The Husband Who Was to Mind the House the end of the rope to himself. He went to grind grain for the porridge, but the cow fell off, and because he had run the rope through the chimney, it dragged him up. The wife returned and cut the rope so the cow came down but she found her husband with his head stuck in the pot. The Husband Who Was to Mind the House The Husband Who Was to Mind the House is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their "Norske Folkeeventyr". It is Aarne-Thompson type 1408 The man who does
How the Dragon Was Tricked How the Dragon Was Tricked How the Dragon was Tricked is a Greek fairy tale collected by Johann Georg von Hahn in "Griechische und Albanesische Märchen". Andrew Lang included it in "The Pink Fairy Book". It is Aarne-Thompson type 328, the boy steals the giant's treasures. An older brother was jealous of his younger brother and one day tied him to a tree to be rid of him. An old, humpbacked shepherd saw him and asked him why; the younger brother said it was to straighten out his back, and persuaded the shepherd to be tied there in his place.