Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

“ She took her seat in a corner of the market, set out her crockery about her, and began to cry her wares.
Suddenly, a drunken Hussar came galloping up, and rode right in among the pots, breaking them into thousands of bits.
She began to cry, and was so frightened that she did not know what to do. ‘Oh! what will become of me?’ she cried. ‘What will my Husband say tome?’ She ran home, and told him her misfortune.
‘Who would ever think of sitting at the corner of the market with crockery?’ he said. ‘Stop that crying. I see you are no manner of use for any decent kind of work. ”

“ But I will try to start a trade in earthenware. You must sit in the market and offer your goods for sale.’
‘Alas!’ she thought, ‘if any of the people from my father’s kingdom come and see me sitting in the market-place, offering
The Beggar took her by the hand and led her away.
goods for sale, they will scoff at me.’ But it was no good. She had to obey, unless she meant to die of hunger. All went well the first time. The people willingly bought her wares because she was so handsome, and they paid what she asked them—nay, some even gave her the money and left her the pots as well. ”

“ She was more beautiful than words can tell, but at the same time so proud and haughty that no man who came to woo her was good enough for her. She turned away one after another, and even mocked them.
One day her father ordered a great feast to be given, and invited to it all the marriageable young men from far and near. ”