Little Muck

Wilhelm Gauf (1802-1827) - the famous German storyteller, was born in the family of an employee of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Prussia and noblewoman from Elsas. The boy was only 7 years old when his father died. And the family moved to the grandfather"s estate in Tubingen. A huge library has become a favorite place for little Wilhelm, and books became best friends. Having graduated from the university, Gauf began to work as a tutor in the family of the Minister of Defense General Baron von Hegel. It was for his little pupils that he began to write fairy tales. For the first time, Wilhelm Gauf’s fairy tales were published in the Almanac of the Tales of January 1826 for sons and daughters of noble classes" and immediately found many fans. During the life of Gauf, two collections of his fairy tales were published, another collection was published by his wife three years after his death.
In the tales of Gaufa, not only the magical plot and miracles that occur with the heroes, but also the lessons of the life wisdom that he gives to his readers are significant. The narrator "little flour", before