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There was once a simple countryman named Jan. And anyone thought they could get the better of him. One day his wife said to him: "Jan, put on your best smock and your best shoes, and go to the market to try and sell our baby cow. She is a good baby cow and you ought to get at least something good from her."

Jan went along the road to the market town, with the calf behind him. And there was three students who were sitting at the door of an inn and  saw him pass, and they thought that it would be fun to do a joke on them so one of them went up to him and said:

"Good morning, friend! How much are you asking for your goat?"

"Goat?" answered the peasant in surprise. "This is not a goat, it's a BABY COW!"

"Hmm!" said the student politely. "And who told you that?"

" My wife did," answered the peasant. 'Jan,' she said, 'go to the market and try to sell our calf,' I am sure she said calf.

"Your wife was lying," said the student. "Anybody can see that is a goat. If you don't believe me, ask the next person you meet on the road." And he went off, laughing.

Jan continued his walk, a little troubled in his mind, and before very long he saw the second of the students coming towards him. "Stay a minute, sir," he cried. "Do you mind looking at this animal and telling me what sort of a creature it is?"

"Well it's a goat, of course," answered the student.

"You're wrong," said the peasant. "It's a calf. My wife says so, and she could not be mistaken!"

"Have it your own way!" replied the student, "but if you'll take my advice you won't pretend that animal is a calf when you get to the market!"

"Ah!" said Jan, and he went on his way, muttering to himself, "If it is a goat it might to have horns," he said to himself. And it hasn't got any horns. But if it is a calf it will have horns when it grows to be a cow. Perhaps it is a goat-calf. I wonder whether goat-calves have horns!" And he continued to be confused until he was suddenly interrupted by a shout from the side of the road.

"Hello, mister!" cried the third student. "How much do you want for your goat?"

"Goat? Goat?"murmured the peasant.

"Here, take the thing. If it's a goat, I don't want it, for I was sent to market to sell a calf. You may have it for nothing. I'll give it to you!" And so saying, he pushed the cord into the student's hand. Then turning his back without another word, he retraced his steps towards home.

When his wife heard what had happened she was furious. "You fool! she cried, "could you not see that you were being made a fool of?" And she called him all the names she could ever think of, till the poor fellow felt a-shamed. Her anger did not last long, however, for she was a good woman and she knew that her husband's simplicity was not his fault, but his misfortune. Fortunately, she had quite enough wits for them both, and instead of wasting more time, she set to work to think how she might pay back the jokers. It did not take her long to think of a plan, and as the first step towards carrying it out, she put on her bonnet and went off to the town, where she called at three inns, paying at each of them for a dinner for four persons, the dinner to be eaten on the next market day. Returning home, she explained the plan to her husband and gave him very exact instructions as to the part he was to play.

When the next market day came round Jan set off for the town, and by the door of the very first inn on the road he met the three students. They exchanged a sly smile when they saw him, and one of them said: "Good morning, good fellow. And how do you find yourself today? I notice that you have no goat with you this time."

"Ha, ha, ha!" laughed Jan, "that was a good joke you played on me. Come in and have a drink.

The students accepted Jan's offer excitedly. The students went into the tavern; and Jan ordered wine. When the time came to pay for it, he called the serving-maid, and taking off his cap, spun it round three times on his finger. "Madam," said he, "everything is paid for, isn't it?"

"Yes, sir, and thank you very much," answered the serving-maid.

The three students watched this procedure with a good deal of surprise, but Jan carried off the whole affair as if it were the most natural thing in the world. "Now, my friends," said he, "the doctors say it is bad to drink on an empty stomach. What do you say to a good meal?"

"Excellent," cried the students.

"Very well then, come along with me to the next inn, and you shall have one."

Laughing in their sleeves at the peasant's simplicity, the students followed. Arrived at the inn, Jan ordered dinner for four, and a heap of good things were put on the table. After the repast, he called the serving-maid to him, took off his cap as before, and twirled it round three times on his finger. "Now then," said he, "everything is paid for, isn't that so?"

"Certainly, sir," answered the serving-maid, "and I am very much obliged to you."

At this the three students opened their eyes even wider than before, but Jan took not the slightest notice of their astonishment.

"What do you say, friends," he asked, "shall we go on to the town together and wash the dinner down with a glass of ale each?"

"Of course" answered the students joyfully, and so they followed Jan to the town, where he entered a third tavern and ordered drinks. Then, taking off his cap once again, he twirled it round three times on his finger, and said to the innkeeper: "Everything is paid for, isn't it, my good man?"

"Certainly, sir," said the innkeeper, bowing.

But this was more than the curiosity of the students could stand.

"Look here, mate," said one of them, "how is it that you are able to get food and drink for nothing everywhere you go, simply by twirling your cap in people's faces?"

"Oh, that's easily explained," answered Jan, "This is a magic cap. It was left to me by my great-great-grandmother, who was a witch.So I have heard say. If I twirl it on my finger, and say, 'Everything is paid for,' well, everything is paid for! You understand me?"

"Perfectly," said the student. "My faith, but that is a wonderful cap – the very thing to have when one goes a journey! Will you sell it to me?"

"How much will you give me for it?" asked Jan.

"Two hundred francs!"

"Nonsense! Do you think I am going to brave my wife's anger for a paltry two hundred francs?"

"Well then, three hundred."

"Not enough! My wife says it is worth a fortune."

"Four hundred."

Jan shook his head doubtfully, and, seeing his hesitation, the student cried:

"Come now, we'll give you five hundred, and not a penny more. You'd better accept, or you'll lose your chance."

