“The donkey said, "Here we will stay," knocked at the gate, and cried, " A guest is with- out— open, that he may enter." As, however, the gate was not opened, he sat down, took his lute and played it in the most delightful manner with his two fore-feet. Then the door-keeper opened his eyes most wonderfully wide, and ran to the King and said, " Outside by the gate sits a young donkey which plays the lute as well as an experienced master !”

— Grimm's Household Tales: With the Author's Notes, Tale 144 · served from our shelf uncorrected OCR — being verified against the scan