Big Mouth

There was once a king who liked to meet his ministers once a week. One day they discovered a big problem. Everyone had enough cupboards, tables and  chairs, sand the carpenters had run out of work. The fishermen had run out of work too because their boats were leaking and to top it all of, there seemed to be rubbish lying about everywhere in the land. “Get the carpenters to make new boats,” said one minister, “and the carpenters will have work”. “What a good idea,” said the king. “But what should we do about the rubbish?”
Meanwhile, down in the king’s kitchen, there was another problem. The cook’s assistant, Big Mouth, couldn’t stop eating. He had eaten the royal larder bare and the cook was at his wits end. He went to the ministers to ask what to do. “Can you help me?” the cook asked the ministers, “Big Mouth won’t stop eating.” “Outside the city lives a magician,” said one of the ministers. “We will ask him to make a potion and you shal give it to Big Mouth.” So the next day when the potion was ready, Big Mouth took a sip. “That’s disgusting,” said Big Mouth. “Has it worked then?” asked the cook. The potion smelled so bad that it would put anyone off their food. “Well I still feel hungry” Big Mouth replied. “......for paper!” he said. That gave the ministers a new idea and not long after that, the king named Big Mouth Royal Paper Gobbler and wherever he went, he would call out “Paper here, paper here” and now there is now more rubbish anywhere in the land.

There are 10 Big Mouths at the Efteling as well as 3 of his colleagues. You will find Big Mouth, Grandpa Big Mouth and Captain Big Mouth in the Fairytale Forest.