Once there was a one-legged man, he went to try his luck. As he was walking along the road, he suddenly found a huge big burgundy. He tried to pull it out, but he couldn't. A two-legged man came along and asked the one-legged man:
- What are you doing here?
Says the one-legged one:
- I want to pull out the burgundy, but I can't.
The two-legged man went there, too, they pulled, but they couldn't stand it. A three-legged man went over and asked the two men:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- Come here, help me. We're trying to get the burgundy out, but we can't.
The three-legged man went over, they pulled the burgundy, but they couldn't stand it. A four-legged man went over, he asked:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The four-legged man went over, they pulled the burgundy, but they couldn't stand it. And a five-legged man came and asked:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The five-legged man also went there, so that the five of them could just pull out the burgundy, but the five of them couldn't do it. A six-legged man went that way, he said:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The six-legged man went there, six of them pulled the burgundy, but six of them couldn't pull it out. A man with seven legs went over there, he asked:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The seven-legged man also went there, seven of them pulled, but even seven could not pull out the huge big burgundy. There went an eight-legged man, he said:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The eight-legged man also went there, eight of them pulled, but they couldn't pull out the huge big burgundy. There went a nine-legged man, he asks:
- What are you doing?
Says the one-legged man:
- We want to pull out the burgundy, but we can't.
The nine-legged man went there, but nine of them couldn't pull it out. A ten-foot man went that way, he asks:
- What are all of you torturing yourselves with?
Says the one-legged man:
- Come here and you'll find out what we're struggling with!
The ten-legged man went there, ten of them pulled, but even ten of them couldn't pull out the big burgundy. And there went a man with eleven legs, and eleven pulled, and barely moved the burgundy a little in the ground. They sat down and rested. While they were resting, a man with twelve legs went by. He asks them:
- What are all of you torturing yourselves with?
Says the one-legged man:
- You come here too!
He went to the twelve-legged man, then said to the one-legged man:
- Come on, lads, let's get this burgundy out, there are twelve of us now.
They caught it. Says the man with twelve legs:
- Come on!
When the twelve-legged man cried out, "Come on," they jerked the burgundy, and they all fell down, because they pulled the burgundy out. Then they divided it up, and then they fought, because they divided it up so that whoever had as many legs got as many wagons of burgundy. So the one-legged one got only one cart of burgundy, even though he pulled the most. If you don't believe me, find out!
(Ágnes Kovács: Folk tales for kindergarten children)
