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The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese

In short: A light outside a glass roof tile draws Klaas into the woods, where fairies invite him to dance.

The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese · The wish for more cheese FAIRY TALE ATLAS · № 66 The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese A light outside a glass roof tile draws Klaas into the woods, where fairies invite him to dance. Origin Netherlands · storytelling tradition Atlas record 1918 First appearance Exact date unknown SIGNATURE MOTIF The wish for more cheese Reach¹ 1/10 Suggested age² 8+ Member rating No votes yet 1 records · 1 countries or regions blackhorsestories.com

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Origin and tradition

Netherlands · storytelling tradition

In Griffis’s telling, Klaas first sees a light among the pines and then hears a voice promising cheese. He dances with the fairies until dawn and falls asleep. At the end he still cannot decide whether the fairies left because daylight came or because the cheese house in his dream collapsed.

Dated records and sources

  1. 1918 · Netherlands · storytelling tradition
    William Elliot Griffis · Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks · Public retelling

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