaugh: The simpleton accidentally fullfills the king's challenge and makes the princess laugh.



* PerpetualFrowner: The local princess is unable to smile, to the point that her father grows severely concerned.



* StickySituation: A bunch of people get stuck together thanks to the golden goose.

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* StickySituation: A bunch of people get stuck together thanks to because of the golden goose.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it? [[OffscreenInertia Were they all just stuck forever]]?
* YoungestChildWins: The youngest son is the hero.

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it? [[OffscreenInertia Were they all just stuck forever]]?
it?
* YoungestChildWins: The youngest son is gets married to the hero.princess.

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* StickySituation: A bunch of people get stuck together thanks to the golden goose.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it? [[TethercatPrinciple Were they all just stuck forever]]?

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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it? [[TethercatPrinciple [[OffscreenInertia Were they all just stuck forever]]?
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Not to be confused with one of Literature/AesopsFables, ''The Goose that Laid the Golden Eggs''.
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* TheFool: The youngest son
* OldBeggarTest: The older brothers snub the old man, and injure themselves trying to cut wood. Our hero shares his simple lunch, and is rewarded with the location of the golden goose.

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* TheFool: KindheartedSimpleton: The youngest son
son is rather simple, but also a good and hard-working man.
* OldBeggarTest: The older brothers snub the old man, and [[LaserGuidedKarma injure themselves trying to cut wood.wood]]. Our hero shares his simple lunch, and is rewarded with the location of the golden goose.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Or rather, to the goose and everybody stuck to it? [[TethercatPrinciple Were they all just stuck forever]]?
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* EngagementChallenge: Making the princess laugh

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* EngagementChallenge: [[MustMakeHerLaugh Making the princess laughlaugh]]
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'''''The Golden Goose''''' is a German FairyTale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm.

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'''''The ''The Golden Goose''''' Goose'' is a German FairyTale collected by Creator/TheBrothersGrimm.
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* SchmuckBait: Don't touch the golden goose, you say? Ok.
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* OldBeggarTest: The older brothers snub the old man, and injure themselves trying to cut wood. Our hero shares his simple lunch, and is rewarded with the location of the golden goose.

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* TheFool
* RuleOfThree
* TheRuntAtTheEnd
* StandardHeroReward
* ThresholdGuardians
* YoungestChildWins

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* TheFool
EngagementChallenge: Making the princess laugh
* RuleOfThree
TheFool: The youngest son
* TheRuntAtTheEnd
RuleOfThree: There are three brothers
* StandardHeroReward
TheRuntAtTheEnd: The youngest son is stupid.
* ThresholdGuardians
SecretTestOfCharacter: Sharing your food is the way to success.
* YoungestChildWinsStandardHeroReward: The kingdom comes with the princess.
* ThresholdGuardians: The little old man imposes a test.
* YoungestChildWins: The youngest son is the hero.
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'''''The Golden Goose''''' is a German FairyTale collected by TheBrothersGrimm.

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'''''The Golden Goose''''' is a German FairyTale collected by TheBrothersGrimm.
Creator/TheBrothersGrimm.
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* RuntAtTheEnd

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* RuntAtTheEndTheRuntAtTheEnd


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* YoungestChildWins
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'''''The Golden Goose''''' is a German FairyTale collected by TheBrothersGrimm.

A man had three sons, and the youngest was a fool, and continually abused. One day, the older two sons went to cut wood, and were rude with a little old man who asked to share their food, and both of them cut themselves so badly they had to return home. The youngest asked to go, too, and shared his food. The old man pointed him to a tree to chop down, and he found a goose whose feathers were gold in its roots when he did. The youngest son took it with him to an inn where he stayed the night. One of the innkeeper's daughters tried to steal a feather, and was stuck to it; her two sisters tried as well, and were stuck to her. The youngest son set out the next day, and the girls had to run to keep up with him. The parson chided them for their antics, and grabbed hold, and then he was stuck as well; the sexton tried to rebuke him, and ended up as well.

The youngest son went to city where a princess lived, who was so serious she never laughed, and the king had decreed that she should marry whoever made her laugh. The sight of the procession made her laugh, and so the youngest son married her and inherited the kingdom.

Full text [[http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/goldengoose/index.html here]].

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