aesop.pangyre.org

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Wonderful Musician

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/8-the-wonderful-musician.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. I have no desire for him! 8221; said the musician; but the wolf came nearer and said to him, “Ah, dear musician, how beautifully thou dost play. I should like to learn that, too.”. 8220;It is soon learnt,” the musician replied, “thou hast only to do all that I bid thee.”. 8221; said the musician. “I have no desire for him.” The fox came up to him and said, “Oh, dear musician, how beautifully thou dost play! 8220;Ah, dear musician,” said the...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Fisherman and His Wife

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/19-the-fisherman-and-his-wife.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The Fisherman and His Wife. I should not be good to eat, put me in the water again, and let me go.”. 8220;Husband,” said the woman, “have you caught nothing to-day? 8220;No,” said the man, “I did catch a Flounder, who said he was an enchanted prince, so I let him go again.”. 8220;Did you not wish for anything first? 8221; said the woman. “No,” said the man; “what should I wish for? 8220;Ah,” said the man, “why should I go there again? For my wife...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Glass Coffin

http://grimm.pangyre.org/random.cgi

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. 8221; asked the man in a grumbling voice. “I am a poor tailor,” he answered, “whom night has surprised here in the wilderness, and I earnestly beg you to take me into your hut until morning.”. 8221; cried she, “my deliverance is at hand! 171; The Wise Servant. Middot; Lazy Harry. The Frog-King, or Iron Henry. Cat and Mouse in Partnership. The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids. The Fox and...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Twelve Brothers

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/9-the-twelve-brothers.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The mother, however, now sat and lamented all day long, until the youngest son, who was always with her, and whom she had named Benjamin, from the Bible, said to her, “Dear mother, why art thou so sad? We swear that we will avenge ourselves! 8212; wheresoever we find a girl, her red blood shall flow.”. 8220;No,” answered he, “thou shalt not die, seat thyself beneath this tub until our eleven brothers come, and then I will soon come to...She did s...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Frog-King, or Iron Henry

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/1-the-frog-king-or-iron-henry.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The Frog-King, or Iron Henry. Thou weepest so that even a stone would show pity.” She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its thick, ugly head from the water. “Ah! Old water-splasher, is it thou? 8221; said she; “I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.”. He lives in the water with the other frogs, and croaks, and can be no companion to any human being! 8220;Ah, dear father,...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/4-the-story-of-the-youth-who-went-forth-to-learn-what-fear-was.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was. A certain father had two sons, the elder of whom was smart and sensible, and could do everything, but the younger was stupid and could neither learn nor understand anything, and when people saw him they said, “There’s a fellow who will give his father some trouble! Now it came to pass that his father said to him one day “Hearken to me, thou fellow in the corner there, thou art gr...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Three Snake-Leaves

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/16-the-three-snake-leaves.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. 8221; Then the others followed him, and he pressed on and conquered the enemy. When the King heard that he owed the victory to him alone, he raised him above all the others, gave him great treasures, and made him the first in the kingdom. 8221; said the King. “I must be buried with her,” he replied, “if I outlive her, but my love is so great that I do not mind the danger.” Then the King consented, and the wedding w...Where is thy husband? The Bra...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Rapunzel

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/12-rapunzel.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Thou shalt suffer for it! Rapunzel grew into the most beautiful child beneath the sun. When she was twelve years old, the enchantress shut her into a tower, which lay in a forest, and had neither stairs nor door, but quite at the top was a little window. When the enchantress wanted to go in, she placed herself beneath it and cried,. 8220;Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down thy hair to me.”. 8220;Rapunzel, Rapunzel, Let down thy hair.”. She let the hair ...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/18-the-straw-the-coal-and-the-bean.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean. 8220;And would a better fate have fallen to my lot? 8221; said the straw. “The old woman has destroyed all my brethren in fire and smoke; she seized sixty of them at once, and took their lives. I luckily slipped through her fingers.”. 8220;But what are we to do now? 8221; said the coal. 171; The White Snake. Middot; The Fisherman and His Wife. The Frog-King, or Iron Henry. Cat and Mouse in Partnership. The Fox a...

grimm.pangyre.org

Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Faithful John

http://grimm.pangyre.org/tale/6-faithful-john.html

Grimms’ Fairy Tales. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. 8220;Ah, no,” replied the young King, “if I do not go in, it will be my certain destruction. I should have no rest day or night until I had seen it with my own eyes. I shall not leave the place now until thou hast unlocked the door.”. 8221; Then he strengthened him with wine, until he came to himself again. The first words the King said were, “Ah, the beautiful portrait! 8220;That is the princess of the Golden Dwelling,” answered Faithful J...