Slovak Tale
An Egg Goes on a Trip
Together you can do much more. This traditional folk tale tells us of an egg’s adventure. On its way, the egg finds animal friends and together they defeat scary bandits.
Once upon a time,
One day, the mother got very ill and died
Marfa was also very pretty, but her heart wasn’t so pretty. She was lazy and mean, but the stepmother kept praising her and always blamed Hannah
One day, the two daughters went together to weave colorful carpets. The weaving mill was nearby, but the banging of the weaving looms could be heard far and
Hannah always worked for the both of them, while Marfa laughed at her for being silly and working too hard. She would take naps in the daytime while Hannah weaved and weaved.
At home, Marfa boasted about the work that Hannah had done - as if it was hers! She never admitted that she was only sitting around, eating all of the food from the lunch baskets they’d brought.
One day, when they were weaving carpets, the lazy girl disappeared from the workshop with all the finished carpets on a cart and