"Well then, hand over the money. I don't know what my wife will say, but . . ."

And so it did. Then the three went away, laughing to each other on the back in their joy at having got the better of the simple peasant.

That afternoon the students, eager to take advantage of the qualities of the magic cap, invited about fifty of their friends to a splendid feast at the largest inn in the town. Everybody who was invited came, as you may imagine, and the resources of the innkeeper were taxed to the utmost to supply the hungry and thirsty crowd with all that they wanted.

When the feast was ended, the student who had Jan's cap called the host, and twirling it three times round his finger, said: "Now, sir, everything is paid for, isn't it?"

"Paid for?" cried the innkeeper. "What do you mean? I haven't seen the colour of your money yet."

At this reply the student's face fell, but one of his companions snatched the cap from his hands. "Idiot," he said, "you twirled the cap the wrong way! I was watching the peasant carefully, and he twisted it like this." So saying, he gave the cap a twirl and said: "Now then, my good sir, I think you will agree that everything is paid for."

"I don't know whether you are trying to play a joke on me?" answered the innkeeper grimly, "but your idea of humour is not mine. You had better pay up at once, before I call the police!"

"Here, let me try," cried the third; and in his turn he twirled the cap, and, fixing the host with his eye, repeated that everything was paid for.

At this the innkeeper flew into a passion, and made such a fuss that the room went crazy. It was only by promising to pay him at once that the innkeeper could be quietened down and prevented from calling the police. The banquet cost a good round sum, and as the three students had no money left, their invited guests had to promise to pay the innkeeper, which they did with much grumbling. Afterwards they took their three hosts outside and dipped them into the horse-trough to punish them for their bad taste in playing practical jokes on their friends.

And a few miles away, in their little cottage, Jan and his wife sat counting the five hundred francs he obtained.

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Henri Michaux was a highly good at poetry, writer, and painter who wrote in French. Michaux is best known for his esoteric books written in a highly accessible style, and his works includes poetry, travelogues, and art.
His artworks are: Mescaline Drawing, DRAWING OF DISINTEGRATION, Surrealistic scene, Plate for Meidosems and more.

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René Magritte was an amazing Belgian artist. He became well known for a number of very well thought-provoking images. His work is known for challenging observers by looking into different perceptions of reality. His artworks were: The Son of Man, The Menaced Assassin, Time Transfixed, The Treachery of Images, The Mysteries of the Horizon and more.
Here's an example of one of his painting with him next to it.
It's one of his best-painted paintings and really made people think.

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Basilica of the Holy Blood

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Belgium Musical Musuem

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Saint Bravo Cathedral

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Belgium's townhall

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The Atomium

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Belgium is known to have excellent chocolate even it is not that well known. It also has a small, nice history of chocolate that I'm going to tell you (it also has other quite delicious things like beer and waffles, but nothing is better than the chocolate they have).
Long time ago, not sure how long ago, but at that time chocolate's for rich people and that there wasn't any chocolate in Belgium. Henri Escher, a rich Belgium person, went outside of Belgium, somewhere having chocolate and he tasted the chocolate and immediately fell in love. He brought the recipe to Belgium. It was so yummy that Belgium make so much chocolate, and there're shops almost everywhere with different flavours.
Since then, chocolate is a fordable treat that anyone can buy. There's even a museum just for cocoa and chocolate called MUCC (the museum of cocoa and chocolate) that you can learn about how they make and what's the secret of Belgium's chocolate.
Their secret is that all chocolate made in Belgium cannot have less than 35% of cocoa, and that's a law. That actually effect a lot of the chocolate they make.
Not just that, there're over 2000 chocolate shops in BELGIUM, so it means there're lots of flavours to try out, so try out if you're there.

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Belgium's continent is Europe

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The national flag of Belgium is has three lanes which is black, yellow and red. The colours were taken from an international coat and the vertical design may be based on the flag of France.
FUN BELGIUM"S FLAG FACTS:
1)THE BELGIUM  AND THE GERMAN FLAG HAVE THE SAME THREE COLOURS; black, yellow and red. But Belgium’s flag has three vertical stripes, while Germany’s flag has horizontal stripes.
2)The flag's colors, black, yellow and red stands for freedom and revolution.
3)The Belgian national flag is hoisted on public buildings on any of their seventeen official days or holidays.

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Belgium is mostly known for its delicious chocolates, its fries and beers. However, Belgium has more than just food. Here are some interesting facts about Belgium that I found.
1)BELGIUM IS DIVIDED INTO TWO REGIONS. French speaks Wallonia in the south and Dutch (known as Flemish) in the North. And Brussels is right between the two regions and so it means that people there speak both French and Dutch.
2) The Zaventem airport sells the most chocolate in the world. About 1.6 kg of chocolate is sold per minute!
3) THE BELGIUM  AND THE GERMAN FLAG HAVE THE SAME THREE COLOURS; black, yellow and red. But Belgium’s flag has three vertical stripes, while Germany’s flag has horizontal stripes.
3) BELGIUM HOLDS THE LONGEST TIME WITHOUT AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT. After 541 days, Belgium promised a new government. And, Belgians made a whole celebration, offering free beer and fries (which is good).
4)ANTWERP, Belgium’s second largest city, is the diamond capital of the world. More than half of the diamonds sold around the world pass through the city.
5)Antwerp is the most populous city in Flanders, and its airport is the second biggest in Europe!!!
6) Spa, a small town in Wallonia, is world-famous for its modern health resort, opened in the 18th century. Best place to be.
7)The highway system in Belgium has so many lights that it is the only country with a man-made structure visible from the moon!!!
That's the EIGHT best facts I found.