As a child my favorite book was 'the Musicians of Brenem, by the Brothers Grimm
It was about a donkey, a dog, a cat and a cock, who were all about to be killed by their owners, but encouraged by the donkey decided to become run away and become musicians. On their way they came across a robbers house, and by creating horrendous 'music' ( braying, barking etc etc) at the window, frightened the robbers away.
The animals took over the house, and despite the robbers attempt to regain it (the animals repeated their musical efforts) they decided to live there together forever.
I still have the origional book, and have read it to my children and my granddaughter who have also enjoyed it