Household Tales by Brothers Grimm
All the top stories by the Grimm brothers and more...
These fairy tales by brothers Grimm are based on the original 1884.
This text includes ALL Grimm's fairy tales and 10 children's legends. The Margaret Hunt's translation is very true to the German original.
Contents
1 The Frog-King, or Iron Henry 1
2 Cat and Mouse in Partnership 3
3 Our Lady's Child 5
4 The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was 7
5 The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids 12
6 Faithful John 14
7 The Good Bargain 18
8 The Wonderful Musician 20
9 The Twelve Brothers 22
10 The Pack of Ragamuffins 25
11 Little Brother and Little Sister 26
12 Rapunzel 30
13 The Three Little Men in the Wood 32
14 The Three Spinners 35
15 Hansel and Grethel 37
16 The Three Snake-Leaves 41
17 The White Snake 43
18 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean 45
19 The Fisherman and His Wife 46
20 The Valiant Little Tailor 51
21 Cinderella 55
22 The Riddle 60
23 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage 61
24 Mother Holle 62
25 The Seven Ravens 64
26 Little Red-Cap 66
27 The Bremen Town-Musicians 69
28 The Singing Bone 71
29 The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs 72
30 The Louse and the Flea 76
31 The Girl Without Hands 78
32 Clever Hans 81
33 The Three Languages 82
34 Clever Elsie 84
35 The Tailor in Heaven 85
36 The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack 86
37 Thumbling 92
38 The Wedding of Mrs. Fox 95
39 The Elves 98
40 The Robber Bridegroom 100
41 Herr Korbes 102
42 The Godfather 102
43 Frau Trude 103
44 Godfather Death 104
45 Thumbling as Journeyman 105
46 Fitcher's Bird 108
47 The Juniper-Tree 110
48 Old Sultan 116
49 The Six Swans 118
50 Briar-Rose 120
51 Fundevogel (Bird-foundling) 122
52 King Thrushbeard 124
53 Little Snow-white 127
54 The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn 133
55 Rumpelstiltskin 136
56 Sweetheart Roland 138
57 The Golden Bird 140
58 The Dog and the Sparrow 144
59 Frederick and Catherine 146
60 The Two Brothers 149
61 The Little Peasant 161
62 The Queen Bee 163
63 The Three Feathers 165
64 The Golden Goose 166
65 Allerleirauh 168
66 The Hare's Bride 171
67 The Twelve Huntsmen 172
68 The Thief and his Master 173
69 Jorinda and Joringel 175
70 The Three Sons of Fortune 176
71 How Six Men Got on in the World 178
72 The Wolf and the Man 181
73 The Wolf and the Fox 181
74 The Fox and His Cousin 182
75 The Fox and the Cat 183
76 The Pink 183
77 Clever Grethel 185
78 The Old Man and His Grandson 187
79 The Water-Nix 187
80 The Death of the Little Hen 187
81 Brother Lustig 188
82 Gambling Hansel 194
83 Hans in Luck 195
84 Hans Married 198
85 The Gold-Children 199
86 The Fox and the Geese 202
87 The Poor Man and the Rich Man 202
88 The Singing, Springing Lark 204
89 The Goose-Girl 207
90 The Young Giant 211
91 The Gnome 215
92 The King of the Golden Mountain 218
93 The Raven 221
94 The Peasant's Wise Daughter 223
95 Old Hildebrand 225
96 The Three Little Birds 228
97 The Water of Life 231
98 Doctor Knowall 233
99 The Spirit in the Bottle 234
100 The Devil's Sooty Brother 237
101 Bearskin 238
102 The Willow-Wren and the Bear 241
103 Sweet Porridge 242
104 Wise Folks 243
105 Stories about Snakes 245
106 The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat 246
107 The Two Travellers 247
108 Hans the Hedgehog 253
109 The Shroud 256
110 The Jew Among Thorns 256
111 The Skilful Huntsman 259
112 The Flail From Heaven 262
113 The Two Kings' Children 263
114 The Cunning Little Tailor 267
115 The Bright Sun Brings It to Light 269
116 The Blue Light 269
117 The Wilful Child 272
118 The Three Army-Surgeons 272
119 The Seven Swabians 273
120 The Three Apprentices 276
121 The King's Son Who Feared Nothing 277
122 Donkey Cabbages 280
123 The Old Woman in the Wood 283
124 The Three Brothers 285
125 The Devil and his Grandmother 286
126 Ferdinand the Faithful 287
127 The Iron Stove 290
128 The Lazy Spinner 293
129 The Four Skilful Brothers 295
130 One-eye, Two-eyes, and Three-eyes 297
131 Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie 302
132 The Fox and the Horse 302
133 The Shoes That Were Danced to Pieces 303
134 The Six Servants 305
135 The White Bride and the Black One 308
136 Iron John 311
137 The Three Black Princesses 315
138 Knoist and his Three Sons 316
139 The Maid of Brakel 316
140 Domestic Servants 316
141 The Lambkin and the Little Fish 317
142 Simeli Mountain 318
143 Going A-Travelling 319
144 The Donkey 320...........and MANY MORE