HELP CONFUSED:the golden key? grimm brothers?

Question

can any one tell what this story means or anything about it?

Story:

"once in the wintertime when the snow was very deep, a poor boy had to go out and fetch wood on a sled. After he had gathered it together and loaded it, he did not want to go straight home, because he was so frozen, but instead to make a fire and warm himself a little first. So he scraped the snow away, and while he was thus clearing the ground he found a small golden key. Now he believed that where there was a key, there must also be a lock, so he dug in the ground and found a little iron chest. "If only the key fits!" he thought. "Certainly there are valuable things in the chest." He looked, but there was no keyhole. Finally he found one, but so small that it could scarcely be seen. He tried the key, and fortunately it fitted. Then he turned it once, and now we must wait until he has finished unlocking it and has opened the lid. Then we shall find out what kind of wonderful things there were in the little chest."

Answer 1

Please tell me more.(smile)

Answer 2

I think this tale is not finished as it leaves us at a cliffhanger.

Or it means we all have buried hidden treasure within ourselves and with a little digging we can find a little key and we could open up our chest to reveal our treasure maybe the love in our heart. Something like that but you can see where I'm going.

But personally I think its missing some. As that is a bit complex for a fairy tale.

Answer 3

forget it read something else!

Answer 4

I do not believe that that would be the full story. I would guess it finishes like:

"The boy spent so much time trying to open the chest that he froze to death."

The moral would be: "Your life is more important that riches..?/ Don't be greedy..?" or something like that.

Grimm tales were quiet violent and moralistic, so I can not see it being a good thing that he finds the chest.