Odds And Ends
This Grimm tale is a moral fable about industry versus idleness, presented in the brothers' characteristic style of simple narrative with darker undertones. A lazy maiden's contempt for her industrious servant backfires when the bridegroom discovers not only the servant's virtue but the bride's fundamental character flaws. Readers should expect a swift, poetic justice—the Grimms' signature blend of everyday realism and supernatural consequence.