All Night Long

Some of you might´ve seen pics of Till Eulenspiegel here before in the post Not A Tale.

But today I want to tell you the tale to this "memorial".
Till, maybe born near Braunschweig around 1300, is said to have visited Braunschweig often, that he was a funny guy.

Right where this fountain is to be found there was a bakery.
Till needed money, the baker hired him and told him to bake all night long.

"What am I suppsed to bake, then?", Till asked.
The baker, a man of no patience angrily snapped, "you ask what you´re supposed to bake?! What do you usually bake?! Owls or apes?!"

(Guenon is an ape with a long tail)

Well, guess.
This is what Till did, certainly.

The next morning the baker got very angry not having any bread and wanted money for all the ingredients.
Till payed him, got his owls and apes and sold them with huge success to the Braunschweig people and made more money than what he payed the baker.

In some local shops you can still buy those "cakes".

Yepp, be careful and think twice before joking to a Braunschweig person! ;-)

Lion of the day:

Do we have another Till here?!