Once a man and his wife were sitting by the entrance to their house. They had a roasted chicken in front of them and were about to eat it when the man saw his father coming toward them. So the man quickly grabbed the chicken and hid it because he did not want to give him any. The old man came, had a drink, and when away. As the son reached to put the roasted chicken back on the table, he found that it had turned into a toad, which then sprang onto this face, sat there, and would not leave him. If anyone tried to take it off, the toad would look at the person viciously as if it wanted to spring right into his face too. So nobody dared touch it. And the ungrateful son had to feed the toad everyday; otherwise, it would have eaten away part of his face. Thus the son wandered about the world without a moment of rest.
-The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
Jack Zipes
when i first read this i had to question what was happening. WHAT THE… the freaking chicken turned into toad and ate off part of his face. -_- oh my. but at the same time i have to say it is quite a good thing to teach kids. treat your parents wrong then your face is going to be eaten off. who wouldnt want to treat your parents well after that.
