Fairy Tale

The Golden Key

Once in the wintertime when the snow was very deep, a poor boy had to go out and fetch wood on a sled. After he had gathered it together and loaded it, he did not want to go straight home, because he was so fr...

Cap O’ Rushes

Well, there was once a very rich gentleman, and he’d three daughters, and he thought he’d see how fond they were of him. So he says to the first, “How much do you love me, my dear?” “Why,” says she, “as I l...

The Goose Girl

There was once upon a time an old Queen whose husband had been dead formany years, and she had a beautiful daughter.  When the princess grew up she was betrothed to a prince who lived at a great distance. When...

Little Red Cap

Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one 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 she g...

Rapunzel

Rapunzel There was once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire. These people had a little window at the back of their house ...