1. Clever Elsie
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... she placed the can before her, and turned the tap, and while the beer was running she would not let her eyes be idle, but looked up at the wall, and after much peering here and there, saw a pick-axe exactly ...

2. The Pink
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... He went to the tower in which his mother was confined, and as it was so high, he wished for a ladder which would reach up to the very top. Then he mounted up and looked inside, and cried: 'Beloved mother, ...

3. Snowdrop
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... The sixth, 'Who has been cutting with my knife?' The seventh, 'Who has been drinking my wine?' Then the first looked round and said, 'Who has been lying on my bed?' And the rest came running to him, and ...

4. Frederick And Catherine
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... hurt them so much. While she was doing this kind office one of her cheeses fell out of the basket, and rolled down the hill. Catherine looked, but could not see where it had gone; so she said, 'Well, I ...

5. The Little Peasant
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... nothing but bread and cheese.' 'I am contented with anything,' replied the husband, 'so far as I am concerned, bread and cheese will do,' and looked at the peasant and said: 'Come and eat some more with ...

6. The Old Man And His Grandson
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... of when I am big.' The man and his wife looked at each other for a while, and presently began to cry. Then they took the old grandfather to the table, and henceforth always let him eat with them, and ...

7. Clever Gretel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... too, or else master will observe that something is missing.' When the two wings were eaten, she went and looked for her master, and did not see him. It suddenly occurred to her: 'Who knows? They are perhaps ...

8. Tom Thumb
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... and found nothing, went away for a light. By the time she came back, Tom had slipped off into the barn; and when she had looked about and searched every hole and corner, and found nobody, she went to bed, ...

9. The Robber Bridegroom
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... 'Turn back, turn back, young maiden fair, Linger not in this murderers' lair.' The girl looked up and saw that the voice came from a bird hanging in a cage on the wall. Again it cried: 'Turn back, ...

10. Little Red Riding Hood
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once ...

11. The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... bird set the table, and the mouse looked after the food and, wishing to prepare it in the same way as the sausage, by rolling in and out among the vegetables to salt and butter them, she jumped into the ...

12. The Valiant Little Tailor
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... wide-spread world! I am just on my way thither, and want to try my luck. Have you any inclination to go with me?' The giant looked contemptuously at the tailor, and said: 'You ragamuffin! You miserable ...

13. Rapunzel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... rampion (rapunzel), and it looked so fresh and green that she longed for it, she quite pined away, and began to look pale and miserable. Then her husband was alarmed, and asked: 'What ails you, dear wife?' ...

14. The Goose - Girl
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... then to have nothing else to do; so he amused himself by sitting at his kitchen window, looking at what was going on; and he saw her in the courtyard. As she looked very pretty, and too delicate for a ...

15. Cat And Mouse In Partnership
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... went straight to the church, stole to the pot of fat, began to lick at it, and licked the top of the fat off. Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out for opportunities, and then stretched ...

16. The Frog - Prince
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... up so high that she missed catching it as it fell; and the ball bounded away, and rolled along upon the ground, till at last it fell down into the spring. The princess looked into the spring after her ...

17. The Fisherman And His Wife
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... business: however, he went to the seashore; and when he came back there the water looked all yellow and green. And he stood at the water's edge, and said: 'O man of the sea! Hearken to me! My wife ...

18. The Twelve Dancing Princesses
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... draught, he would have slept soundly enough.' When they were all ready, they went and looked at the soldier; but he snored on, and did not stir hand or foot: so they thought they were quite safe; and ...

19. The Dog And The Sparrow
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... while till I peck you down a piece of meat.' So the sparrow perched upon the shelf: and having first looked carefully about her to see if anyone was watching her, she pecked and scratched at a steak that ...

20. Briar Rose
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... her loved her. It happened that, on the very day she was fifteen years old, the king and queen were not at home, and she was left alone in the palace. So she roved about by herself, and looked at all ...