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Near the royal castle there was a great dark wood, and in the wood under an old linden-tree was a well; and when the day was hot, the King's daughter used to go forth into the wood and sit by the brink of ... Read the story →.
The three little men in the wood. There was once a man, whose wife was dead, and a woman, whose husband was dead; and the man had a daughter, and so had the woman. The girls were acquainted with each other, and used to play together sometimes in the woman's house.
2024/11/16 Fairy tale: Rapunzel - A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. There once lived a man and his wife, who had long wished for a child, but in vain.
2024/11/14 Fairy tale: Snow-white - A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. It was the middle of winter, and the snow-flakes were falling like feathers from the sky, and a queen sat at her window working, and her embroidery-frame was of ebony.
A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. In times past there lived a king and queen, who said to each other every day of their lives, "Would that we had a child!" and yet they had none. But it happened once that when the queen was bathing, there came a frog out of the water, and he squatted on the ground, and said to her: "Thy wish shall be fulfilled;
2024/11/15 Fairy tale: Hansel and Gretel - A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children, the boy's name was Hansel and the girl's Grethel.
Snow-White and Rose-Red. There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red roses. She had two children who were like the two rose-trees, and one was called Snow-white, and the other Rose-red.
A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. There was once a rich man whose wife lay sick, and when she felt her end drawing near she called to her only daughter to come near her bed, and said, "Dear child, be pious and good, and God will always take care of you, and I will look down upon you from heaven, and will be with you."
A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. There was once a miller who was poor, but he had one beautiful daughter. It happened one day that he came to speak with the king, and, to give himself consequence, he told him that he had a daughter who could spin gold out of straw.
2024/11/14 Fairy tale: Little Red Riding Hood - A fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. Once upon a time there was a sweet little girl. Everyone who saw her liked her, but most of all her grandmother, who did not know what to give the child next.
