Dr. Know-It-All

Dr. Know-It-All (From The World's Best Fairy Tales)
(I also read Jorinda and Joringel, One Eye, Two Eyes, and Three Eyes, and Rapunzel)
By the Grimm Brothers
The Reader's Digest Assoc., 1967
Pages: 8
Reading Level: 9-12
Genre: Fairy Tale

The mian character in this story is a poor, poor peseant. One day, he sees a doctor eating a feast. The poor man wants to become a doctor so that he can be rich and eat fine foods too, so he asks the doctor what he needs to do to become a doctor. The man tells him to sell what little he has and buy some fine clothes and and medicines and a sign that says "Dr. Know-It-All." The poor man does it, and one day a rich noble man comes in. He tells him that if he really knows everything, he can tell him who stole his money. He invites the "doctor" to his house for dinner. When the servant brings out the first course, the doctor says to his wife, "This is the first." The servant thinks the doctor is labeling him as a thief...which he was, along with the other 4 servants. The servants are scared that the doctor knows what they did, so they confess where the gold is. The doctor tells the noble man where the gold is, who in turn makes the doctor rich.

I would recommend this book to any children

This book condones lying and stealing, and could make children think that these things are okay.

My reaction: This book is okay, not as gruesome as some other Grimm books

My rating: ***