The Grimm's Fairy Tales - Complete Edition: 200+ Stories in One Volume. Brothers Grimm

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167 The Peasant in Heaven

       168 Lean Lisa

       169 The Hut in the Forest

       170 Sharing Joy and Sorrow

       171 The Willow-Wren

       172 The Sole

       173 The Bittern and the Hoopoe

       174 The Owl

       175 The Moon

       176 The Duration of Life

       177 Death’s Messengers

       178 Master Pfriem (Master Cobbler’s Awl)

       179 The Goose-Girl at the Well

       180 Eve’s Various Children

       181 The Nix of the Mill-Pond

       182 The Little Folks’ Presents

       183 The Giant and the Tailor

       184 The Nail

       185 The Poor Boy in the Grave

       186 The True Sweethearts

       187 The Hare and the Hedgehog

       188 The Spindle, The Shuttle, and the Needle

       189 The Peasant and the Devil

       190 The Crumbs on the Table

       191 The Sea-Hare

       192 The Master-Thief

       193 The Drummer

       194 The Ear of Corn

       195 The Grave-Mound

       196 Old Rinkrank

       197 The Crystal Ball

       198 Maid Maleen

       199 The Boots of Buffalo-Leather

       200 The Golden Key

       Children’s Legends

      The Brothers Grimm, Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) were German brothers who remained close friends, and both studied law. While Jacob went on to study philology, Wilhelm wrote. The two of them worked on creating a German dictionary, but it would not be finished until long after they were both dead.

      The Brothers would be lost to history, except they also collaborated on a collection of 200 fairy tales and published two volumes of them in 1812 and 1814. Although their intention was purely to preserve the material and try to keep the German culture and history alive, their collection proved to be massively popular with young children. The first English translation arrived in 1823, making them a must read for children ever since.

      1840 edition of the Fairy Tales

       1840 cover for Volume 2

      In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the King’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in the forest was a well, and when the day was very warm, the King’s child went out into the forest and sat down by the side of the cool fountain, and when she was dull she took a golden ball, and threw it up on high and caught it, and this ball was her favorite plaything.

      Now it so happened that on one occasion the princess’s golden ball did not fall into the little hand which she was holding up for it, but on to the ground beyond, and rolled straight into the water. The King’s daughter followed it with her eyes, but it vanished, and the well was deep, so deep that the bottom could not be seen. On this she began to cry, and cried louder and louder, and could not be comforted. And as she thus lamented some one said to her, “What ails thee, King’s daughter? Thou weepest so that even a stone would show pity.” She looked round to the side from whence the voice came, and saw a frog stretching forth its thick, ugly head from the water. “Ah! old water-splasher, is it thou?” said she; “I am weeping for my golden ball, which has fallen into the well.”

      “Be quiet, and do not weep,” answered the frog, “I can help thee, but what wilt thou give me if I bring thy plaything up again?” “Whatever thou wilt have, dear frog,” said she—“My clothes, my pearls and jewels, and even the golden crown which I am wearing.”

      The frog answered,


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