From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales FIRST STORY There was once upon a time an old fox with nine tails, who believed that his wife was not faithful to him, and wished to put her to the test. He stretched himself out under the bench, did...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once a man who had seven sons, and last of all one daughter. Although the little girl was very pretty, she was so weak and small that they thought she could not live; but they said she should...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once upon a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two talers. When the money was being counted out to...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once a merchant who had only one child, a son, that was very young, and barely able to run alone. He had two richly laden ships then making a voyage upon the seas, in which he had embarked...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once a king’s son who had a bride whom he loved very much. And when he was sitting beside her and very happy, news came that his father lay sick unto death, and desired to see him once...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off, a king who had three sons. This king once fell very ill—so ill that nobody thought he could live. His sons were very much...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called Dummling, Simpleton and was despised, mocked, and sneered at on every occasion. It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood,...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once a queen who had a little daughter, still too young to run alone. One day the child was very troublesome, and the mother could not quiet it, do what she would. She grew impatient, and seeing the...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales There was once upon a time a soldier who for many years had served the king faithfully, but when the war came to an end could serve no longer because of the many wounds which he had received. The king...
From the Brothers Grimm Fairytales A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat, and said, ‘I want you no longer,...