Concetti Chiave
- Three young men in a tavern decide to hunt down a thief called Death after learning their friend was killed by him.
- An old man they meet on their journey directs them to a tree where they believe they will find Death.
- At the tree, instead of Death, they discover a treasure of gold coins and plan to move it by night.
- The youngest leaves to get provisions, while the others plot to kill him and take his share of the gold.
- Driven by greed, the youngest poisons wine for his companions, leading all three to meet their demise.
Meeting at the tavern
Three young men sit in an inn, eating and drinking.
They see the passing of a coffin adn ask who has died.
A servant tells them that the death man was a friend who was stabbed in back the night befre by a thief called Death.
They decide to seek him out and kill him. On the way, the three men meet an old man who explains that he must wander until he finds someone who wants to exchange his youth for his old age. Hearing him speak of Death, the boys ask him where they can find Death, and the old man directs them to a tree at the end of the street.
The treasure and the betrayal
They run to the tree and find gold coins. They decide to wait for night to move the gold. The youngest of the three leaves the others and goes to take wine and bread. The teo others decide to kill him and divide his money. The youngest, however, wanting the treasure to himself, buys some poison and adds it to two of the three bottles of wine. When the youngest comes back to the tree, he is killed by the two others. They sit down and drink the poisoned wine.
Thus, all three find Death.
Tre giovani uomini siedono in una locanda, mangiando e bevendo.
Vedono passare una bara e chiedono chi è morto.
Un servitore dice loro che l'uomo che è morto era un amico che è stato pugnalato la notte prima da un ladro chiamato Morte.
Decidono di cercarlo e ucciderlo. Sulla strada, i tre uomini incontrano un vecchio che gli spiega di dover vagare fino a trovare qualcuno che voglia scambiare la propria gioventù per la sua vecchiaia. Sentendolo parlare della Morte, i ragazzi gli chiedono dove possono trovarla, e il vecchio li dirige verso un albero in fondo alla strada.
Corrono verso l'albero e trovano monete d'oro. Decidono di aspettare la notte per spostare l'oro. Il più giovane dei tre lascia gli altri e va a prendere vino e pane. Gli altri decidono di ucciderlo e dividono i suoi soldi. Il più giovane, tuttavia, desiderando il tesoro per se stesso, compra del veleno e lo aggiunge a due delle tre bottiglie di vino. Quando il più giovane ritorna all'albero, viene ucciso dagli altri due. Essi si siedono e bevono il vino avvelenato.
Quindi, tutti e tre trovano la morte.
Domande da interrogazione
- What prompts the three young men to seek out Death?
- What discovery do the young men make at the tree, and what plan do they devise?
The three young men decide to seek out Death after learning from a servant that their friend was stabbed by a thief called Death. They are motivated by a desire for revenge.
At the tree, the young men discover gold coins. They plan to wait until nightfall to move the gold, but greed leads them to plot against each other.
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