Category: Short Stories
PAGE THE BEAR’S SON 1 THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENS 9 PAPALLUGA; OR, THE GOLDEN SLIPPER 25 SATAN’S JUGGLINGS AND GOD’S MIGHT 32 GOOD DEEDS ARE NEVER LOST 36 THE WICKED STEPMOTHER 46 BIRD GIRL 52 SIR PEPPERCORN 55 BASH-CHALEK; OR TRUE STEEL 77 THE BITER BIT 104 THE...
PAGE THE BEAR’S SON 1 THE GOLDEN APPLE-TREE AND THE NINE PEAHENS 9 PAPALLUGA; OR, THE GOLDEN SLIPPER 25 SATAN’S JUGGLINGS AND GOD’S MIGHT 32 GOOD DEEDS ARE NEVER LOST 36 THE WIC...
2. Part 2One day, some time after their marriage, the queen went out to walk, and the king’s son remained in the palace. Before going out, however, the queen gave him the keys of twelve...
3. Part 3One morning the son of the king went out to hunt. Whilst walking through the snow he cut himself a little, and the drops of blood fell on the snow. When he saw how pretty the re...
4. Part 4Next day he took her to his father’s palace and married her. After some time she begged to be allowed to go to see her father. So her husband allowed her to go, and she dressed...
5. Part 5Seeing him run off, the Pikeman and Mill-turner jumped up quickly and ran after him, but Peppercorn called them back and told them to finish their dinners first, for there would...
6. Part 6Then the second brother awoke them, saying, “Arise, my brothers! It is day!” and they instantly jumped up, and prepared to continue their journey. But they knew not in what coun...
7. Part 7When the wife saw him she was greatly astonished, and cried, “In God’s name, my husband, how did you come here?” He told her how it all happened, and then added, “Now let us fly...
8. Part 8The father did as the son had said. Next market-day he went to the city with a fine horse which he offered for sale. Many buyers came round him, admiring the horse, and bidding...
9. Part 9When the old woman saw this, she changed herself into a hawk and chased the dove. Just, however, as the hawk was about to pounce upon it, the dove turned itself into a beautiful...
10. Part 10The king was exceedingly angry when he heard all the cruel things his stepmother had done, and he gave orders that she should be burnt to death. He then went with the two golden...
11. Part 11The horse which the eldest brother had caught tried all sorts of tricks to throw off his unwelcome rider, but he could not succeed. Finding all his attempts to free himself quit...
12. Part 12Finding that she could not otherwise help herself, she at length said to him, “Take some ashes from that heap under the tree, and throw them over yourself and your company, and...
13. Part 13When they arrived at the door of the king’s palace, one of the men said to him, “Wait a moment here, whilst I go and tell his Majesty all about your wonderful fat, and ask him t...