[Python] Python descriptors __get__ and __set__

I am sure this will be marked as a duplicate, but I truly don't understand what I'm looking at. I've checked The python documentation on Descriptors, but I have been "programming" in Python for two weeks now and I don't really know what I'm looking for!

This is what I got:

>>> class Blub(object):
... def __init__(self, value):
... print('Blub is ' + value)
... self.value = value
... def __get__(self):
... print('Blub gets ' + self.value)
... return self.value
... def __set__(self, value):
... print('Blub becomes ' + value)
... self.value = value
...
>>> class Quish(object):
... def __init__(self, value):
... self.blub = Blub(value)
... def __get__(self):
... return self.blub
... def __set__(self, value):
... self.blub = Blub(value)
...


The following is what I want to happen and don't know how to do:

>>> a = Quish('One')
Blub is One
>>> a.blub
Blub gets One
'One'
a.blub = 'Two'
Blub becomes Two


What do I do in Blub or Quish in order for this to happen. I have really simple classes here, but I have a much more intricate version which works perfectly but only if I type:

>>> a.blub.__get__()


I thought that the point of these descriptors was to make it unnecessary to actually write get() and set(). How do I make it behave like I would like, or can Python not do that?

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