Little Red-Riding-Hood (Gustave Dore) From “The Fairy Book” by Miss Mulock Once there was a little village maiden, the prettiest…
The Father And His Sons
Author: Aesop A FATHER had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselves. When he failed to heal…
The Charcoal-Burner And The Fueller
Author: Aesop A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day he met a friend, a Fueller,…
The Hare and the Tortoise
Author: Aesop A HARE one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: “Though…
The Diamond and the Dewdrop
A costly Diamond that had once sparkled in a lady’s ring lay in a field amid tall grasses and oxeye…
The Snow Queen
From “Andersen’s Fairy Tales” by Hans Christian Andersen First Story – Which Treats of a Mirror and of the Splinters…
The Willow-Wren and the Bear
By the Grimm Brothers Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear…
The Four Clever Brothers
By the Grimm Brothers ’Dear children,’ said a poor man to his four sons, ’I have nothing to give you;…
The Water of Life
By the Grimm Brothers Long before you or I were born, there reigned, in a country a great way off,…
Jack And The Beanstalk
From “The Fairy Book” by Miss Mulock In the days of King Alfred, there lived a poor woman whose cottage…