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A father leaves his three sons three simple and seemingly useless things. The first one gets a cock, the second one – a scythe and the third one a cat. He leaves them something mor ...

A prince and a princess are in love but the prince’s father wants his son to marry another girl. The devastated princess comes up with a plan. She gathers a group of eleven more la ...

"The Hare’s Bride" is a tale about one ambitious and courageous hare who would not take "no" for an answer. He was cheeky enough to eat all the cabbage in the garden, but he also w ...

Once lived a little peasant who had a cow which he could not feed. So he killed it. And he headed out to the city to sell its skin. On the way there a storm caught him and he begge ...

The poor dog in our story is so badly treated by his master, that he decides to leave home. He meets a sparrow, who convinces him to head out to the city. His life however changes ...

Do you think it is smart to exchange a magical table cloth which fills with food every time it is spread out with a simple sack with seven soldiers inside? Well the youngest brothe ...

Do you expect something in return when you offer somebody your help? Well, you should not. The wolf in our story however did. He helped his poor old friend, the dog Sultan, by plot ...

Once lived a father who had to decide on a godfather for his child. He could not come up with a better plan, so he chose the Death. It sounds like the stupidest decision ever but i ...

A hen and a rooster are about to pay a visit to Herr Korbes. They travel with a carriage and they stumble upon some other adventurers on the way. They pick all of them up. And by a ...

Did you manage to read "Clever Hans" already? Do you remember how clever he actually was? Well Elsie turns out to be as clever as him? One day a boy came to her house. He was going ...

Can you imagine having a father who would give you to the Devil in exchange for riches and wealth? The poor girl in our story had to endure not only this but getting her hands cut ...

A fisherman and his wife lived poorly by the sea. One day the fisherman caught a flounder and he promised the fisherman to grant him wishes, if he was willing to let him go. The ma ...

Do you want to join the journey of one straw, coal and a bean? It is a strange company, but why not? You may learn something new. Like for example have you wondered why beans have ...

A mother raised three daughters who she did not love equally. The youngest girl, the fairest of them all, was loathed by her mother. She would often send the little girl to the for ...

Can a spindle, a shuttle and a needle decide an ordinary girl’s fate? Can she become a princess by weaving her path with a pure heart? Will the prince follow the golden thread of l ...

The fish face a serious issue. They do not have a king. So they decide to hold a contest where the fastest fish is to be proclaimed as the new king. The herring is leading. The sol ...

The king’s daughter gets sick and the only way for her to feel better is by eating apples. Now you would not be so surprised if we told you that the king announced that whoever bri ...

Can you imagine that a young man chose his bride by the way she cut cheese? No, we are not joking. This a real story we know from Brothers Grimm. The hesitant bridegroom could not ...

One day a huntsman was wandering around in the woods. He stumbled upon an old lady and his good, kind heart could let the woman go without him helping her. What she gave him in ret ...

Once lived a stubborn little child who would not hear her mother’s words. The child was actually so willful that even the Lord’s patience would run out. So he let the girl get sick ...

A father wanted his son to learn something that would be advantageous for him. And so he decided that theft would be a great trade. He sent his son to a master thief and they agree ...

Can a small bee help you win the princess’s heart and become the next king? Probably yes if you are kind enough to all the animals. Which the prince in our story apparently was. Bu ...

Once lived an evil witch who wanted to kill her step-daughter. The girl was however not only kind and beautiful, but smart as well. She changed places with her step-sister so the w ...

A word has it that Frau Trude was a wicked witch so people were doing everything they could to avoid her. A girl was however not willing to obey so she went to Frau Trude’s home. D ...

There was once a tailor who wanted to be admitted to Heaven. He was so exhausted and he was begging St. Peter so badly, that St. Peter took pity of him and let the tailor in. He ha ...