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    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson
    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson
    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson
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    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson

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    The Brothers Grimm are perhaps the best known folklorists of all time. This collection, ‘The Fairy Tales of Grimm’ brings together some of their best known and loved tales, such as: ‘Hansel and Gretel’, ‘The Valiant Little Tailor’, ‘Rapunzel’, ‘Snow White’, ‘The Frog Prince’ and ‘The Golden Goose’.

    The Brothers Grimm (or Die Brüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786–1859), were German academics, linguists, cultural researchers, lexicographers and authors – who together specialized in collecting and publishing folklore during the nineteenth century. The popularity of their collected tales has endured well; they have been translated into more than 100 languages, and remain in print in the present day.

    These timeless stories are accompanied by the dazzling colour and black and white illustrations of Anne Anderson (1874 – 1930). Anderson was a prolific Scottish illustrator, primarily known for her art nouveaux children’s book illustrations. She also painted, etched and designed many greetings cards, with her illustrations appearing near the end of the Edwardian era. Presented alongside the text, her illustrations further refine and elucidate the Brothers Grimm’s masterful storytelling.

    Pook Press celebrates the great ‘Golden Age of Illustration‘ in children’s classics and fairy tales – a period of unparalleled excellence in book illustration. We publish rare and vintage Golden Age illustrated books, in high-quality colour editions, so that the masterful artwork and story-telling can continue to delight both young and old.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781447490197
    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson
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    Brothers Grimm

    Wilhelm Grimm and his brother Jacob are famous for their classical collection of folk songs and folktales, especially for Children’s and Household Tales, generally known as Grimm’s Fairy Tales.

