The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Archive
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The mother, however, loved the …
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Gretel. He had little to …
One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might. Then came a peasant …
There was once a forester who went into the forest to hunt, and as he entered it he heard a sound of screaming as if a little child were …
There were 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 …
1. HOW THEY WENT TO THE MOUNTAINS TO EAT NUTS‘The nuts are quite ripe now,’ said Chanticleer to his wife Partlet, ‘suppose we go together to the mountains, and …
The king of a great land died, and left his queen to take care of their only child. This child was a daughter, who was very beautiful; and her …
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at …
One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to …
Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: ‘Brother wolf, what bird …
There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty, close by the seaside. The fisherman used to go out all day long a-fishing; and one …