the shoemaker had to make the shoes in which the little tailor danced at the wedding festival, after which he was commanded to quit the town for ever. the road to the forest led him to the gallows. worn out with anger, rage, and the heat of the day, he threw himself down. when he had closed his eyes and was about to sleep, the two crows flew down from the heads of the men who were hanging there, and pecked his eyes out. in his madness he ran into the forest and must have died there of hunger, for no one has ever either seen him again or heard of him.