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August 17, 2017

THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

There was a king who had twelve beautiful daughters. They slept in twelve beds all in one room; and when they went to bed, the doors were shut and locked up; but every morning...

August 16, 2017

THE DOG AND THE SPARROW (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

A shepherd’s dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger. At last he could bear it no longer; so he took to his heels,...

August 15, 2017

BRIAR ROSE (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

A king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies. Now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty...

August 14, 2017

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN (Grimm’s Kinder und Hausmärchen) by The Brothers Grimm

In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them. So she made a fire on her hearth, and that it might burn...

August 13, 2017

THE POMEGRANATE KING (Indian Fairy Tales) collected and translated by Maive Stokes

THERE was once a Mahárájá, called the Anárbásá, or Pomegranate King; and a Mahárání called the Gulíanár, or Pomegranate-flower. The Mahárání died leaving two children: a little girl of four or five years old,...

August 12, 2017

The Kingdom of the Lion (Aesop’s fables) by Aesop

THE BEASTS of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither wrathful, cruel, nor tyrannical, but just and gentle as a king could be. During his reign he made...