fairy tales

Autore: I fratelli GrimmL'uccello d'oro     HANS IN FORTUNA

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 VISIT 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 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 king in the morning, and all the

council was called together. Everyone agreed that it was worth more than

all the wealth of the kingdom: but the king said, 'One feather is of no

use to me, I must have the whole bird.....

Then the gardener's eldest son set out and thought to find the golden

bird very easily; and when he had gone but a little way, he came to a

wood, and by the side of the wood he saw a fox sitting; so he took his

bow and made ready to shoot at it. Then the fox said, 'Do not shoot me,

for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and

that you want to find the golden bird. You will reach a village in the

evening; and when you get there, you will see two inns opposite to each

other, one of which is very pleasant and beautiful to look at: go not in

there, but rest for the night in the other, though it may appear to you

to be very poor and mean.' But the son thought to himself, 'What can

such a beast as this know about the matter?'