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    • 4/5
      Wow, disney is WAY off on how the original Cinderella went!! I like this book, but the brothers Grimm were a little morbid!
    • 4/5
      There are alot of good fairy tales, but alot depends on the editor or the edition, and going for "The Complete" isn't always the best choice. Repeating a story simply because it was told in the past isn't always a good idea-- it's a bit like turning on the TV and watching something simply because it's being aired. After a certain point, editing is required, whether you admit it or not, after all, there are infinite possible variations to every story, some of which have even made it into writing. So calling any collection "The Complete" is an illusion, and a damaging one, I think. If they simply mean that it's a translation of the "original"-- in terms of the written word-- Brothers Grimm collection of the 1810s, they could simply indicate that in some way. Perhaps-- 'Grimm's Fairy Tales-- Children's and Household Tales', or something like that. I suppose that even of this type of translation there are different versions, and the edition I have (Arthur Rackham as [mediocre] illustrator), doesn't have an introduction (which can be good as well as bad), and doesn't really explain the name-jokes when they come up-- "Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie"..... I mean, if you're not going to do something like that well, then maybe you shouldn't include it at all.... should you stuff it in there, just because you have this illusion that there can ever be a "complete" book of fairy tales? In the end this is to me more like a mine from which good stories can be picked, rather than a really good version in itself; my favorite collection of Grimm's Fairy Tales at this point is a google book's version with Edna Henry Lee Turpin as editor, from about a hundred years ago, although there are probably also other good versions, actually meant to be read by, I don't know, children and householders. (I don't want to get into specifics, but if you glance at the list of stories, even, you'll find at least one that clearly you wouldn't read to people of today.... which is why it only makes sense to edit it, as any story-teller modifies what he or she receives from the past....) In the end, the *average* quality of *all* these stories is simply that-- average. It could be better, although it could be worse, too. That's my take. (8/10)
    • 3/5
      It's hard to read and repetitive. Every story is a variation of Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, or Sleeping Beauty. There's lots of long paragraphs, little dialogue, and the narrative does little to evoke imagination. Everything happens in sets of threes, and I know nothing is going to happen the first two times, so I would just skip to the third.Every story is the same. Someone goes out into the world to seek fortune, marry someone, or defeat evil. He/she collects some magic artifacts. Something happens based on wordplay or puns. Then he's told not to do something, and inevitably, he does it. Because where would the plot be if anyone actually followed directions? Otherwise we wouldn't have "Gremlins". Go see the Disney versions.
    • 5/5
      I have a confession to make: I find it more convenient to acquire the collected works of an author long after they're dead. That gives the experts plenty of time to wage their wars on authenticity, and translators the time to properly translate all the ancient idioms into today's slang, and so forth.Now, I don't wish any authors dead, as I'd rather they generate as much work as possible before I finish collecting it, but I just love it when I can get a copy of EVERY JOT AND TITTLE BY AUTHOR A, so I don't have to have too many books on my shelf.Because of this quirk, The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales is a wonder for me. Within this work, I discovered a very interesting thing that the Disney generation would probably miss: The fairy tales were not intended solely for children (and at times, probably weren't suitable for children), but were instead intended for the people. The children's stories, however, are not fairy tales, per se, but are more religious morality tales featuring Jesus or the Apostles.If you've been raised on Disney and colorful picture books, then reading the collected, uncut works may be a shock to you. They're pretty gruesome. And everybody had lice.But, within its pages, we have all the great tales: Rapunzel, Sleeping Beauty, Hansel and Gretel, Little Red Riding-Hood, and so forth. And unless you're a Grimm scholar, there will probably be a story in there that you've never heard of before.I would probably not recommend this book for your children. Other people's children, maybe, but not yours, unless you don't want to molly-coddle them until they're 36. But, don't give it to your children expecting it to be the brightly-colored, sanitized version of all your favorite fairy tales. It is, instead, the grim (was that pun intended?) tales as originally written, and well worth the read.
    • 2/5
      Interesting reading, but hard to get through. These are the fairy tales I heard of as an adult, but never knew as a vhild. Some of these are NOT for children.
    • 5/5
      It was interesting to read the original (and darker) versions of some of the fairy tales that Disney has sanitized for American children. I love Grimm fairy tales, and they are even better in their original German. Each one is not only entertaining, but teaches a great life lesson. If you have a dark sense of humor or just plain like morbid stories, Grimm fairy fales are as good as they get.
    • 5/5
      This is a reread for me, as I read a volume of these when I was nine or ten. What always resonates for me is the violence that was in these stories and how lessons were always to be learned for the reader/listener. Stories of comeuppance and knowing ones’ place in society are in many of the tales, but so are stories of “happily ever after.” For me, it’s the sheer volume of stories that is intriguing. It’s easy to pick a favorite story for however one might be feeling at the time and get a lift or feeling of vengeful satisfaction in the misfortunes of the bad characters that remind us of terrible bosses or the guy who cut us off in traffic.
    • 5/5
      Ever since I was a little girl, fairy tales have always made a way into my heart. I will never forget staying up late reading stories about Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella and The Little Mermaid. The more I read these fairytales the more I wanted. Then I found my way to the fae. Another realm of stories I fell into. Then I learned about The Brother’s Grimm. I was immediately consumed with learning about all these stories and fascinated that even existed. I wanted the beginning. I wanted the truth of how and where this stories began. So I began searching for the perfect book to open that door. I found it in my local indie bookstore. I ask if they have a collection of the “real” Grimm’s brothers stories. They said yes and brought me this beauty…Can I talk about how BEAUTIFUL this book is? Cause it truly is. Leatherbound, eerie and smelling wonderfully (yes I sniffed the book). It has gold pages laced with the real stories of Cinderella, Rapunzel, etc. I have it sitting by my bedside in which I read a story each night. And each story has brought me so much satisfaction.The stories themselves aren’t anything new. Most of us all heard of the Grimm’s stories either by movies (Disney has turned many Grimm’s stories into movies) or tv shows. I personally love reading the real thing. I feel like I stepped into a whole other world when I open this book. And maybe there is hope that something, maybe something strange will happen…you know, just like in stories. (WINK, WINK)If you are a fairytale lover like me and enjoy reading, go pick up this beauty. I can’t even begin to tell you how much I adore this book. I’m not even half-way through it (as I’m reading it slowly) but it is truly a wonderful collections of stories. I will warn you that these stories don’t all have happy endings. These stories were meant for children as lessons for life. Some end in happy endings while others not so much. With each story, I think about the life lesson that the Brothers Grimm are portraying. The way the capture it so beautifully in just a mere couples of pages always leaves me in awe.
    • 5/5
      Classic book of many traditional fairy tales and more. I would use this for upper level elementary students when discussing how the same story can be told in different ways.This is really a great read for third grade on up.
    • 3/5
      This fairytale was about a brother and sister named, Hansel and Gretel, who are lured into the woods by their evil stepmom. They can't find their way back home and come upon a gingerbread candy house. They begin to eat the house and then get invited in by a witch who tried to fatten them up to eat them in a stew. They trick the witch, kill her, and then find their way home to their father with riches. The theme of this story could be triumph and perseverance. This story is kind of scary to teach as a lesson but I think it is a great book to have in the classroom for special story days to read about fairytales and the different types of them.
    • 5/5
      Diese und weitere Rezensionen findet ihr auf meinem Blog Anima Libri - Buchseele

      Märchen, Märchen, Märchen… Ich sollte dringend mal die Kategorie/Genre-Darstellung auf dem Blog reparieren und passend einrichten, sodass man einen besseren Überblick über all die wunderschönen Märchenbücher bekommt, die ich in letzter Zeit so rezensiert habe…

      Da wären „Grimms Märchen“ von Phillip Pullman, „Die Märchen der Brüder Grimm“ und „Die Märchen von Hans Christian Andersen“ aus dem Taschen Verlag, „Grimms Märchen ohne Worte“ von Frank Flöthmann und „1001 Nacht – Tausendundeine Nacht“ oder auch Hörbücher wie „Es war einmal und wenn sie nicht“ oder „Es war einmal: Autoren auf Grimms Spuren“.

      Zugegebenermaßen, meine Märchensammlung ist derzeit auffällig Grimm-lastig und mit diesem Buch kommt noch eine weitere Ausgabe der Grimmschen Märchen hinzu: Die „Kinder- und Hausmärchen“ der Brüder Grimm aus der Reclam Bibliothek sieht nicht nur wirklich gut aus, sie ist auch tatsächlich einmal eine vollständige Ausgabe aller dieser Märchen.

