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Etext prepared by Emma Dudding, [email protected] John Bickers, [email protected] and Dagny, [email protected]

FAIRY TALES
THE BROTHERS GRIMM

PREPARER'S NOTE

The text is based on translations from the Grimms' Kinder und Hausmarchen by
Edgar Taylor and
Marian Edwardes.

CONTENTS:
The Golden Bird?Hans In Luck?Jorinda And Jorindel?The Travelling Musicians?Old Sultan?The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean?Briar Rose?The Dog And The Sparrow?The Twelve Dancing Princesses?The Fisherman And His Wife?The Willow-Wren And The Bear?The Frog-Prince?Cat And Mouse In Partnership?The Goose-Girl?The Adventures of Chanticleer And Partlet
1. How They Went To The Mountains To Eat Nuts
2. How Chanticleer And Partlet Went To Vist Mr Korbes
Rapunzel
Fundevogel
The Valiant Little Tailor
Hansel And Gretel
The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage
Mother Holle
Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood]
The Robber Bridegroom
Tom Thumb
Rumpelstiltskin
Clever Gretel
The Old Man And His Grandson
The Little Peasant
Frederick And Catherine
Sweetheart Roland
Snowdrop
The Pink
Clever Elsie
The Miser In The Bush
Ashputtel
The White Snake
The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids
The Queen Bee
The Elves And The Shoemaker
The Juniper-Tree
The Juniper-Tree.
The Turnip
Clever Hans
The Three Languages
The Fox And The Cat
The Four Clever Brothers
Lily And The Lion
The Fox And The Horse
The Blue Light
The Raven
The Golden Goose
The Water of Life
The Twelve Huntsmen
The King of The Golden Mountain
Doctor Knowall
The Seven Ravens
The Wedding of Mrs Fox
First Story
Second Story
The Salad
The Story of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was
King Grisly-Beard
Iron Hans
Cat-Skin
Snow-White And Rose-Red








THE BROTHERS GRIMM







FAIRY TALES

THE GOLDEN BIRD
A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep, and in the morning another of the apples was missing. Then the second son was ordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep, and in the morning another apple was gone. Then the third son offered to keep watch; but the gardener at first would not let him, for fear some harm should come to him: however, at last he consented, and the young man laid himself under the tree to watch. As the clock struck twelve he heard a rustling noise in the air, and a bird came flying that was of pure gold; and as it was snapping at one of the apples with its beak, the gardener's son jumped up and shot an arrow at it. But the arrow did the bird no harm; only it dropped a golden feather from its tail, and then flew away. The golden feather was brought to the