The Bremen Town Musicians
Classical Stories · No. 73 — Four retired animals, one robbers' house, and no actual music.
- Classical Stories
- 45 min
- Ages 8–13
- 8 chapters
About this audiobook
An old donkey, no longer strong enough to carry sacks, runs away before his master can be rid of him, deciding to go to Bremen and become a musician. Along the road he meets a worn-out hunting dog, an old cat past mousing, and a rooster about to become Sunday dinner — and invites each to join him; they'll all make music in Bremen. Night falls before they arrive, and they spy a lighted house in the woods full of feasting robbers. Hungry and homeless, the four animals devise a plan: they stack up — dog on donkey, cat on dog, rooster on top — and let loose all their 'music' at once through the window. The unearthly racket and the shadowy monster-shape send the robbers fleeing into the night, and the four friends take the warm house for themselves.
Why it's worth a listen
A donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster — each cast off as too old to work — set out together to become musicians in Bremen, and never get there. Instead, one dark night, they stack themselves into a tower of animals in a window and scare a band of robbers clean out of a cozy house. A warm, funny fairy tale about friendship, second chances, and being far more than the world thinks you are.
A question to keep
When the world says you're too old to be useful, what can you still do — especially together?
Chapters
- The Road Out of the Pasture
- The Gathering of the Outcasts
- The Long Road to Nowhere
- A Warm Light in the Deep Woods
- The Grand Tower of Harmony
- The Concert of the Outcasts
- The Night Visitor and the New Home
- A Question to Keep