Question

Write a short story on:
A fairy prince who decides to abandon his responsibilities to become a street musician.

Answer 1

Answer:

The "Town Musicians of Bremen" (German: Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten) is a popular German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm and published in Grimms' Fairy Tales in 1819 (KHM 27).[1]

Town Musicians of Bremen

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A bronze statue by Gerhard Marcks depicting the Bremen Town Musicians located in Bremen, Germany. The statue was erected in 1953.

Folk tale

Name

Town Musicians of Bremen

Data

Aarne-Thompson grouping

ATU 130 (The Animals in Night Quarters)

Country

Germany

It tells the story of four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house. The Town Musicians of Bremen is a story of Aarne–Thompson Type 130 ("Outcast animals find a new home").[1]