Fairy Tales
- The Emperor's New Clothes
- Many years ago there was an Emperor who was so excessively fond of new clothes that he spent all his money on them. He cared nothing about his soldiers, nor for the theatre, nor for driving in the woods except for the sake of showing off his new clo...
- Tortoise and Rabbit
- A hare jeered at a tortoise for the slowness of his pace .But he laughed ,and said that he would run against her and beat her any day she would name .Come on , said the hare ,you will soon see what my feet are made of .So it was agreed that they shou...
- Thirsty Crow
- A crow, ready to die with thirst, flew with joy to a pitcher which he saw at a distance. But when he came up to it, he found the water so low that with all his stooping and straining he was unable to reach it. Thereupon he tried to bread the pitcher...
- The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids
- There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children. One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food. So she called all seven to her and said, dear children, I...
- Beauty and the Beast
- A long time ago and far away, there lived a merchant and his three daughters. The older girls were proud, while the youngest girl was generous and kind. One day, the merchant heard that all his ships had been lost in a storm. He was penniless and wo...
- The ugly ducking
- There was a little lake. A Mother Duck sits on her eggs. Father Duck: Not yet? Mother Duck: Look, Father! One, two, thee! Our babies. Father Duck: How cute they are! Look, one more. Mother Duck: One more left! It's bigger. The ext day. The egg still...
- The Ant and the Dove
- AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and being carried away by the rush of the stream, was on the point of drowning. A Dove sitting on a tree overhanging the water plucked a leaf and let it fall into the stream close to her. The A...
- Little tiny or thumbelina
- THERE was once a woman who wished very much to have a little child, but she could not obtain her wish. At last she went to a fairy, and said, I should so very much like to have a little child; can you tell me where I can find one? Oh, that can be eas...
- The wild swans
- FAR away in the land to which the swallows fly when it is winter, dwelt a king who had eleven sons, and one daughter, named Eliza. The eleven brothers were princes, and each went to school with a star on his breast, and a sword by his side. They wrot...
- The Seven Ravens
- here was once a man who had seven sons, and still he had no daughter, however much he and his wife wished for one. But at length their wish was granted, and a little daughter came to them. The joy was great, but the child was sickly and small, and h...