The Hare and the Hedgehog
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The Hare and the Hedgehog
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Cover of a low-saxon edition published 1855 with illustrations by Gustav Süs.
Folk tale
Name The Hare and the Hedgehog
Region Germany
Published in Kinder- und Hausmärchen, by the Brothers Grimm
The Hare and the Hedgehog or The race between the Hare and the Hedgehog
One fine morning, the hare makes fun of the hedgehog's crooked legs, whereupon the hedgehog challenges him to a race to win a golden "Lujedor" (Louis d'or) and a bottle of brandy. When the race in the field begins, the hedgehog only runs a few steps, but at the end of the furrow he has placed his wife, who looks very much like him. When the hare, certain of victory, storms in, the hedgehog's wife rises and calls out to him: "Ick bün all hier!" ("I'm already here!"). The hare cannot understand the defeat, he demands revenge and conducts a total of 73 runs with always the same result. In the 74th race he collapses exhausted and dies.
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