The Magic Purse

The Magic Purse is all about human goodness and greed, and also about mischief and punishment. Martin must find a place to sleep, as he's hungry and thirsty. However he' is unlucky in his choice - he comes to the most miserly family in the village. So miserly that the maid and servants eat only bread, and the big farmer and his wife orders them around from dawn to dusk. They immediately start to wheedle Martin for money from the magic pouch. Once they learn of its power, they start scheming about ways of getting it for themselves. The daughters, obsessed by their parents' greed, work out a plan. One of them sneaks into his bed, the other one steals his pouch. Simple, but it works. But they made a mistake. The maid hears them. The farmer tries to silence her with his whip, but with no luck. So the naked maid is tied in the closet and the farmer whips her. The girls must watch, and the maid's charms are on display to the whole world, her face contorted with pain.