      Ja, ich besitze bereits eine vollständige Ausgabe der Grimmschen Märchen, eine wunderschöne dreibändige Ausgabe, die allerdings auch schon ein paar Jährchen auf dem Buckel hat und sich nur bedingt zum „einfach mal drinrumlesen“ eignet. Daher habe ich mich wirklich gefreut, als ich diese Ausgabe gefunden habe, denn die wurde wirklich sehr gekonnt zusammengestellt und besonders der Punkt „weitgehend an der originalen Sprachlichkeit orientiert“ hat es mir angetan.

      So sind die Märchen in dieser Sammlung zwar z.B. grammatikalisch auf dem neusten Stand und auch sprachlich nicht mehr im „Originalzustand“ aber sehr nah dran. So kommt der ursprüngliche „Zauber“ der Grimmschen Märchen nach wie vor rüber, während sich die Märchen trotzdem etwas angenehmer und flüssiger lesen lassen als in der Originalversion.

      Alles in allem ist „Kinder- und Hausmärchen“ der Brüder Grimm aus der Reclam Bibliothek eine Ausgabe dieser Märchensammlung, mit der man kaum etwas falsch machen kann. Die Umsetzung ist sehr gut gelungen und inhaltlich bin ich ja sowieso ein riesiger Fan dieser Märchen. Von daher definitiv eine dicke, dicke Empfehlung für dieses Buch.
    • 4/5
      One of the best collections. The real versions of all the classic fairy tales that Disney censored. The gore and twists give them more of a realistic perspective and are more alluring. Definitely a book I plan to pass down for generations.
    • 4/5
      Enormous breadth, and much crueller in the original telling (and the best children's literature often has a streak of cruelty viz Roald Dahl). Maybe there are too many stories in the volume - sometimes they can be repetitive. On a secondary note and interesting window into the folk traditions of early modern Germany.
    • 4/5
      It is always interesting to read non-Disney-fied versions of fairy tales. This collection has a good number of the more popular tales compiled by the Brothers Grimm.
    • 5/5
      Timeless stories, in all their bloody glory. :) My favorite is Rumpelstiltskin, when he rips himself in half. :D
    • 5/5
      I loved these stories! (Even with all the gruesome parts.) Very imaginative, albeit a bit repetitive if you read them all to close together. Still, in doses they're good bedtime reading to put oneself to sleep.
    • 4/5
      Finally finished. I have lots of thoughts about these tales and their common motifs. Pretty much, if you have a stepmother, she's wicked and dabbles in witchcraft. Trials and events happen in threes. There's always a dress of the sun, a dress of the moon, and a dress of the stars that a beautiful maiden will exchange with a false bride so that she may sleep in the same chamber as her beloved, but the false bride will give the groom a sleeping potion so that he won't hear the beautiful maiden's story and remember who she is. Luckily the servants will inform the prince and all will be made well. The cleverest son is usually the one deemed stupid or daft. If you can slip from the skin of an animal, a form you are required to take by day, and someone steals the skin and burns it, then you are free from your curse and will remain human. And on and on. I learned many ways to cheat the devil, so that's handy. It was enjoyable to read the original, darker versions of the tales Disney "cleaned up" and to read the tales no one ever mentions, like "Allerleirauh" which in the German means "of many different kinds of fur." "The Bremen Town Musicians" and "The Master Thief" are two of my faves.
    • 4/5
      Indeholder "Katten og musen", "Eventyret om en, der drog ud for at lære frygt at kende", "Den tro Johannes", "De tolv brødre", "Pak", "De tre små mænd i skoven", "De tre spindersker", "Hans og Grete", "Fiskeren og hans kone", "Den tapre lille skrædder", "Askepot", "Gåden", "Mor Hulda", "Rødhætte", "De Bremer stadsmusikanter", "Djævelens tre guldhår", "Lusen og loppen", "Den kloge Hans", "Den kloge Else", "Bord dæk dig", "Tommeliden", "Tornerose", "Kong Drosselskæg", "Snehvide", "Ranselen, hatten og hornet", "Rumleskaft", "Guldfuglen", "Hunden og spurven", "Kongen af det gyldne bjerg", "Det lille æsel", "Ferdinand Tro og Ferdinand Utro", "Jernovnen", "Enøje, Toøje og Treøje", "De seks tjenere", "Jernhans", "På rejse", "Historien om en roe", "Den stærke Hans", "Bonden i himlen", "De to brødre", "Den lille bonde", "Guldgåsen", "Historien om seks, der kommer gennem verden", "Nelliken", "Den kloge Grete", "Bedstefaderen og sønnesønnen", "Bror Lystig", "Lykkehans", "Den fattige og den rige mand", "Den kloge bondepige", "Djævelens snavsede bror", "Bjørneskindsmanden", "De klge folk", "Den fattige møllerdreng og katten", "De to vandringsmænd", "Det blå lys", "Kongesønnen, der ikke var bange for noget", "De tre håndværkssvende", "Salatæslet", "Levetiden", "Bonden og djævelen", "Alfernes gave", "Haren og pindsvinet", "Ten, skytte og synål", "Marsvinet"."Katten og musen" handler om ???"Eventyret om en, der drog ud for at lære frygt at kende" handler om ???"Den tro Johannes" handler om ???"De tolv brødre" handler om ???"Pak" handler om ???"De tre små mænd i skoven" handler om ???"De tre spindersker" handler om ???"Hans og Grete" handler om ???"Fiskeren og hans kone" handler om ???"Den tapre lille skrædder" handler om ???"Askepot" handler om ???"Gåden" handler om ???"Mor Hulda" handler om ???"Rødhætte" handler om ???"De Bremer stadsmusikanter" handler om ???"Djævelens tre guldhår" handler om ???"Lusen og loppen" handler om ???"Den kloge Hans" handler om ???"Den kloge Else" handler om ???"Bord dæk dig" handler om ???"Tommeliden" handler om ???"Tornerose" handler om ???"Kong Drosselskæg" handler om ???"Snehvide" handler om ???"Ranselen, hatten og hornet" handler om ???"Rumleskaft" handler om ???"Guldfuglen" handler om ???"Hunden og spurven" handler om ???"Kongen af det gyldne bjerg" handler om ???"Det lille æsel" handler om ???"Ferdinand Tro og Ferdinand Utro" handler om ???"Jernovnen" handler om ???"Enøje, Toøje og Treøje" handler om ???"De seks tjenere" handler om ???"Jernhans" handler om ???"På rejse" handler om ???"Historien om