Brothers Grimm

On the edge of a dark forest lived a woodcutter and his two children, Hansel and Gretel. After his first wife died the woodcutter married again. But his second wife was greedy and unkind and she did not love the children. Though the woodcutter worked hard, he did not make enough money to feed his...

10NG, long ago, on a winter's day, a J Queen was sitting at her palace window which was framed with black ebony. She was sewing and as she worked with her needle, she gazed out at the gleaming white snow. Suddenly, the Queen pricked her finger and three tiny drops of blood appeared. "I wish I...

One summer morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window. He was in good spirits, and he sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant woman down the street, crying, "Good jams, cheap! Good jams, cheap!" This sound rang pleasantly in the tailor's ears; he stretched his deUcate head...

Once upon a time, there lived in a village a little country girl. Her grandmother had given her a little red riding-hood which suited the girl so well that everybody called her Little Red Riding-Hood. One day her Mother had baked a delicious cake and told her to take it to her Grannie who was not...