Category:Town Musicians of Bremen

Articles relating to the German fairy tale Town Musicians of Bremen (1819) by the Brothers Grimm and its adaptations. The story depicts four aging domestic animals, who after a lifetime of hard work are neglected and mistreated by their former masters. Eventually, they decide to run away and become town musicians in the city of Bremen. Contrary to the story's title the characters never arrive in Bremen, as they succeed in tricking and scaring off a band of robbers, capturing their spoils, and moving into their house. It is a story of Aarne–Thompson Type 130 ("Outcast animals find a new home").