en roe" handler om ???"Den stærke Hans" handler om ???"Bonden i himlen" handler om ???"De to brødre" handler om ???"Den lille bonde" handler om ???"Guldgåsen" handler om ???"Historien om seks, der kommer gennem verden" handler om ???"Nelliken" handler om ???"Den kloge Grete" handler om ???"Bedstefaderen og sønnesønnen" handler om ???"Bror Lystig" handler om ???"Lykkehans" handler om ???"Den fattige og den rige mand" handler om ???"Den kloge bondepige" handler om ???"Djævelens snavsede bror" handler om ???"Bjørneskindsmanden" handler om ???"De klge folk" handler om ???"Den fattige møllerdreng og katten" handler om ???"De to vandringsmænd" handler om ???"Det blå lys" handler om ???"Kongesønnen, der ikke var bange for noget" handler om ???"De tre håndværkssvende" handler om ???"Salatæslet" handler om ???"Levetiden" handler om ???"Bonden og djævelen" handler om ???"Alfernes gave" handler om ???"Haren og pindsvinet" handler om ???"Ten, skytte og synål" handler om ???"Marsvinet" handler om ???
    • 5/5
      Summary:The book I own is from 1945 and I could not find the specific book on here. This is a collection of the fairy tales collected and printed by the brothers Grimm. All of the classic tales such as Briar Rose (sleeping Beauty) and Cinderella are in the book as well as some unknown to me like Fundevogel. Many of the stories start with 'Once upon a time' and contain someone good, someone bad and a quest or lesson to be learned. The book is bound with burgundy material and has wonderful color prints on the front and throughout the book.
    • 2/5
      I loved these stories but they are definitely not intended for children. They were also more than a bi moralistic especially for Europe during the times of the Enlightenment
    • 3/5
      I really liked this book because it is a classic book filled with original stories that are well-known and still popular today. The language is descriptive and clear. The writ ing is engaging, organized, and paced well. Every story is entertaining and captivating. The stories are still famous today and have left such a huge impression on people. There are no illustrations in the book besides small little drawings through out the book. I find this really interesting because the characters in this book have grown to become such famous and well-known characters that this book has clearly done such a great job developing each character through the stories. The characters are believable and well-developed. Some of the stories are fantasy based but the characters are still realistic. The plot is organized and each story is full of suspense, conflict, and resolution. This book is filled with several different stories like Cinderella, Rapunzel, Snow-White, Hänsel and Gretel, Little Red-Cap (Little Red Riding Hood), and Briar-Rose (Sleeping Beauty) and 200 more characters. The big idea in this book is fantasy, love, and imagination.
    • 5/5
      Classic stories. It is interesting how these stories have been altered through the years. Another reminder that life isn't always a "happy ending."
    • 4/5
      I've read a few Grimm's Fairy Tales over the years, while growing up, etc. But I'm glad I finally made the time to read the complete, original collection.These fairy tales are very short, and best read in small doses. I read one or two tales every day. It was interesting to see the original version of popular classics like Cinderella, Snow White, Rapunzel, etc, and how much has been changed over the years.I had heard that these tales were darker than the modern versions, and they are, just a little bit. I would not recommend reading these to VERY young children - they might find some parts a little scary. For instance, sometimes young people get eaten, killed, and occasionally a head is chopped off. Generally speaking, things work out for the best in the end, though, and there is usually a lesson to be learned. Older children should have no problem reading this.I would recommend this book if you have any interest in fairy tales, modern or ancient.
    • 4/5
      This a is great little story that shows you can never receive something without expecting to have to give something in return.
    • 5/5
      With love from Mummy and Daddy Xmas 1959, I was three and the words and pictures have never left me. A rock on which the rest of my life was built. The book records a moment in time and place, defined by stories, marked on every page by the history of the world, cousin to other stories in other places all over the world and full of the expectancy of the ever changing future.
    • 5/5
      Good folk tales but not for children!
    • 5/5
      What a great thing to reread all these old tales again, most of them as if for the first time! I'd forgotten how much simpler and purer many of these are than their Disney versions (although I do appreciate those also) such as Rumpelstiltskin and how explicitly Christian many of them are such as Our Lady's Child, my favorite, from which Tomie Depaola's classic "Clown of God" obviously draws from. I think the translation is one of the most readable I've seen, keeping a touch of old world flavor without sounding too foreign to modern ears. Great collection.
    • 5/5
      The brothers Grimm. Required reading for all children. Required reading auf deutsch for anyone who is studying German.
    • 5/5
      Awesome. So many stories. Not enough time!
    • 4/5
      These are the unabridged tales of the Brothers Grimm, which means death and envy and not-nice endings. These are old German tales, which can bring back rather Teutonic visions of paganism and malicious parents. One can understand the superstition of the Germanic population and how many of these tales originated during the Thirty Years' War, when entire families and villages vanished in flames. I suppose if I had to survive during those times, my mind would have created wondrous stories that focused on retribution and survival. While the Grimms collected these tales in the 19th Century, the horrors of the previous centuries come through loud and clear.

