(The Traveling Merchant. Source)
- Every morning a baker would throw his bad bread that got burnt and spoiled to the fishes
- A traveling merchant offered to hire the baker
- Wouldn't have to do any work for first 40 days
- Only has to do 2 hours of work on 40th day
- Didn't ask the merchant what he would be doing
- Merchant led the baker to a different place with mules and loading bags
- Killed a cow, skinned it, and put the skin and meat on the mules
- When they got to the base of a mountain, merchant lit a fire, got out the cow skin, and asked the baker to get inside it to see how much it could hold
- Merchant tightened up the skin and threw meat into the fire
- A talon came and carried the baker in the skin to the top of the mountain
- Talon pecked at the skin until baker fell out of it
- Talon then flew away
- Baker threw jewels down to the Merchant in hopes of getting down from the mountain
- Baker can either die on top of mountain or jump in the river and drown
- Baker jumps in the river
- Fish that he used to feed form a raft around him and he floats to safety
- 1 year later, baker sees the merchant again and disguises himself
- Baker offers to work for the merchant
- Merchant tries the same trick on him again
- Baker asks merchant how to put on the cow skin
- Merchant puts it on to show him
- Baker ties up the skin and Talon takes him away
- Merchant throws down the jewels and asks where the road to escape is
- Baker informs him there is no road, he can either jump in the river or stay at the top and die
- Merchant jumps in the river and drowns
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