The Stolen Smell

Meet a baker who is so stingy that he wants to charge people just for smelling his baked goods.




The Stolen Smell is a timeless story from Peru, told by Mitch Weiss and Martha Hamilton. This folktale tells the story of a greedy baker who becomes so angered over a neighbor's happiness from smelling the fresh aromas of his bakery that he demands that his neighbor pay him a “smelling fee” for enjoying the delightful smell of baking bread.

The poor neighbor is confused and does not have very muc...