      There are many patterns throughout the stories with the numbers 3 and 7 being very popular. Three sons venture into the world, seven brothers are turned into swans, three puzzles must be solved by the potential groom, seven years must be served under the Devil...and so forth and so on. Wives and mothers do not come out well here, either being selfish or witches or both. Hansel and Gretel still resonates, more so after reading the original version (as in, parents not wanting the kids).

      I took my time reading this over several months, so I could enjoy each story. There are many favorites but the one I enjoyed the most was the shortest:MISFORTUNE, which quickly tells the tale of a man who couldn't win, even as he was being saved (crushed by a wall).

      When misfortune pursues any one, it will find him out into whatever corner he may creep, or however far he may flee over the world.

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    The Fairy Tales of Grimm - Illustrated by Anne Anderson - Brothers Grimm

    The Giant with Three Golden Hairs

    The Little Elves

    The Iron Stove

    The Valiant Little Tailor

    Little Snow-White

    The Poor Miller-Boy and the Cat

    The Goose Girl

    The Ball of Crystal

    The Queen Bee

    ONCE upon a time a Mouse, a Bird, and a Sausage set up housekeeping together, and agreed so well that they accumulated wealth fast. It was the duty of the Bird to fetch wood, of the Mouse to draw water and make the fire, and of the Sausage to cook.

    They who are prosperous are for ever hankering after something new, and thus one day the Bird, meeting another bird on her way home, told him of her condition in a very boastful way. The other bird, however, blamed her for her great labours for the two who lived at ease at home: for when the Mouse had made the fire and drawn the water she could retire to her chamber, and rest till she was called to lay the table; while the Sausage remained by the fire and saw that the food was well cooked, and when dinner-time approached, dressed it with the gravy and vegetables, and made it ready with butter and salt.

    As soon, then, as the Bird returned and laid down her burden, they sat down to table, and after their meal was finished they slept till the next morning—and this life was a very happy one. The next day the Bird would not go for the wood, saying she had been slave long enough; for once they must change about and try another plan. And although the Mouse and the Sausage protested earnestly against it, the Bird was unconvinced; it must be tried. And so they tossed up, and it fell to the lot of the Sausage to fetch wood, while the mouse had to cook, and the Bird to procure water.

    What happened? The Sausage went forth into the forest, the Bird made the fire, the Mouse put on the pot and waited alone until the Sausage should come home, bringing wood for the next day. But it remained away such a long time that they suspected some misfortune, and the Bird flew round a little way to see, and met near their house a Dog, which, having met the Sausage, had seized upon it and devoured it. The Bird complained bitterly against the Dog as a public robber, but it availed nothing; for the Dog declared he had found forged letters upon the Sausage, for which its life was forfeited.

    The Bird, full of grief, took the wood upon her back, and flew home to relate what she had seen and heard. Both she and the Mouse were very sad, but agreed to do their best, and remain with one another. Now the Bird laid the table, and the Mouse prepared their meal; and in order to make it quite fit she got into the pot to stir the vegetables up, and flavour them, as the Sausage had been used to do; but, alas! before she had scarcely got in, her skin and hair came off, and her life was sacrificed.

