{"corpus":"steiner","locus":"GA 108/1908-12-26/p005","lang":"en","edition":"English","edition_basis":null,"is_original":false,"is_default_edition":true,"text":"Once upon a time, something happened, but where was it? Yes, one might also ask: Where wasn't it? Once upon a time, there was a tailor's apprentice. He had only a penny left in his pocket, but that penny drove him to set out on his travels. He was hungry, and with that penny he could only buy a bowl of milk soup. As the milk soup stood before him, a whole swarm of flies flew into it, and when he had finished eating, the whole plate was covered with flies. So he struck the plate a few times with his hand and counted how many he had killed, and counted a hundred. Then he took a writing tablet from the innkeeper and wrote on it: “He killed a hundred at once!” And with this tablet hanging around his neck, he went on his way. He came to a king's castle. The king happened to be looking down and saw someone walking by with something written on his back. He sent his servant down to see what it said. The servant went and read: “He killed a hundred at once!” and reported this to the king. “Stop!” said the king. “This is someone I can use,” and he sent for him. “I can use you!” said the king. ‘Will you enter my service?’ ‘Yes,’ he said, ‘I will gladly enter your service if you give me a proper wage, which I will tell you later.’ ‘Yes,’ said the king, ”I will reward you very well if you keep your promise.” Therefore, you shall eat and drink well as long as you like. But then you must also do me a service that is equal to your strength. Every year a whole troop of bears comes to my country and causes terrible damage. They are so strong that no man can kill them. You will certainly be able to do so if you keep your promise. “I will certainly do that,” said the journeyman, ‘but until the bears come, I must ask for as much food and drink as I want.’ For the tailor's journeyman said to himself, ‘If I cannot kill the bears when they come, at least I will have eaten and drunk well for a while.’ And so it went on for some time. When the time came for the bears to return, he did the following: He went into the kitchen and set up a table. He left the door wide open and laid out on the table all kinds of things that bears like to eat and drink, honey and so on. Then he hid himself. The bears came in, ate and drank until they could eat no more and lay down. Then he cut off the head of each of the bears and killed them in this way. When the king saw this, he asked him, “How did you do that?” And the journeyman said, “I simply let the bears jump over the blade and then cut off each one's head!” The king was already very faithful and said, “If you have done that, then you can do me an even greater service. Every year, large, strong giants come to our country. No one can kill or drive them away; perhaps you can do it?” The tailor said, ‘Yes, I will do it if you give me your daughter as my wife afterwards.’ The king was very keen to have the giants driven away, so he promised, and the tailor enjoyed himself again.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"title":"9. 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Ja, es kann auch gefragt werden: Wo war es denn nicht? - Es war einmal ein Schneidergeselle. Der hatte nur noch einen Groschen in der Tasche, aber es trieb ihn mit diesem Groschen auf die Wanderschaft. Da hungerte ihn, und er konnte sich für diesen Groschen nur noch eine Milchsuppe kaufen. Als die Milchsuppe so vor ihm stand, da flogen eine ganze Menge Fliegen in die Suppe, und als er ausgegessen hatte, war der ganze Teller mit lauter Fliegen bedeckt. Da schlug er dann mit seiner Hand ein paarmal auf den Teller und zählte dann, wieviel er erschlagen hätte, und zählte hundert. Da nahm er sich von dem Wirt eine Schreibtafel und schrieb darauf: Der hat hundert auf einmal erschlagen! - Und mit dieser Tafel, die er sich umhing, ging er weiter. Da kam er vorbei an einem Königsschloß. Der König schaute gerade hinunter und sah da einen gehen, der hinten etwas aufgeschrieben hatte. Er schickte seinen Diener hinunter, um nachzusehen, was darauf stände. Der Diener ging, und da stand: Der hat hundert auf einmal erschlagen! - und sagte das dem König. Halt! sagte sich der König - das ist einer, den ich brauchen kann -, und schickte hinunter und ließ ihn kommen. Dich kann ich brauchen! sagte ihm der König. Willst du in meinen Dienst treten? - Ja - sagte der -, ich will ganz gerne in Euren Dienst treten, wenn Ihr mir einen gehörigen Lohn gebt, den ich Euch nachher sagen werde. - Jasagte der König -, ich werde dich, wenn du das hältst, was du versprichst, sehr gut belohnen. Deshalb sollst du einmal gut essen und trinken, solange es dir beliebt. Dann mußt du mir aber auch einen Dienst leisten, der deiner Stärke entspricht. In mein Land kommt alle Jahre ein ganzer Trupp Bären, und die richten einen schrecklichen Schaden an. Sie sind so stark, daß sie kein Mensch töten kann. Du wirst es gewiß können, wenn du das hältst, was deine Tafel verspricht. - Da sagte der Geselle: Gewiß, ich werde das tun; aber bis die Bären kommen, muß ich um so viel zu essen und zu trinken bitten, als ich will. - Denn der Schneidergeselle sagte sich nämlich: Wenn ich dann die Bären nicht erschlagen kann, wenn sie mich töten, so habe ich dann doch wenigstens eine Zeitlang gut gegessen und getrunken. Und das ging so eine Weile. Als dann die Zeit kam, wo die Bären wieder erscheinen sollten, da richtete er folgendes her: Er ging in die Küche und stellte da eine Tafel auf. Das Tor ließ er weit offen; auf die Tafel legte er alle möglichen Dinge, die die Bären gern haben wollen zu essen und zu trinken, Honig und so weiter. Dann versteckte er sich. Die Bären kamen heran, aßen und tranken, bis sie nicht mehr konnten und dalagen. Da schlug er einem jeden der Bären den Kopf ab und hatte die Bären auf diese Weise erlegt. Als der König das sah, fragte er ihn: Ja, wie hast du das gemacht? Und der Geselle sagte: Ich habe die Bären einfach über die Klinge springen lassen und habe dann jedem den Kopf abgeschlagen! - Der König war da schon sehr gläubig und sagte: Wenn du das getan hast, dann kannst du mir auch noch einen größeren Dienst erweisen. In unser Land kommen alljährlich große starke Riesen. Niemand kann sie töten oder vertreiben; vielleicht kannst du es tun? - Der Schneider sagte: Ja, ich will es tun, wenn Ihr mir Eure Tochter nachher zur Gemahlin gebt. - Dem König lag viel daran, daß die Riesen vertrieben würden, und er versprach es, und der Schneider ließ es sich wieder gut ergehen.","text_trust":"verbatim","quote_safe":true,"word_count":618,"url":"https://anthroposophy.ai/v1/steiner/de/ga/108/1908-12-26/p005"}],"english":["GA 108/1908-12-26/p005"],"method":"length","confidence":"medium","correspondence":"established","length_check":{"de_words":618,"en_words":588,"ratio":0.95,"partial":false},"pairing_state":"proposed","verified":false},"witness_completeness":{"ratio":1.0,"band":"comparable","note":null,"word_count":9517,"original_word_count":9482,"may_be_abridged":false},"witness_quality":{"translator":{"scope":"unit","status":"recorded","translator":"Steiner Online Library","identified_edition":"SOL2024","book_title":"Answers Provided by Anthroposophy Concerning the World and Life","publisher":"Steiner Online Library","publisher_inferred":true,"match_score":1.0,"source_url":"https://www.rsarchive.org/Lectures/GA108/English/SOL2024/19081226p02.html","evidence":"lecture_page_line","publisher_note":"The publisher is inferred from the edition code in this lecture's source URL, not stated by the source page. 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