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Till Eulenspiegel from Braunschweiger Land, the hero of a folk book first published in 1510, was a bright boy. With his pranks he made his parents and fellow human beings laugh, marvel and incandescent even as a child. And he held up a mirror to them – “ick am ulen spiegel”, “I am your mirror”. Once, Till’s father was sad again about the pranks of his …