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Grimms' Fairy Tales

by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

63 chapters · 1,253 readings · about 69 hours of typing at a gentle pace, whenever you feel like it.

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chapters

  1. THE GOLDEN BIRD
  2. HANS IN LUCK
  3. JORINDA AND JORINDEL
  4. THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS
  5. OLD SULTAN
  6. THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN
  7. BRIAR ROSE
  8. THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
  9. THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
  10. THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE
  11. THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
  12. THE FROG-PRINCE
  13. CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
  14. THE GOOSE-GIRL
  15. THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET
  16. RAPUNZEL
  17. FUNDEVOGEL
  18. THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
  19. HANSEL AND GRETEL
  20. THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
  21. MOTHER HOLLE
  22. LITTLE RED-CAP [LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD]
  23. THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM
  24. TOM THUMB
  25. RUMPELSTILTSKIN
  26. CLEVER GRETEL
  27. THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON
  28. THE LITTLE PEASANT
  29. FREDERICK AND CATHERINE
  30. SWEETHEART ROLAND
  31. SNOWDROP
  32. THE PINK
  33. CLEVER ELSIE
  34. THE MISER IN THE BUSH
  35. ASHPUTTEL
  36. THE WHITE SNAKE
  37. THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
  38. THE QUEEN BEE
  39. THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
  40. THE JUNIPER-TREE
  41. THE TURNIP
  42. CLEVER HANS
  43. THE THREE LANGUAGES
  44. THE FOX AND THE CAT
  45. THE FOUR CLEVER BROTHERS
  46. LILY AND THE LION
  47. THE FOX AND THE HORSE
  48. THE BLUE LIGHT
  49. THE RAVEN
  50. THE GOLDEN GOOSE
  51. THE WATER OF LIFE
  52. THE TWELVE HUNTSMEN
  53. THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN
  54. DOCTOR KNOWALL
  55. THE SEVEN RAVENS
  56. FIRST STORY
  57. SECOND STORY
  58. THE SALAD
  59. THE STORY OF THE YOUTH WHO WENT FORTH TO LEARN WHAT FEAR WAS
  60. KING GRISLY-BEARD
  61. IRON HANS
  62. CAT-SKIN
  63. SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED

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A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep, and in the morning another of the apples was missing.

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