Beschrijving
The Conversation of Two Handicapped Persons (previously The Conversation of the One-eyed Man and the Hunchback). This tale exists chiefly in three different versions:
(1) A one-eyed man tells a hunchbacked man that he took up his burden too soon. “No, it is not too soon” answers the hunchbacked man, “it only looks so to you because you have only one of your windows open.”
(2) A young woman jokes with a hunchbacked man, saying that he has too much back. He answers, “Be careful that you don’t end up with too much belly.”
(3) A short man tells a one-eyed man that he needs another eye. The one-eyed man answers, “To see a giant such as yourself, I would need two more eyes.”
(1) A one-eyed man tells a hunchbacked man that he took up his burden too soon. “No, it is not too soon” answers the hunchbacked man, “it only looks so to you because you have only one of your windows open.”
(2) A young woman jokes with a hunchbacked man, saying that he has too much back. He answers, “Be careful that you don’t end up with too much belly.”
(3) A short man tells a one-eyed man that he needs another eye. The one-eyed man answers, “To see a giant such as yourself, I would need two more eyes.”
Motief
J2312
K445
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1620*
Subgenre
mop