The Golden Key – Folktales
The Golden Key Brothers Grimm In the winter time, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on a sledge to fetch wood. When he had gathered it together, and …
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The Sole – Folktales
The Sole Brothers Grimm The fishes had for a long time been discontented because no order prevailed in their kingdom. None of them turned aside for the others, but all swam to the right or the left …
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The Bittern and the Hoopoe – Folktales
The Bittern and the Hoopoe Brothers Grimm Where do you like best to feed your flocks, said a man to an old cowherd. Here, sir, where the grass is neither too rich nor too poor, or else …
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The Owl – Folktales
The Owl Brothers Grimm Two or three hundred years ago, when people were far from being so crafty and cunning as they are nowadays, an extraordinary event took place in a little town. By some mischance one …
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The Moon – Folktales
The Moon Brothers Grimm In days gone by there was a land where the nights were always dark, and the sky spread over it like a black cloth, for there the moon never rose, and no star …
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The Duration of Life – Folktales
The Duration of Life Brothers Grimm When God created the world and was about to fix the length of each creature’s life, the ass came and asked, Lord, how long shall I live. Thirty years, replied God, …
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Death’s Messengers – Folktales
Death’s Messengers Brothers Grimm In ancient times a giant was once traveling on a great highway, when suddenly an unknown man sprang up before him, and said, halt, not one step farther. What. Cried the giant, a …
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Master Pfriem – Folktales
Master Pfriem Brothers Grimm Master pfriem was a short, thin, but lively man, who never rested a moment. His face, of which his turned-up nose was the only prominent feature, was marked with smallpox and pale as …
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The Little Folks’ Presents – Folktales
The Little Folks’ Presents Brothers Grimm A tailor and a goldsmith were traveling together, and one evening when the sun had sunk behind the mountains, they heard the sound of distant music, which became more and more …
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The Giant and the Tailor – Folktales
The Giant and the Tailor Brothers Grimm A certain tailor who was great at boasting but ill at doing, took it into his head to go abroad for a while, and look about the world. As soon …
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