# Knoist and His Three Sons explained — Household Tales

> Chapter companion for Household Tales by Jacob Grimm.

## What happens

A man named Knoist has three sons—one blind, one lame, and one stark-naked. They go into a field, see a hare, and each contributes to catching it. They then cross a lake in a bottomless boat, enter a forest with a tree containing a chapel, and encounter a beechwood sexton and a boxwood parson who dispense holy-water with cudgels. The chapter ends with a line about the happiness of escaping holy water.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

Knoist and his three sons are not in the canonical character list; 'unknown' is used as a placeholder.

## Key lines

> The blind one shot it, the lame one caught it, the naked one put it in his pocket.

Despite their disabilities, each son successfully performs a part of the task.

_Highlights the absurd cooperation among the three sons._

> They all three got into the one with no bottom to it.

They boarded the boat that lacked a bottom.

_Emphasizes the illogical and humorous nature of the story._

## Links

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