HANS-MY-HEDGEHOG
Once upon a time, in the land of Germany, there lived a farmer named Jacob. He dwelt at the edge of a great dark forest with his wife, Wilhelmina. They had a fine farm, and a servant, and many fat pigs – but no children.
One morning, Jacob took some pigs to sell in town. While he was there, one of his friends asked him, “Jacob, why don’t you have children? Your house must be so quiet and empty!”
Jacob sighed sadly. While he was walking home, he said to himself, “I wish I had a child – even if they were small and furry and had spines like a hedgehog!”
When he got back to the farm, Wilhelmina was waiting for him. She had an amazed look on her face and was holding something bundled
