Die Kinder in Hungersnot

Children in famine ( Original title: The children in famine ) is a legend. She stood in the Children's and Household Tales of the Brothers Grimm only in the second part of the first edition of 1815 ( as No. 57) at point 143 (KHM 143a ) and comes from Johannes Praetorius ' collection The abentheuerliche lucky pot of 1669th

Content

A woman wants to kill her older daughter because they are starving. The begs for mercy and outdated " no begging " a piece of bread. Then let the younger it. She brings two pieces of bread. They persuade the mother to sleep until the last day. No one can give, but the mother is gone.

See KHM 202 The Twelve Apostles, KHM 205 God's food.