There were once two brothers who both served as soldiers; one of them was rich, and the other poor. Then the poor one, to escape from his poverty, put...
A man and his wife were once sitting by the door of their house, and they had a roasted chicken set before them, and were about to eat it together.The...
ONCE on a time there lived a King and a Queen, who were rich, and had everything they wanted, but no children.The Queen lamented over this day and nig...
There was once a poor woman who had a son, who much wished to travel, but his mother said, "How canst thou travel? We have no money at all for th...
There were once two brothers, the one rich, the other poor. The rich one, however, gave nothing to the poor one, and he gained a scanty（吝啬的） living by...
A girl from Brakel once went to St. Anne's Chapel at the foot of the Hinnenberg, and as she wanted to have a husband, and thought there was no one...
Between Werrel and Soist there lived a man whose name was Knoist, and he had three sons. One was blind, the other lame, and the third stark-naked（一丝不挂...
East India was besieged（包围） by an enemy who would not retire until he had received six hundred dollars. Then the townsfolk（市民） caused it to be proclai...
In a certain village there once lived a man and his wife, and the wife was so idle that she would never work at anything; whatever her husband gave he...
A poor servant-girl was once travelling with the family with which she was in service, through a great forest, and when they were in the midst of it, ...