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European Officials Keep Reading In Public
New York, 3:43 PM
Wed Dec 2
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The little fairy tale of Hans serves only as a starting point for the big story that Guttenberg wants to tell. Hans doesn't want to carry the gold anymore and trades it for a horse; when it bucks him off, he trades it for a cow. The cow doesn't produce milk, and thus, one by one, a bad trade follows on the heels of another. At the end, Hans doesn't have anything left and he's happy because he isn't upset at his property anymore.
"Does Hans truly have nothing at the end?" Guttenberg asks. Of course he has nothing, he replies, quickly answering his own question. Hans is happy because he's free. "It isn't about the gold nuggets," the minister says. Freedom is just another word, for nothing left to lose.
07/02/09
The kids don't really care about his little economic allegory though. They ask the baron what his favorite food, drink, music and sport is, which are, respectively, "sausage, water, hard rock and skiing."