A Marxist Reading of the Peasant's Wise Daughter

The Peasant's Wise Daughter
past the Brothers Grimm

Once upon a time in that location was a poor human being. He merely had a smart girl.  They lived in total poverty: no business firm, no state, and no food to eat.

After they had not eaten for a long fourth dimension, they were desperate. The wise girl said to her father, "We are poor.  We have no land, but the male monarch does. Let's enquire the male monarch for land. We can promise to requite function to the male monarch."

So they went to the king. The king was generous and he gave them the land. They worked the country. They had nutrient to eat, so they gave part to the male monarch.

One day, they worked on the land.  In the field, they saw a beautiful gold box. But it was just the top of the box. The lesser was not there. They looked for the missing part.

"We must go to the king and give him this part of the box," said the man.  But the wise daughter said no. "If the rex sees only one part, he volition ask for the 2d part of the box," said the girl. She said, "Outset, let's expect for both parts.  So we can go to the rex."

But her male parent ignored her advice.  The father went to the king immediately. He did not expect for the second part. The father said to the king, "Majesty, this aureate box is from your land. "

The male monarch was not happy. He said, "It'south only 1 role. Where is the rest?"

"No, I did not see some other part. That'south all."
Just information technology was obvious; the box had another office.
"Exercise yous think I'grand stupid?" said the male monarch furiously.

He put the poor man in prison house. The man repeated, "Ah! If only I had listened to my daughter!"
The next day, the king said, "Where is the other office?"

Merely the man simply cried.  He repeated, "Ah! If I had merely listened to my daughter!"

"Your daughter, what did she tell you? " asked the male monarch.  "My daughter is very intelligent. She told me to showtime look for both parts of the box."

"What intelligent girl you have! I must meet her," said the rex.  The king was smart and enjoyed riddles. He invited the poor girl to the castle. The king said, "Your father says y'all're smart. Then, I'm doing a test: an enigma. If you know the correct reply, I will free your begetter."

The wise daughter accustomed the examination.  So the king said, "Go out the castle.  Return neither dressed nor naked;  neither on horseback, nor past motorcar, nor on foot."

She thought and thought.  Then, she had an thought. She got a fishing cyberspace. She put on the net like a dress. She was neither naked nor dressed.  And then she got a donkey – not a horse. The donkey walked and walked.

Finally, the wise girl arrived at the castle. The male monarch said that she had solved the riddle. The male monarch honored his promise. He released his father from prison house.

The king was very impressed. He wanted to ally the wise girl. The girl accustomed.

The wedding mean solar day approached.

One day, the male monarch was walking downwards the road. He saw a fight.  Ii men shouted, "No, it's mine! " and "No, it's my property! "

The fight was fascinating for the male monarch.  One man had a equus caballus. The second man had an ox.  1 solar day, the horse had three babies. Simply the next day, one baby disappeared.

The next mean solar day, the 2nd human visited his ox.  The ox had adopted a new baby – a infant horse. The babe hid under his new mother, the ox.  The babe would not go back domicile.

The king considered this enigma.  And so, he said, "Where the baby is now is his home."

The human with the equus caballus was furious. The king's decision was stupid: the babe was obviously not the ox'southward babe.  Information technology was a horse.

The King's fiancee – the wise girl – learned of this decision. She had a charitable eye. She said to the poor man with the horse, "Don't be distressing. Information technology's possible to change the king's mind. "

"Information technology is? But how?" said the poor homo.
"Tomorrow render to the route where you saw the male monarch.  Get a fishing net. Throw the cyberspace and say you are fishing."

"Fishing? On the road? That's ridiculous," said the man.
"Yep, it's ridiculous. But it's more ridiculous to imagine that an ox can take a baby horse," said the wise girl.

So the man did just that. He got a internet and said he was line-fishing.
The king saw the man with a net and said, "What are you doing?"
"I'one thousand line-fishing," he said.
"Fishing on the road? Only at that place is no river! That'south ridiculous!"
"Yes, information technology's ridiculous. But information technology'southward more than ridiculous to imagine that an ox tin have a baby horse," said the poor human.

The king was furious. The poor human being had ridiculed him.  He was the King! It was disrespectful. But the poor human blamed the male monarch's fiancee.  "Your fiancee told me to get the net and say this to you," said the human being.

The king was insulted. He returned to the castle. "Why did you ridicule me?  You embarrassed me in public," said the king to the wise girl.
She replied, "Your determination was not fair."
"But you were disloyal! I do not want to marry you anymore."
"Y'all practice non love me?" said the girl.

"I honey you – just you exercise not respect me," said the male monarch. "Please get back domicile. But before you get, accept money or aureate. Accept anything you want. Accept the most precious object in the castle."

The wise girl obeyed. The girl loved the king and did not desire to leave.

She had an idea. She prepared a sleeping potion. The king took a small dose.  Immediately, he fell asleep. She ordered the servants to help. They placed the king in a cart. The cart left the castle and arrived at the girl'southward business firm.

The rex slept all night. The next 24-hour interval he got up. He saw the poor little house and he was surprised.  He asked, "Where are nosotros?"  She smiled and said, "My honey, y'all ordered me to take from the castle what was most precious. For me, in that location is nothing more than precious than y'all!"
The king loved her and was very happy. He said, "My beloved love, you are precious to me, too!"

They returned to the royal castle.  They had a big wedding ceremony commemoration.

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Source: https://storiesfirst.org/greatstoryreadingproject/docs/the-peasants-wise-daughter/

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