YASHPEH
International Folktales Collection
Sharp Food |
The Flying Dutchman and Other Folktales from the Netherlands |
Tradition: Dutch, Hollander |
Copyright © 2008 by Theo Meder |
A young man went to visit his fiancée and her mother in Amsterdam and brought along a box of thin, square chocolates with a filling of soft mint. [1] His fiancée and her mother both took one. Inside the fiancée's chocolate a razor blade was found. After the police had been informed, they interrogated the young man sharply. Since he kept maintaining his innocence, the police turned to the manufacturer, who demonstrated that nowhere in the production process could a razor blade possibly wind up in a chocolate. So the police are still hunting for a maniac who puts razor blades in chocolates. |
[1] The candy called "After Eights." The translation is based on Ethel Portnoy, Broodje Aap. 10th ed. (Amsterdam, 1992), p. 103. There is no international folktale type available. |
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