There was once a rich man whose wife lay sick, and when she felt her end drawing near she called
A cat having made acquaintance with a mouse, professed such great love and friendship for her, that the mouse at
Ther was once a man who had a daughter who was called “Clever Else,” and when she was grown up,
There was once a cook called Grethel, who wore shoes with red heels, and when she went out in them
There was once an old King, who, having fallen sick, thought to himself, “This is very likey my death-bed on
Hans had served his master seven years, and at the end of the seventh year he said,“Master, my time is
Near a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter and his wife, and his two children; the boy’s name was
A king had a daughter, who was beautiful beyond measure, but so proud and overbearing that none of her suitors
There was once a sweet little maid, much beloved by everybody, but most of all by her grandmother, who never
A widow had two daughters; one was pretty and industrious, the other was ugly and lazy. And as the ugly
One day, Han’s mother said, “Where are you going , Han’s?”
Hans answered,
“To Grethel’s, mother.”
“Manage well, Hans.”
“All
There once lived a man and his wife, who had long wished for a child, but in vain. Now there
There was once a miller who was poor, but he had one beautiful daughter. It happened one day that he
There was once a man who was a Jack-of-all-trades; he had served in the war, and had been brave and
It was the middle of winter, and the snowflakes were falling like feathers from the sky, and a queen at
There was once an ass whose master had made him carry sacks to the mill for many a long year,
There was once a shoemaker, who, through no fault of his own, became so poor that at last he had
There was once a fisherman and his wife who lived together in a hovel by the sea-shore, and the fisherman
In the old times, when it was still of some use to wish for the one thing one wanted, there
One sumer morning a little tailor was sitting on his board near the window, and working cheerfully with all his
In times gone by there was a king who had at the back of his castle a beautiful pleasure-garden, in
There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called the Simpleton, and was despised, laughed
There lived once an old Queen, whose husband had been dead many years. She had a beautiful daughter who was
There was once a woman who lived with her daughter in a beautiful cabbage-garden; and there came a rabbit and
Once on a time a king was hunting in a great wood, and he pursued a wild animal so eagerly