The Story of Little Muck by Wilhelm Hauff.
Little Muck was a little person. His father died.
Little Muck worked for an old woman. Then he left and took his shoes. These shoes were magical. They could transport the Little Muck wherever he wanted very quickly.
So, the Little Muck became the king’s runner. Then he was deprived of the magic shoes.
The Little Muck found two fig trees. If person ate figs from the first tree, then donkey ears would grow, but if person ate figs from the second tree, then donkey ears would disappear.
He changed his clothes and went to the palace. There Little Muck treated the king to figs and he became ugly.
The king hoped for a recovery, but Little Muck didn’t give him the healing figs. The Little Muck only took his magic shoes.
There are many different movies and cartoons about this fairy tale.
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