Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm, Grimm's Goblins (1876) — The Mouse…
“ THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE. Once upon a time a mouse, a bird, and a sausage took it into their heads to keep house together: and to be sure they managed to live for a long time very comfortably and happily; and beside that added a great deal to their store, so as to become very rich. It was the bird's business to fly every day into the forest and bring wood; the mouse had to carry the water, to make the fire, and lay the cloth for dinner; but the sausage was cook to the household. He who is too well off often begins to be lazy and to long for something fresh. ”
