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The Bright Sun Brings It to Light.

A tailor's apprentice was traveling about the world in search of work, and at one time he could find none, and his poverty was so great that he had not a farthing to live on. Presently he met a Jew on the road, and as he thought he would have a great deal of money about him, the tailor thrust God out of his heart, fell on the Jew, and said, give me your money, or I will strike you dead. Then said the Jew, grant me my life, I have no money but eight farthings. But the tailor said, money you have, and it shall be produced, and used violence and beat him until he was near death. And when the Jew was dying, the last words he said were, the bright sun will bring it to light, and thereupon he died. The tailor's apprentice felt in his pockets and sought for money, but he found nothing but eight farthings, as the Jew had said. Then he took him up and carried him behind a clump of trees, and went onwards to seek work. After he had traveled about a long while, he found work in a town with a master who had a pretty daughter, with whom he fell in love, and he married her, and lived in good and happy wedlock.


Die klare Sonne bringts an den Tag

Ein Schneidergesell reiste in der Welt auf sein Handwerk herum, und konnte er einmal keine Arbeit finden, und war die Armut bei ihm so groß, daß er keinen Heller Zehrgeld hatte. In der Zeit begegnete ihm auf dem Weg ein Jude, und da dachte er, der hätte viel Geld bei sich, und stieß Gott aus seinem Herzen, ging auf ihn los und sprach 'gib mir dein Geld, oder ich schlag dich tot.' Da sagte der Jude 'schenkt mir doch das Leben, Geld hab ich keins und nicht mehr als acht Heller.' Der Schneider aber sprach 'du hast doch Geld, und das soll auch heraus,' brauchte Gewalt und schlug ihn so lange, bis er nah am Tod war. Und wie der Jude nun sterben wollte, sprach er das letzte Wort 'die klare Sonne wird es an den Tag bringen!, und starb damit. Der Schneidergesell griff ihm in die Tasche und suchte nach Geld, er fand aber nicht mehr als die acht Heller, wie der Jude gesagt hatte. Da packte er ihn auf, trug ihn hinter einen Busch und zog weiter auf sein Handwerk. Wie er nun lange Zeit gereist war, kam er in eine Stadt bei einem Meister in Arbeit, der hatte eine schöne Tochter, in die verliebte er sich und heiratete sie und lebte in einer guten vergnügten Ehe.

After a long time when he and his wife had two children, the wife's father and mother died, and the young people kept house alone. One morning, when the husband was sitting on the table before the window, his wife brought him his coffee, and when he had poured it out into the saucer, and was just going to drink, the sun shone on it and the reflection gleamed hither and thither on the wall above, and made circles on it. Then the tailor looked up and said, yes, it would like very much to bring it to light, and cannot. The woman said, o, dear husband, and what is that, then. What do you mean by that. He answered, I must not tell you. But she said, if you love me, you must tell me, and used her most affectionate words, and said that no one should ever know it, and left him no rest. Then he told her how years ago, when he was traveling about seeking work and quite worn out and penniless, he had killed a Jew, and that in the last agonies of death, the Jew had spoken the words, the bright sun will bring it to light. And now, the sun had just wanted to bring it to light, and had gleamed and made circles on the wall, but had not been able to do it. After this, he again charged her particularly never to tell this, or he would lose his life, and she did promise. However, when he had sat down to work again, she went to her great friend and confided the story to her, and asked her never to repeat it to any human being, but before three days were over, the whole town knew it, and the tailor was brought to trial, and condemned. And thus, after all, the bright sun did bring it to light. Über lang, als sie schon zwei Kinder hatten, starben Schwiegervater und Schwiegermutter, und die jungen Leute hatten den Haushalt allein. Eines Morgens, wie der Mann auf dem Tisch vor dem Fenster saß, brachte ihm die Frau den Kaffee, und als er ihn in die Unterschale ausgegossen hatte und eben trinken wollte, da schien die Sonne darauf, und der Widerschein blinkte oben an der Wand so hin und her und machte Kringel daran. Da sah der Schneider hinauf und sprach 'ja, die wills gern an den Tag bringen und kanns nicht!' Die Frau sprach 'ei, lieber Mann, was ist denn das? was meinst du damit?' Er antwortete 'das darf ich dir nicht sagen.' Sie aber sprach 'wenn du mich lieb hast, mußt du mirs sagen,' und gab ihm die allerbesten Worte, es sollts kein Mensch wieder erfahren, und ließ ihm keine Ruhe. Da erzählte er, vor langen Jahren, wie er auf der Wanderschaft ganz abgerissen und ohne Geld gewesen, habe er einen Juden erschlagen, und der Jude habe in der letzten Todesangst die Worte gesprochen 'die klare Sonne wirds an den Tag bringen!' Nun hätts die Sonne eben gern an den Tag bringen wollen, und hätt an der Wand geblinkt und Kringel gemacht, sie hätts aber nicht gekonnt. Danach bat er sie noch besonders, sie dürfte es niemand sagen, sonst käm er um sein Leben, das versprach sie auch. Als er sich aber zur Arbeit gesetzt hatte, ging sie zu ihrer Gevatterin und vertraute ihr die Geschichte, sie dürfte sie aber keinem Menschen wiedersagen; ehe aber drei Tage vergingen, wußte es die ganze Stadt, und der Schneider kam vor das Gericht und ward gerichtet. Da brachte es doch die klare Sonne an den Tag.



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