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Selected Grimms' Tales 1 CONTENTS the Golden Bird Selected Grimms’ Tales CONTENTS The Golden Bird ................................................................................................................. 3 Hans In Luck ....................................................................................................................... 7 Jorinda And Jorindel ......................................................................................................... 11 The Travelling Musicians ................................................................................................. 13 Old Sultan ......................................................................................................................... 15 The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean ................................................................................ 17 Briar Rose ......................................................................................................................... 18 The Dog And The Sparrow ............................................................................................... 21 The Twelve Dancing Princesses ....................................................................................... 23 The Fisherman And His Wife ........................................................................................... 26 The Willow-Wren And The Bear ..................................................................................... 30 The Frog-Prince ................................................................................................................ 32 Cat And Mouse In Partnership .......................................................................................... 34 The Goose-Girl ................................................................................................................. 36 The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet ..................................................................... 40 1. How They Went To The Mountains To Eat Nuts ..................................................... 40 2. How Chanticleer And Partlet Went To Vist Mr Korbes ........................................... 41 3. How Partlet Died And Was Buried, And How Chanticleer Died Of Grief .............. 42 Rapunzel ........................................................................................................................... 44 Fundevogel ........................................................................................................................ 47 The Valiant Little Tailor ................................................................................................... 49 Hansel And Gretel............................................................................................................. 54 The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage .......................................................................... 59 Mother Holle ..................................................................................................................... 61 Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood] ......................................................................... 64 The Robber Bridegroom ................................................................................................... 67 Tom Thumb ...................................................................................................................... 70 Rumpelstiltskin ................................................................................................................. 74 Clever Gretel ..................................................................................................................... 76 The Old Man And His Grandson ...................................................................................... 78 The Little Peasant ............................................................................................................. 79 Frederick And Catherine ................................................................................................... 82 Sweetheart Roland ............................................................................................................ 85 Snowdrop .......................................................................................................................... 88 The Pink ............................................................................................................................ 92 Clever Elsie ....................................................................................................................... 95 The Miser In The Bush ..................................................................................................... 97 Ashputtel ........................................................................................................................... 99 The White Snake ............................................................................................................. 104 The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids ............................................................................. 107 The Queen Bee ................................................................................................................ 109 The Elves And The Shoemaker ...................................................................................... 111 1 The Juniper-Tree ............................................................................................................. 113 The Turnip ...................................................................................................................... 119 Clever Hans ..................................................................................................................... 121 The Three Languages ...................................................................................................... 123 The Fox And The Cat ..................................................................................................... 125 The Four Clever Brothers ............................................................................................... 126 Lily And The Lion .......................................................................................................... 129 The Fox And The Horse ................................................................................................. 133 The Blue Light ................................................................................................................ 134 The Raven ....................................................................................................................... 137 The Golden Goose .......................................................................................................... 141 The Water Of Life ........................................................................................................... 144 The Twelve Huntsmen .................................................................................................... 148 The King Of The Golden Mountain................................................................................ 150 Doctor Knowall ............................................................................................................... 154 The Seven Ravens ........................................................................................................... 156 The Wedding Of Mrs Fox ............................................................................................... 158 The Salad ........................................................................................................................ 161 The Story Of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was ........................... 164 King Grisly-Beard ........................................................................................................... 170 Iron Hans ......................................................................................................................... 173 Cat-Skin .......................................................................................................................... 178 Snow-White And Rose-Red ............................................................................................ 181 2 Selected Grimms’ 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 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
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