an ass having heard some grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food t...
abatwhofelluponthegroundandwascaughtbyaweaselpleaded tobesparedhislife.theweaselrefused,sayingthathewasby aturetheenemyofallbirds.thebatassuredhimthat...
wolf, meeting with a lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the lamb the wolf’...
IN a house in Copenhagen, not far from the king's newmarket, a very large party had assembled, the host and hisfamily expecting, no doubt, to rece...
THE drummer's wife went into the church. She saw the newaltar with the painted pictures and the carved angels. Thoseupon the canvas and in the glo...
THERE was once a regular student, who lived in a garret,and had no possessions. And there was also a regular huckster,to whom the house belonged, and ...
THERE was once a girl who trod on a loaf to avoid soilingher shoes, and the misfortunes that happened to her inconsequence are well known. Her name wa...
THERE was once a king's son who had a larger and morebeautiful collection of books than any one else in the world,and full of splendid copper-plat...
THE flax was in full bloom; it had pretty little blueflowers as delicate as the wings of a moth, or even more so.The sun shone, and the showers watere...
FAR down in the forest, where the warm sun and the freshair made a sweet resting-place, grew a pretty little fir-tree;and yet it was not happy, it wis...