    When the Bird came, and wished to sit down to dinner, no cook was to be found! so, throwing away in a pet the sticks she had gathered, she called and searched high and low; but no cook could she discover. From her carelessness the fire reached the wood, and a grand conflagration commenced; so that the poor Bird hastened to the brook for water, but, her pail falling in, she was carried with it, and not being able to extricate herself in time, she sank to the bottom.

    THERE was a poor Wood-cutter who lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the edge of a large forest. Sometimes, when he was cutting down the trees near to his cottage the girls would take him his dinner, and gather up small branches, and make them into faggots, and drag them home. This was always great fun; but often, of course, the Wood-cutter was at work in the middle of the forest, or even at the other side of it. Then his wife wrapped up some food for him in a cloth, and he carried it with him to eat at noon-day.

    The Wood-cutter did not earn high wages, so his family were very poor, but the simple food and fresh air made the girls strong and healthy, and they grew up to be young women and able to help their parents more and more.

    One morning, when he went out to his usual work, he said to his wife, ‘Let my dinner be brought by our eldest daughter—I shall not be ready to come home; and that she may not lose her way, I will take with me a bag of seeds and strew them on my path.’

    So when the sun was risen to the centre of the heavens, the Maiden set out on her way carrying a jug of soup. But the field and wood sparrows, the larks, blackbirds, goldfinches, and greenfinches had many hours ago picked up the seeds, so that the Maiden could find no trace of the way. So she walked on, trusting to fortune, till the sun set and night came on. The trees soon began to rustle in the darkness, the owls to hoot, and the girl began to feel frightened.

    All at once she perceived a light shining at a distance among the trees. ‘People must dwell there,’ she thought, ‘who will keep me during the night;’ and she walked towards the light.

    In a short time she came to a cottage, where the windows were all lighted up, and when she knocked at the door a hoarse voice called from within, ‘Come in.’

    The girl opened the door and perceived an Old Man sitting at a table, with his face buried in his hands, and his white beard flowing down over the table on to the ground. On the hearth lay three animals—a Hen, a Cock, and a brindled Cow. The girl told the Old Man her adventures, and begged for a night’s lodging. The Man said:—

    ‘Pretty Hen, pretty Cock,

     And pretty brindled Cow,

     What have you to say to that?’

    ‘Cluck!’ said the animals; and as that meant they were satisfied, the Old Man said to the Maiden, ‘Here is abundance and to spare: go now into the kitchen and cook some supper for us.’

    The girl found plenty of everything in the kitchen, and cooked a good meal, but thought nothing about the animals. When she had finished she carried a full dish into the room, and, sitting down opposite the Old Man, ate till she satisfied her hunger. When she had done, she said, ‘I am very tired. Where is my bed, where I shall lie down and sleep?’ The animals replied:—

    ‘You have eaten with him,

     You have drunk too with him;

     And yet you have not thought of us;

     Still you may pass the night here.’

    Thereupon the Old Man said, ‘Step down yon stair, and you will come to a room containing two beds; shake them up properly, and cover them with white sheets, and then I will come shortly and lie down to sleep myself.’

    The Maiden stepped down the stair, and, as soon as she had shaken the beds up and covered them afresh, she laid herself down in one bed without waiting for the Old Man. But after some time the Old Man came, and, after looking at the girl with the light, shook his head when he saw she was fast asleep; and then, opening a trap-door, dropped her down into the cellar below.

    ‘THE GIRL OPENED THE DOOR, AND PERCEIVED AN OLD MAN SITTING AT A TABLE.’

    Late in the evening the Wood-cutter arrived at home, and scolded his wife because she had let him hunger all day long.

    ‘It is not my fault;’ she replied; ‘the girl was sent out with your dinner; she must have lost her way; but to-morrow she will return.’

    At daybreak the Wood-cutter got up to go into the forest, and desired that the second daughter should bring him his meat this time. ‘I will take a bag of peas,’ he said; ‘they are larger than corn-seed; and the girl will therefore see them better, and not lose my track.’

    At noonday, accordingly, the girl set out with her father’s dinner; but the peas had all disappeared, for the wood-birds had picked them up just as they had done on the day before, and not one was left. So the poor girl wandered about in the forest till it was quite dark, and then she also arrived at the Old Man’s hut, was invited in, and begged food and a night’s lodging. The man of the white beard asked his animals again:—

    ‘Pretty Hen, pretty Cock,

     And pretty brindled Cow,

     What have you to say to that?’

    They answered again, ‘Cluck!’ and everything thereupon occurred the same as on the previous day. The girl cooked a good meal, ate and drank with the Old Man, but never once thought of the animals; and when she asked for her bed, they made answer:—

    ‘You have eaten with him,

     You have drunk too with him;

     And yet you have not thought of us;

     Still you may pass here the night!’

    As soon as she was gone to sleep the Old Man came, and, looking at her and shaking his head as before, dropped her into the cellar below.

    Meanwhile, the third morning arrived, and the Wood-cutter told his wife to send their youngest child with his dinner: ‘For,’ said he, ‘she is always obedient and good; she will keep in the right path, and not run about like those idle hussies her sisters!’

