The Little Folks’ Presents
A tailor and a goldsmith were travelling together, and one evening when the sun had sunk behind the...
Author: Max
The Giant and the Tailor
A certain tailor who was great at boasting but ill at doing, took it into his head to go abroad for...
The Nail
A merchant had done good business at the fair; he had sold his wares, and lined his money-bags with...
The Poor Boy in the Grave
There was once a poor shepherd-boy whose father and mother were dead, and he was placed by the authorities...
The True Sweethearts
There was once on a time a girl who was young and beautiful, but she had lost her mother when she was...
The Hare and the Hedgehog
This story, my dear young folks, seems to be false, but it really is true, for my grandfather, from...
The Spindle, The Shuttle, and the Needle
There was once a girl whose father and mother died while she was still a little child.
All alone, in...
The Peasant and the Devil
There was once on a time a far-sighted, crafty peasant whose tricks were much talked about.
The best...
The Crumbs on the Table
A countryman one day said to his little puppies, "Come into the parlour and enjoy yourselves, and pick...
The Sea-Hare
There was once upon a time a princess, who, high under the battlements in her castle, had an apartment...
The Master-Thief
One day an old man and his wife were sitting in front of a miserable house resting a while from their...
The Ear of Corn
In former times, when God himself still walked the earth, the fruitfulness of the soil was much greater...
