Tischlein deck dich

Once upon a time there had been a tailor who send his three sons out into the world so that they might find fortune and learn something proper The oldest went to a carpenter and was gifted a small table at the end of his apprenticeship It set itself with all kinds of delicacies when ordered to When he visits a hostelry however he gets cheated from the table by the innkeeper The second son became the apprentice to a miller and received a donkey as a parting gift which could spew gold But he as well got cheated out of the wages of his apprenticeship by the criminal innkeeper The third son received from his lathe worker master conveniently a club as a parting gift Spontaneously he helps his brothers to their right and the thievish innkeeper experiences a bad surprise