The Pen and The Inkstand
- Author
- Dan Scholz
- Published
- Fri 27 Jul 2018
- Episode Link
- https://folktaleproject.libsyn.com/the-pen-and-the-inkstand
In a poet's room, where his inkstand stood on the table, the remark was once made: "It is wonderful what can be brought out of an inkstand. What will come next? It is indeed wonderful."
"Yes, certainly," said the inkstand to the pen and to the other articles that stood on the table; "that's what I always say. It is wonderful and extraordinary what a number of things come out of me. It's quite incredible, and I really never know what is coming next when that man dips his pen into me. One drop out of me is enough for half a page of paper—and what cannot half a page contain?
