THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... would venture anything further against him. So the little tailor was and remained a king to the end of his life . -- -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - -- - ... shut the door behind it, and then the raging beast, which was much too heavy and awkward to leap out of the window, was caught. The little tailor called the huntsmen thither that they might...

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2013, 05:15

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THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... clapped her hands, and the bed sank into the floor and a trap-door flew open. The soldier saw them going down through the trap-door one after another, the eldest leading the way; and thinking ... waiting there for the princesses. One of the princesses went into each boat, and the soldier stepped into the same boat with the youngest. As they were rowing over the lake,...

Ngày tải lên : 07/11/2013, 05:15

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GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES-THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET (PART 2)

... in the garden.’ Then Chanticleer ran to the garden, and took the garland from the bough where it hung, and brought it to the bride; and then the bride gave him the silken cord, and he took the ... able to draw you.’ Then the fox got up behind; and presently the wolf, the bear, the goat, and all the beasts of the wood, came and climbed upon the hearse. So on they...

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 06:15

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GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES-THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET (PART 1)

... day, they stayed there till the evening. Now, whether it was that they had eaten so many nuts that they could not walk, or whether they were lazy and would not, I do not know: however, they took ... threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who were fast asleep, and seizing them by the heads, stuck one into the landlord’s easy chair and the other...

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 07:15

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THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... fell to the sausage to bring in the wood, to the mouse to cook, and to the bird to fetch the water. And now what happened? The sausage started in search of wood, the bird made the fire, and the mouse ... mouse put on the pot, and then these two waited till the sausage returned with the fuel for the following day. But the sausage remained so long away, that they bec...

Ngày tải lên : 20/10/2013, 07:15

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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE -GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... in the pigsty, and wants a snug little cottage.’ ‘Go home, then,’ said the fish; ‘she is in the cottage already!’ So the man went home, and saw his wife standing at the door of a nice trim little ... please!’ Then he put him back into the water, and the fish darted straight down to the bottom, and left a long streak of blood behind him on the wave. When the fisherman w...

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 05:15

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THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... quickly hid the roast meat inside the tiled stove, the wine under the pillow, the salad on the bed, the cakes under it, and the parson in the closet on the porch. Then she opened the door for ... when the little grandson of four years old began to gather together some bits of wood upon the ground. ‘What are you doing there?’ asked the father. ‘I am making a litt...

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 05:15

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THE PINK -GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... bed, and draw the clothes over you.’ Then the wicked wretch came in and said: ‘Where are the boy’s heart and tongue?’ The girl reached the plate to him, but the king’s son threw off the quilt, and ... sprinkled her apron with the blood of a chicken.’ Thereupon he took the dog with the golden collar, and said: ‘That is the wretch!’ and caused live coals to be brought, and...

Ngày tải lên : 24/10/2013, 05:15

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THE QUEEN BEE - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... seen. Then they went through all the rooms, till they came to a door on which were three locks: but in the middle of the door was a wicket, so that they could look into the next room. There they ... before they had found all the pearls and laid them in a heap. The second tablet said: The key of the princess’s bed-chamber must be fished up out of the lake.’ And as the dwarf...

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 12:15

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THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM -GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... right,’ said the robbers, and they ceased looking for the finger and sat down. The old woman then mixed a sleeping draught with their wine, and before long they were all lying on the floor of the cellar, ... they reached the mill. Then the girl told her father all that had happened. The day came that had been fixed for the marriage. The bridegroom arrived and also a large...

Ngày tải lên : 28/10/2013, 12:15

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