Every child knows the stories of the most famous of all fools, who bakes with owls and meerkats, teaches a donkey to read, and tricks the Count of Anhalt into looking foolish. His owl mirrors, the literal interpretations, and intentional misunderstandings, with which he keeps lords and masters at bay, have become proverbial. But not only the powerful fall victim to his coarse jokes; poor farmers and craftsmen, animals, and children do as well. In Clemens J. Setz's retellings of selected tales from the beloved folk book, Till Eulenspiegel, "perhaps the freest figure in German literature," brings nothing but unrest and chaos to the villages and homes of decent, respectable people, to the mischievous delight of the reader, beautifully illustrated with depth by Philip Waechter.