Introduction: Long and Winding Roads

Gulyás, András and Heszberger, Zalán and Bíró, József (2021) Introduction: Long and Winding Roads. In: Paths. Birkhauser, Springer-Nature, Cham, pp. 1-3. ISBN 978-3-030-47544-4 ; 978-3-030-47545-1

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Once upon a time, there was a cock and a mouse. One day the mouse said to the cock, “Friend cock, shall we go and eat some nuts on yonder tree?” “As you like.” So they both went under the tree, and the mouse climbed up at once and began to eat. The poor cock began to fly, and flew and flew, but could not come where the mouse was. When it saw that there was no hope of getting there, it said, “Friend mouse, do you know what I want you to do? Throw me a nut.” The mouse went and threw one and hit the cock on the head. The poor cock, with its head broken and all covered with blood, went away to an old woman. “Old aunt, give me some rags to cure my head.” “If you will give me two hairs, I will give you the rags.” The cock went away to a dog. “Dog, give me some hairs. The hairs I will give the old woman. The old woman will give me rags to cure my head.” “If you will give me a little bread,” said the dog, “I will give you the hairs.” The cock went away to a baker. “Baker, give me bread. I will give the bread to the dog. The dog will give hairs. The hairs I will carry to the old woman. The old woman will give me rags to cure my head.…”

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