Die heilige Ente: ein Spiel mit Göttern und Menschen
Bored Chinese gods amuse themselves by exchanging the identities of duck-breeder Yang and a mandarin. The mandarin sentences Yang to death after a duck is stolen; in the exchanged bodies, Yang commutes the sentence and mocks the gods. The gods reverse the exchange. When the duck returns, the mandarin considers it a miracle and offers Yang nobility, but Yang chooses to seek his fortune elsewhere.