WotD #6 - Eventyr

Fable. Fairy tale. Folk tale. Adventure.

For example, The Jutlander and his Stockings

A WELL-DRESSED Jutlander once took a drop too much, and consequently lost command of his legs, landing at full length in the middle of the high-road, where he fell asleep. 

While he was lying in this state another wayfarer passed him. When he observed the Jutlander's fine stockings and compared them with his own, which were old and worn, he saw his chance to draw the good stockings off the Jutlander's feet and to replace them with his own. On doing this, he walked on. 

When the Jutlander had slept till he was somewhat more sober, a man came driving along, shouting: "Keep your legs by yourself or I shall run over them!" The Jutlander awoke, lifted his head, and looked at the legs; but when he noticed a pair of gray, ragged stockings, and remembered that his own were pretty, white, and brand-new, he lay quietly down again, answering: "Drive on! These are not my legs!"

I'm not quite sure of the lesson here. Don't drink too much and pass out in the road? Vanity can be dangerous? Always have a good idea what your legs look like, even in another man's stockings?

Thanks to oaks.nvg.org for supplying this tale of the Jutlander. I'm intrigued by the other stories, specifically The Master Fool. I hope that Mister T has enough pity to go around.