There was once a poor man and a poor woman who had nothing but a little cottage, and who earned their bread by fishing, and always lived from hand to ...
The fox once came to a meadow(草地,牧场) in which was a flock of fine fat geese, on which he smiled and said, "I come in the nick of time(及时,恰好), you...
There was once upon a time a young peasant named Hans, whose uncle wanted to find him a rich wife. He therefore seated Hans behind the stove, and had ...
Hans had served his master for seven years, so he said to him, "Master, my time is up; now I should be glad to go back home to my mother; give me...
Once upon a time there was a man who did nothing but gamble, and for that reason people never called him anything but Gambling Hansel, and as he never...
Once upon a time the little hen went with the little cock to the nut-hill, and they agreed together that whichsoever of them found a kernel(麦粒) of a n...
A little brother and sister were once playing by a well, and while they were thus playing, they both fell in.A water-nix lived down below, who said, &...
There was once a cook named Grethel, who wore shoes with red rosettes(花结), and when she walked out with them on, she turned herself this way and that,...
The she-wolf brought forth a young one, and invited the fox to be godfather. "After all, he is a near relative of ours," said she, "he ...
Hans wished to put his son to learn a trade, so he went into the church and prayed to our Lord God to know which would be most advantageous for him. T...