Beschrijving
Too Much Talk. Three silent men (trolls, brothers, captains, farmers) withdraw from the world and retreat to a hermitage (canyon, monastery, island). After seven years, one of them speaks, “I think I heard a cow moo.” The others are irritated but stay silent. Seven years later, another man says, “It could have been an ox.” The third is annoyed but does not speak. After seven more years, he says, “I am leaving this place because there is too much talking (noise).”
Motief
F703
X1506
Oorspronkelijk Verhaaltype
1948
Subgenre
mop