John Bauer (1) (1882–1918)

In the beginning of the tale Jerker finds out that the queen of the town and her daughter were milking other people's cows to steal their money. Jerker made a plan to stop them by plugging the bung that they were using to milk the cows. When he was in the palace he hid behind some barrels and stops them. At the end he gives back all the money. I liked the book because Jerker's plan succeeded. I liked that when Jerker gave back the money they gave him some too for his deeds. This is a Swedish folk tale. I learned that a bung is a barrel stopper.… (mais)