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The Old Sultan

A farmer had a very faithful dog named "Sultan," who had grown
old in his service and had no teeth left to hold his prey. One day, the
farmer with his wife at the door of the house, said: - Tomorrow I
will kill the old "Sultan"; it is no longer good for nothing. The
woman, feeling sorry for the faithful animal, replied: - He has served
us for so many years, always with such loyalty, that we might as
well give him alms bread now. - What are you saying, woman!
replied the peasant. You are not in your right mind! He has no fang
left in his mouth, no thief is afraid of him; You have already
completed your mission. If you have served us, you have not lacked
your good food. The poor dog, who was lying a short distance
sunbathing, heard the conversation and was very sad when he
thought that the next day would be the last of his life. He had a good
friend in the forest, the wolf, and when evening fell, he went to see
him to tell him how lucky he was. "Courage, compadre," said the
wolf, "I'll get you out of trouble." An idea occurred to me.
Tomorrow, at dawn, your master and his wife will go out to look for
grass and they will have to take their little son, because nobody will
be left at home. While they work, they usually leave the child in the
shadow of the fence. You will stand by his side, as if to watch him. I
will come out of the forest and steal the creature, and you will
pretend that you are chasing me. Then, I will release the little one,
and the parents, thinking that you have saved him, will no longer
want to cause you any harm, since they are grateful people; before,
on the contrary, from now on they will treat you like a king and you
will not lack anything. The combination seemed good to the dog,
and things went as planned. The father broke into loud cries when he
saw the wolf escape with his son; but when the old "Sultan" brought
the little boy safe and sound, caressing the animal with great joy, he
said: - Nobody will touch a hair of your skin, and you will not lack
sustenance while you live. Then he addressed his wife: - Go home
immediately and cook "Sultan" some soups of bread, that those do
not need to chew them, and you put the pillow of my bed in his bed;
I give it to him.
And from that day on, "Sultan" gave himself a princely life.
Before long the wolf came to visit him, congratulating him on how
well the ruse had turned out.
"But, compadre," he added, "now it will be up to you to turn a blind
eye when an opportunity presents itself to take a sheep from your
master." Today it is very difficult to earn a living.
"Don't count on that," replied the dog; I am faithful to my owner,
and in this I cannot compromise.
The wolf thought that he was not serious, and when night came, he
appeared quietly, with the intention of stealing a sheep; but the
peasant, to whom the loyal "Sultan" had revealed the beast's
purposes, was on the prowl, armed with the flail, and beat him up,
leaving him no healthy bone. The wolf escaped with its tail between
its legs; but he yelled at the dog:
- Wait, bad friend, you're going to pay me!
The next morning, the wolf sent the boar in search of the dog, tasked
with summoning him in the woods, to sort out their differences.
Poor "Sultan" found no other assistant than a cat that only had three
legs, and, while they were going to the appointment, the poor
pussycat had to jump, straightening his tail each time, from the pain
that this exercise caused him. The wolf and the boar were already in
the agreed place, waiting for the dog; but when they saw it from a
distance, they believed that it was brandishing a saber, because that
seemed to them to be the cat's raised tail. As for the latter, who was
leaping forward on his three legs, they thought that each time he
picked up a stone and then threw it at him. The two cronies were
afraid; the boar scurried through the undergrowth, and the wolf
perched on a tree. When the dog and cat arrived, they were surprised
to see no one. The boar, however, had not been able to hide entirely
among the bushes and its ears were sticking out. The cat, looking
around cautiously, saw something moving and, thinking it was a
mouse, jumped up and bit down with all his might. The boar ran,
screeching wildly and shouting:
- The culprit is in the tree!
Cat and dog looked up and discovered the wolf, who, ashamed of
having behaved so cowardly, made peace with "Sultan."

Authors
Jacob Grimm (January 4, 1785, Hanau (Germany) - Berlin, 20 of
September 1863)
Wilhelm Grimm (February 24, 1786, Hanau - 16 December 1859,
Berlin).

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