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Taylor 2036. A hunter finds some honey and lets a few drops fall, flies gather, a cat tries to catch the flies, the hunter's dog kills the cat, a shopkeeper kills the dog, the hunter and the shopkeeper fight, the hunter's and the shopkeeper's neighbors join the fight. BP II 104 n. 2; Chauvin VIII 41-42 No. 9; Benfey I. 189-91; Taylor Handwb. d. dt. Marchens Formelmarchen 3
ATU. A Drop of Honey Causes Chain of Accidents. A hunter is about to buy some honey, but he drops it. A weasel eats the honey and is chased by a cat. The hunter's dog kills the cat, and the grocer eats the dog to death. This causes a bloody war between two villages.
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