A kindly wizard who spent his life using magic to help his neighbors leaves his son a battered old cooking pot, and the son, who refuses to help anyone in turn, finds the pot won't leave him alone either — hopping after him wearing the troubles of everyone he's turned away.
Summary by Loreful, from public sources
Placement
- Beedle the Bard
- contained in The Harry Potter Collectionomnibus
- contained in The Tales of Beedle the Bardcollection