One summer's morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a pea...
One very fine day it came to pass that the good God wished to enjoy himself in the heavenly garden, and took all the apostles and saints with him, so ...
An aged count once lived in Switzerland, who had an only son, but he was stupid, and could learn nothing. Then said the father, "Hark thee, my so...
There was once a poor woman who gave birth to a little son; and as he came into the world with a caul（胎膜） on, it was predicted that in his fourteenth ...
There was once on a time a Fisherman who lived with his wife in a miserable hovel（小屋，茅舍） close by the sea, and every day he went out fishing. And once...
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Grethel. He had little to b...
There was once a girl who was idle and would not spin, and let her mother say what she would, she could not bring her to it. At last the mother was on...
There was once a poor peasant who sat in the evening by the hearth and poked the fire, and his wife sat and span. Then said he, "How sad it is th...
In a certain country there was once great lamentation（悲叹） over a wild boar that laid waste the farmer's fields, killed the cattle, and ripped up p...
A long time ago there were a King and Queen who said every day, "Ah, if only we had a child!" but they never had one. But it happened that o...