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'''Gertrude's Bird''' is a Norwegian [[fairy tale]] collected by [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]] and [[Jørgen Moe]] in their ''[[Norske Folkeeventyr]]''. |
'''Gertrude's Bird''' (in Norwegian: Gjertrudsfuglen) is a Norwegian [[fairy tale]] collected by [[Peter Christen Asbjørnsen]] and [[Jørgen Moe]] in their ''[[Norske Folkeeventyr]]''. |
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==Synopsis== |
==Synopsis== |
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Jesus and St. Peter came begging one day to a house where a woman named Gertrude lived. She took a tiny piece of dough to make them a bannock, but it covered the whole griddle just the same, and she thought it too large to give to beggars. She tried [[Rule of three (writing)|twice more]], each time with less dough, but could not make a bannock small enough. So she refused to give them anything. Jesus turned her into a woodpecker, to seek her food on trees and never drink except when it rains. |
Jesus and St. Peter came begging one day to a house where a woman named Gertrude lived. She took a tiny piece of dough to make them a [[bannock]], but it covered the whole griddle just the same, and she thought it too large to give to beggars. She tried [[Rule of three (writing)|twice more]], each time with less dough, but could not make a bannock small enough. So she refused to give them anything. Jesus turned her into a woodpecker, to seek her food on trees and never drink except when it rains. |
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[[Category: Norwegian fairy tales]] |
[[Category: Norwegian fairy tales]] |
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[[Category: Scandinavian folklore]] |
[[Category: Scandinavian folklore]] |
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Revision as of 06:10, 25 July 2008
Gertrude's Bird (in Norwegian: Gjertrudsfuglen) is a Norwegian fairy tale collected by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen and Jørgen Moe in their Norske Folkeeventyr.
Synopsis
Jesus and St. Peter came begging one day to a house where a woman named Gertrude lived. She took a tiny piece of dough to make them a bannock, but it covered the whole griddle just the same, and she thought it too large to give to beggars. She tried twice more, each time with less dough, but could not make a bannock small enough. So she refused to give them anything. Jesus turned her into a woodpecker, to seek her food on trees and never drink except when it rains.