Grimms' Fairy Tales
    THE GOLDEN BIRD
    A certain king had a beautiful garden， and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted， and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this

Es war einmal eine alte Gei?, die hatte sieben junge Gei?lein. Sie hatte sie so lieb, wie eben eine Mutter ihre Kinder liebhat. Eines Tages wollte sie in den Wald gehen und Futter holen. Da rief sie alle sieben herbei und sprach: Liebe Kinder, ich mu? hinaus in den Wald. Seid inzwischen brav, sperrt die Türe gut zu und nehmt euch in acht vor dem

Ein Vater hatte zwei S?hne, davon war der ?lteste klug und gescheit, und wu?te sich in alles wohl zu schicken, der Jüngste aber war dumm, konnte nichts begreifen und lernen: und wenn ihn die Leute sahen, sprachen sie: Mit dem wird der Vater noch seine Last haben! Wenn nun etwas zu tun war, so mu?te es der ?lteste allzeit ausrichten, hie? ihn aber d

FONT face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, sans-serif" size=-1>einem gro?en Walde lebte ein Holzhacker mit seiner Frau, der hatte nur ein einziges Kind, das war ein M?dchen von drei Jahren. Sie waren aber so arm, da? sie nicht mehr das t?gliche Brot hatten und nicht wu?ten, was sie ihm sollten zu essen geben. Eines Morgens ging der Holzhacker

Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft
Eine Katze hatte Bekanntschaft mit einer Maus gemacht und ihr soviel von gro?er Liebe und Freundschaft vorgesagt, die sie zu ihr trüge, da? die Maus endlich einwilligte, mit ihr zusammen in einem Haus zu wohnen und

The Rose
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Once there was a poor woman who had two children. The youngest one had to go into the forest every day to fetch wood. Once when he had gone a very long way to find wood， a child who was very little but very strong came to him and helped him gath

The Twelve Apostles
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　It was three hundred years before the birth of Christ the Lord, and there lived a mother who had twelve sons, but she was so poor and needy that she did not know how she would be able to keep them alive. She prayed daily to God that h

The Golden Key
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Once in the wintertime when the snow was very deep， a poor boy had to go out and fetch wood on a sled. After he had gathered it together and loaded it， he did not want to go straight home， because he was so frozen， but instead to make a fi

The Ear of Grain
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Ages ago， when God himself walked upon earth， the ground's fertility was much greater than it now is. At that time the ears did not return fifty or sixty-fold， but rather four to five hundred-fold. The kernels grew from the bottom to the

The Crumbs on the Table
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　One day the rooster said to his hens, "Go into the kitchen and pick up the breadcrumbs from the table. Our mistress has gone out visiting."
　　The hens said, "No, no, we won't go. If our mistress finds out, she will beat us

Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Once upon a time there was a girl whose father and mother died when she was still a little child. Her godmother lived all alone at the end of the village in a little house, and earned her living with spinning, weaving, and se

The Hare and the Hedgehog
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　This story was actually made up, young ones, but it really is true, for my grandfather, who told it to me, always said whenever he told it, "it must be true, my son, otherwise it couldn't be told." Anyway, this is how the story

The Nail
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　A merchant had done well at the fair. He had sold all his wares, and filled his moneybag with gold and silver. He now wanted to make his way toward home, and to be in his own house before nightfall. So he loaded his duffel bag with the money ont

The Gifts of the Little People
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　A tailor and a goldsmith were journeying together when one evening, just as the sun had sunk behind the mountains, they heard the sound of distant music. It grew more and more distinct. It had a strange sound, but was so pl

The Nixie in the Pond
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
　　Once upon a time there was a miller. He lived contentedly with his wife. They had money and land, and their prosperity increased from year to year. But misfortune comes overnight. Just as their wealth had increased, so did it decrea