    But the Mother refused, and said, ‘Shall I lose my youngest child, too?’

    ‘Be not afraid of that,’ said her husband; ‘the girl will not miss her way, she is too steady and prudent. But, for more precaution, I will take beans to strew; they are larger than peas, and will show her the way better.’

    But, by-and-by, when the girl went out with her basket on her arm, the wood-pigeons had eaten up all the beans, and she knew not which way to turn. She was full of trouble, and thought, with grief, how her father would want his dinner, and how her dear mother would grieve when she did not return. At length, when it became quite dark, she also perceived the lighted cottage, and, entering it, begged very politely to be allowed to pass the night there. The old man asked the animals a third time in the same words:—

    ‘Pretty Hen, pretty Cock,

     And pretty brindled Cow,

     What have you to say to that?’

    ‘Cluck, cluck!’ said they. Thereupon the Maiden stepped up to the fire, near which they lay, and fondled the pretty Hen and Cock, smoothing their plumage down with her hands, while she stroked the Cow between her horns. Afterwards, when she had got ready a good supper at the Old Man’s request, and had placed the dishes on the table, she thought to herself, ‘I must not have my own supper till I have fed these good creatures. There is an abundance in the kitchen; I will serve them first.’

    Thus thinking, she went and fetched some corn and strewed it before the fowls, and then she brought an armful of hay and gave it to the Cow. ‘Now, eat away, you good creatures,’ said she to them, ‘and when you are thirsty you shall have a nice fresh draught.’ So saying, she brought a pailful of water; and the Hen and Cock perched themselves on its edge, put their beaks in, and then threw their heads up as birds do when drinking; the Cow also took a hearty draught.

    When the animals were thus fed, the Maiden sat down at table with the Old Man and ate what was left for her. In a short while the Hen and Cock began to fold their wings over their heads, and the brindled Cow blinked with both eyes. Then the Maiden asked, ‘Shall we not also take our rest?’ The old Man replied as before:—

    ‘Pretty Hen, pretty Cock,

     And pretty brindled Cow,

     What have you to say to that?’

    ‘Cluck, cluck,’ replied the animals, meaning,—

    ‘You have eaten with us,

     You have drunk too with us,

     You have thought of us kindly too;

     And we wish you a good night’s rest.’

    So the Maiden went down the stairs, and shook up the feather-beds and laid on clean sheets, and when they were ready, the Old Man came and lay down in one, with his white beard stretching down to his feet. The girl then lay down in the other bed, first saying her prayers before she went to sleep.

    She slept quietly till midnight, and at that hour there began such a tumult in the house that it awakened her. Presently it began to crack and rumble in every corner of the room, and the doors were slammed back against the wall, and then the beams groaned as if they were being riven away from their fastenings, and the stairs fell down, and at last it seemed as if the whole roof fell in. Soon after that all was quiet, but the Maiden took no harm, and went quietly off again to sleep.

    When, however, the bright light of the morning sun awoke her, what a sight met her eyes I She found herself lying in a large chamber, with everything around similar to the inside of a king’s palace. On the walls were represented gold flowers growing on a green silk ground; the bed was of ivory, and the curtains of red velvet, and on a stool close by was placed a pair of slippers ornamented with pearls.

    The Maiden thought it was all a dream; but presently in came three servants dressed in rich liveries, who asked her what were her commands. ‘Leave me,’ replied the Maiden; ‘I will get up at once and cook some breakfast for the Old Man, and also feed the pretty Hen, the pretty Cock, and the brindled Cow.’ She spoke thus because she thought the Old Man was already up; but when she looked round at his bed, she saw a stranger to her lying asleep in it.

    While she was looking at him, and thinking that he was both young and handsome, he awoke, and, starting up, said to the Maiden, ‘I am a King’s son, who was long ago changed by a wicked old Witch into the form of an Old Man, and condemned to live alone in the wood, with nobody to bear me company but my three servants in the form of a Hen, a Cock, and a brindled Cow. And the enchantment was not to end until a Maiden should come so kind-hearted that she should behave as well to my animals as she did to me; and such a one you have been; and, therefore, this last midnight we were saved through you, and the old wooden hut has again become my royal palace.’

    When he had thus spoken the girl and he arose, and the Prince told his three servants to fetch to the palace the father and mother of the Maiden, that they might witness her marriage.

    ‘But where are my two sisters?’ she asked. ‘I have put them in the cellar,’ replied the Prince, ‘and there they must remain till to-morrow morning, when they shall be led into the forest and bound as servants to a collier, until they have reformed their tempers, and learned not to let poor animals suffer hunger.’

    ONCE upon a time there lived an old Goat who had seven small kids, whom she loved as every mother loves her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest to fetch some food; so, calling her seven young ones together, she said, ‘Dear children, I am going away into the wood; be on your guard against the Wolf, while I am absent, for, if he comes here, he will eat you all up—skin, hair, and all. He often disguises himself, but you may easily know him by his rough voice and his black feet.’

