1. Snowdrop
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... was quite dead. They lifted her up, and combed her hair, and washed her face with wine and water; but all was in vain, for the little girl seemed quite dead. So they laid her down upon a bier, and all ...

2. Sweethearth Roland
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... the water was fetched, and at noon, when he came home, the table was laid, and a good dinner served. He could not conceive how this came to pass, for he never saw a human being in his house, and no one ...

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

... innocent little peasant was unanimously sentenced to death, and was to be rolled into the water, in a barrel pierced full of holes. He was led forth, and a priest was brought who was to say a mass for ...

4. Rumpelstilskin
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

By the side of a wood, in a country a long way off, ran a fine stream of water; and upon the stream there stood a mill. The miller's house was close by, and the miller, you must know, had a very beautiful ...

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

... feast. Look, do you see that large cauldron of water which I am obliged to keep on the fire! As soon as they have you in their power they will kill you without mercy, and cook and eat you, for they are ...

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

... some sausages yesterday, so carry the water in which I boiled them to the trough.' Red-Cap carried until the great trough was quite full. Then the smell of the sausages reached the wolf, and he sniffed ...

7. Mother Holle
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... let the spindle fall into the well you may go yourself and fetch it out.' The girl went back to the well not knowing what to do, and at last in her distress she jumped into the water after the spindle. ...

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

... add considerably to their stores. The bird's duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel; the mouse fetched the water, and the sausage saw to the cooking. When people are too well off they ...

9. Hansel And Gretel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... 'Get up, lazy thing, fetch some water, and cook something good for your brother, he is in the stable outside, and is to be made fat. When he is fat, I will eat him.' Gretel began to weep bitterly, but ...

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

... together so that water dropped out of it. 'Do that likewise,' said the giant, 'if you have strength.' 'Is that all?' said the tailor, 'that is child's play with us!' and put his hand into his pocket, brought ...

11. Fundevogel
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... each other they were sad. Now the forester had an old cook, who one evening took two pails and began to fetch water, and did not go once only, but many times, out to the spring. Lina saw this and said, ...

12. The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... towel. When Mr Korbes came home, he went to the fireplace to make a fire; but the cat threw all the ashes in his eyes: so he ran to the kitchen to wash himself; but there the duck splashed all the water ...

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

... her maid, 'Pray get down, and fetch me some water in my golden cup out of yonder brook, for I want to drink.' 'Nay,' said the maid, 'if you are thirsty, get off yourself, and stoop down by the water and ...

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

... it is not in the calendar!' The cat's mouth soon began to water for some more licking. 'All good things go in threes,' said she, 'I am asked to stand godmother again. The child is quite black, only it ...

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

One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the midst of it, she sat herself ...

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

... the sparkling waves and watching his line, all on a sudden his float was dragged away deep into the water: and in drawing it up he pulled out a great fish. But the fish said, 'Pray let me live! I am not ...

17. Briar Rose
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... was walking by the side of the river, at the bottom of the garden, she saw a poor little fish, that had thrown itself out of the water, and lay gasping and nearly dead on the bank. Then the queen took ...

18. The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... But when she had reached the middle, and heard the water rushing beneath her, she was after all, afraid, and stood still, and ventured no farther. The straw, however, began to burn, broke in two pieces, ...

19. Hans In Luck
(Fairy Tales/Brothers Grimm)

... he could go no farther, for the stone tired him sadly: and he dragged himself to the side of a river, that he might take a drink of water, and rest a while. So he laid the stone carefully by his side on ...

20. Water on Earth and in space – the ESA/UNICEF water quiz
(News/News)

... team has teamed up with UNICEF to launch an online quiz for 12-14 year old European children. The theme of the quiz is water on Earth and in space. UNICEF is currently running a campaign called WASH ...