309-Scandinavian Folklore: The Enemy of my Enemy
Myths and Legends
The Little Boy's Mother Was Smothered
The boy's mother had sent him with a big container of butter that she had just turned up to sell it to the town. The kid took all the butter and offered it to the first person he saw. Or what he thought was another person. It was a rock. He offered the rock a free taste. And the rock devoured it. Well, that served her right for believing in him. Good thing it was only butter. But the kid had tasted freedom. Sure, that meant walking a hundred yards from his house and selling butter to a rock. But it was still so sweet.
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