    The little Goats replied, ‘Dear mother, we will pay great attention to what you say; you may go away with an easy mind for we will certainly not let the wicked Wolf catch us.’ So the old mother bleated and ran off, quite contented, upon her road.

    Not long afterwards somebody knocked at the hut-door, and called out, ‘Open, my dear children; your mother is here and has brought you each a present.’ But the little Goats knew from the rough voice that it was a Wolf, and so they said, ‘We will not undo the door; you are not our mother; she has a gentle and loving voice, but yours is gruff; you are a Wolf.’

    So the Wolf went to a shop and bought a great piece of chalk, which he ate, and by that means rendered his voice more gentle. Then he came back, knocked at the hut-door, and called out, ‘Open, my dear children; your mother has come home and has brought you each something.’ But the Wolf had placed his black paws upon the window-sill; where the Goats saw them, and replied, ‘No, we will not open the door; our mother has not black feet; you are a Wolf.’

    Then the Wolf went to a baker, and said, ‘I have hurt my foot; put some dough on it.’ And when the baker had done so, he ran to the miller, saying, ‘Strew some white flour upon my feet.’ But the miller, thinking he was going to deceive somebody, hesitated, till the Wolf said, ‘If you do not do it at once, I will eat you.’ This made the miller afraid, so he powdered his feet with flour.

    Now, the villain went for the third time to the hut, and, knocking at the door, called out, ‘Open to me, my children; your dear mother is come, and has brought with her something for each of you out of the forest.’ The little Goats exclaimed, ‘Show us first your feet, that we may see whether you are our mother.’ So the Wolf put his feet up on the window-sill, and when they saw that they were white, they thought it was all right, and undid the door. But, to their dismay, who should come in? The Wolf.

    They were terribly frightened, and tried to hide themselves. One ran under the table, the second got into the bed, the third into the cupboard, the fourth into the kitchen, the fifth into the oven, the sixth into the wash-tub, and the seventh into the clock-case. But the Wolf found them all out, and did not delay, but swallowed them all up one after another; only the youngest one, who had hidden himself in the clock-case, he did not discover. When the Wolf had satisfied his appetite, he dragged himself out, and, lying down upon the green meadow under a tree, went fast asleep.

    Soon after, the old Goat came home out of the forest, hoping to find everything as she had left it. Ah, what a terrible sight she saw! The hut-door stood wide open; the table, stools, and benches were overturned; the wash-tub was broken to pieces, and the sheets and pillows were pulled off the bed. She sought her children, but could find them nowhere. She called them loudly by name one after the other, but not one of them answered.

    At last, when she came to the name of the youngest, a frightened little voice replied, ‘Here I am, dear mother, I am hiding in the clock-case.’ She took her out, and heard to her sorrow how the wicked Wolf had come and swallowed all the others. You cannot think how sorely she wept for her poor little ones.

    ‘THERE LAY THE WOLF UNDER THE TREE.’

    At last she went out from the hut in her misery, and the young Goat, still shivering and shaking from fright, ran by her side; and when they came to the meadow, there lay the Wolf under the tree, snoring so that the boughs quivered. She viewed him on all sides, and after a time perceived that something moved and stirred about in his body. ‘Ah, mercy!’ thought she, ‘should my poor children, whom the monster has swallowed for his dinner, be yet alive!’

    So saying, she ran home and fetched a pair of scissors and a needle and thread. Then she cut open the monster’s hairy coat, and had scarcely made one slit before one little goat put his head out, and, as she cut further, out jumped one after another, all six, still alive and without any injury; for the monster, in his eagerness, had gulped them down quite whole. There was a joy! They hugged their dear mother, and jumped about like tailors keeping their wedding-day; they were so happy that they scarcely thought about the Wolf.

    But the old mother said, ‘Go and pick up at once some large stones that we may fill the monster’s stomach, while he lies fast asleep. I will teach him a lesson for trying to kill my children.’ So the seven little Goats dragged up in great haste a pile of stones and put them in the Wolf’s stomach, as many as they could bring; and then the old mother went, and, looking at him closely to make quite certain, saw that he was still insensible and did not stir, and so she sewed up the slit.

    When the Wolf at last woke up, he raised himself upon his legs, and because the stones which were lying in his stomach made him feel thirsty, he went to a brook in order to drink. But as he went along, rolling from side to side, the stones began to tumble about in his body, and he called out—

    ‘What rattles, what rattles

    Against my poor bones?

      Not little goats, I think,

    But only big stones!’

    And when the Wolf came to the brook he stooped down to drink, and the heavy stones made him lose his balance, so that he fell and sank beneath the water.

    As soon as the seven little Goats saw what had happened, they came running up quickly, singing aloud joyfully, ‘The Wolf is dead! the Wolf is dead!’ and they danced around their mother by the side of the brook to show their pleasure at the death of their wicked enemy.

    THERE was once upon a time a poor woman whose son was born with a caul, and so it was foretold of him that in his fourteenth year he should marry the King’s daughter. As it happened, the King soon after came into the village, quite unknown to any one, and when he asked the people what news there was, they answered, ‘A few days since a child with a caul

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