The louse and the flea

"The Louse and the Flea" is a short fable by Brothers Grimm where a tiny accident — a louse burning herself while brewing beer in an eggshell — sets off an unstoppable chain of reactions. The grieving flea's cries send a door creaking, a broom sweeping, a cart running, an ash-heap blazing, a tree shaking, and a girl smashing her water-pitcher, until finally a spring bursts its banks and swallows everything whole. The story builds with rhythmic, cumulative verses that grow funnier and more chaotic with each new link in the chain.

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