41 Herr KorbesThere were once a c**k and a hen who wanted to take a journey together. So the c**k built a beautiful carriage, which had four red wheels, and harnessed four mice to it. The hen seated herself in it with the c**k, and they drove away together. Not long afterwards they met a cat who said, "Where are you going?" The c**k replied, "We are going to the house of Herr Korbes." "Take me with you," said the cat. The c**k answered, "Most willingly, get up behind, lest you fall off in front. Take great care not to dirty my little red wheels. And you little wheels, roll on, and you little mice pipe out, as we go forth on our way to the house of Herr Korbes."
After this came a millstone, then an egg, then a duck, then a pin, and at last a needle, who all seated themselves in the carriag
