IN a certain Tsardom,2 across three times nine kingdoms, beyond high mountain chains, there once lived a merchant.3 He had been married for twelve yea...
A CERTAIN man had a donkey,2 which had carried the corn-sacks to the mill3 indefatigably for many a long year; but his strength was going, and he was ...
THERE was a man who had fine houses, both in town and country, a deal of silver and gold plate, embroidered furniture, and coaches gilded all over wit...
Once upon a time...A poor woodcutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the borders of a great forest.One morning as he was go...
BROTHER1 took sister2 by the hand and said: "Look here; we haven't had one single happy hour since our mother died. That stepmother3 of ours ...
Once upon a time...There was once a hard-working student who lived in an attic, and he had nothing in the world of his own. There was also a hard-work...
Once upon a time...Near a big river, and between two high mountains, a man and his wife lived in a cottage a long, long time ago. A dense forest lay a...
Once upon a time...There lay three houses in a row, in one of which there lived a tailor, in another a carpenter, and in the third a smith. All three ...
Once upon a time...'How astonishingly cold it is! My body is cracking all over!' said the Snow-man. 'The wind is really cutting one's ...
Once upon a time...Fifty years ago there lived a king who was very anxious to get married; but, as he was quite determined that his wife should be as ...