In "The Bremen Town Musicians," four aging animals—a donkey, a dog, a cat, and a rooster—decide to escape their unhappy lives with their owners and head to Bremen to become musicians. Along the way, they encounter a band of robbers who have taken over a cottage. With teamwork and cleverness, the animals scare off the robbers and claim the cottage as their own. They find joy in their new life together, united by friendship and their shared goal of pursuing their dreams. Ultimately, they discover that the journey to happiness is often found in camaraderie and courage. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

There are 32 pages in this book. This book was published in 2005 by North-South Books .

Anthea Bellwas awarded the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize and the Helen and Kurt Wolff Prize (USA) in 2002 for her translation of W. G. Sebald's Austerlitz . Her many works of translation from French and German (for which she has received several other awards) include the Nicholas books and, with Derek Hockridge, the entire Asterix the Gaul saga by Rene Goscinny and Albert Uderzo. Bernadette Watts was born in Northampton, England, in 1942. She has illustrated over 120 picture books for children, including many traditional tales, in a career spanning several decades. She won the prestigious Japanese Owl Prize for illustration in 1986. She lives in Kent, England. The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, were German professors whose collections of folk tales and fairy tales have been loved for generations.