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"Rucke di gu, rucke die gu,
Blut ist im Schuh.
Der Schuh ist zu klein,
die rechte Braut sitzt noch daheim."

Contribution to the Illustrator-Organisation sketchbook with the topic "Fairytale"

"Rucke di gu, rucke die gu,
Blut ist im Schuh.
Der Schuh ist zu klein,
die rechte Braut sitzt noch daheim."

Contribution to the Illustrator-Organisation sketchbook with the topic "Fairytale"

I was asked to contribute to the site fairy-tale.tumblr.com/

Text by Conor Dillon:
“At the sight of the Plover, the empty-handed travelers unraveled their sorry tale. The banks were barren of blackberries, they told, the river too swift for a cranberry. Winter had borrowed the raspberries, too, and the soil the last of its strawberries. At this point their stories diverged entirely, though, for it soon became apparent that bearded fellow had napped during most of the fruit-hunting expeditions.

“Yeah so what?” he yawned. “Mr. Amulet over here’s all full of himself, anyway. Thinks he’s lucky.”

The Plover turned to the other. “Then you alone have given me the rarest and most delicate fruit of all,” he said, retrieving the golden coin. “The fruit of your labor.