The Willow-Wren and the Bear
Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing...
Category: Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Grimms’ Fairy Tales, originally known as the Children’s and Household Tales is a German collection of fairy tales by the Grimm brothers or “Brothers Grimm”
Bearskin
There was once a young fellow who enlisted as a soldier, conducted himself bravely, and was always the...
The Devil’s Sooty Brother
A disbanded soldier had nothing to live on, and did not know how to get on.
So he went out into the...
The Two Travellers
Hill and vale do not come together, but the children of men do, good and bad.In this way a shoemaker...
The Seven Swabians
Seven Swabians were once together.
The first was Master Schulz; the second, Jackli; the third, Marli;...
The Three Apprentices
There were once three apprentices, who had agreed to keep always together while travelling, and always...
The King’s Son Who Feared Nothing
There was once a King's son, who was no longer content to stay at home in his father's house, and as...
Donkey Cabbages
There was once a young huntsman who went into the forest to lie in wait.
He had a fresh and joyous...
The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces
There was once upon a time a King who had twelve daughters, each one more beautiful than the other.
They...
Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie
"Many thanks, Pif Paf Poltrie."
"May I marry your daughter?" "Oh, yes, if her mother Milk-Cow, her brother...
The Fox and the Horse
A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work, so his master would no...
The Four Skilful Brothers
There was once a poor man who had four sons, and when they were grown up, he said to them, "My dear...
