The Simpletons

By Erich Kästner

Subjects: Folklore

Description: "This is the story of a little town in Germany called Schilda and of the people who lived there. They did everything wrong--like building a three-cornered town hall with no windows, and sowing the field with salt to grow more salt...Oh, they were simpletons indeed! But, if the truth must be told, they weren't always so stupid." Publisher's note.