What is the folktale The Sausage about?

Answer 1

I think you're referring to the Swedish tale of the three wishes. That tale is about gaining wisdom through making big mistakes. As the old saying goes, "Be careful what you wish for; you might get it." In the tale, a man receives three wishes as a reward for a good deed. He goes home and tells his wife. They can't agree on how to use the wishes. One of them wishes absent-mindedly for a sausage, and it appears. That sparks a heated argument about how stupid it was to waste a wish. In anger, one of them wishes that the sausage was on the end of the other one's nose. (I'm not being specific because I've heard this story told in different ways). Poof! The wish is granted. The distressed couple tries everything, but the sausage won't come off the nose. Their only option is to use their third and final wish to wish the sausage off the nose.

Answer 2

The folktale "The Sausage" is about a sausage that comes to life and escapes from a woman's frying pan. It goes on a journey, encountering various characters who eat parts of it until there is nothing left. The story teaches a moral lesson about greed and the consequences of being selfish.