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Tale Summary When a poor Miller must speak with the King, he tells him that his daughter has the ability to spin straw into gold to make himself seem more notable. The king demands the presence of the girl. The miller’s daughter is shut into a large
Tale Summary A gentleman takes a second wife, a haughty woman with two equally haughty daughters from a previous marriage. He has his own daughter from his first wife, who is equally as good and beautiful as her mother. This daughter is called “
Tale Summary There was once a young girl who was doted on by her mother and grandmother, who had made for her a red hood, which is how she gets her nickname ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’. Hearing that Little Red's grandmother has been ill, her mother
Tale Summary Once upon a time, a woman was pestered by a rabbit who was eating all of her fine cabbages, and so she tells her daughter to hunt it. She asks the rabbit to please stop eating the crops, and he asks her to climb on his tail and
Tale Summary In olden times, the king had a beautiful young daughter, who often amused herself by sitting at the side of a fountain in the woods and throwing a golden ball up in the air to catch. One day, she drops it and loses it in the water. A
Tale Summary An emperor with a vast kingdom has three sons. One day, the youngest son, Petru, asks why the emperor has a right eye that laughs and a left eye that weeps. He gets an angry reply but notices that the crying eye cries less.
Tale Summary There was once a beautiful princess that a young king sought to marry. He attempted to swoon her with extravagant gifts, but she refused to marry him. Graceful, the king’s handsome and kind ambassador, stated that he alone could
Tale Summary A widowed king with a daughter named Flora remarries a widowed queen with her own daughter named Troutina. Flora is beautiful and amiable, while Troutina is ugly and mean. When both daughters are of age to be married, the queen
Tale Summary A queen has a single daughter who is very beautiful and prideful. The princess, named All-Fair, refuses to marry any suitor as she is content being single. The queen seeks out the help of the Fairy of the Desert, but runs into two
Tale Summary A rich gentleman called Blue Beard is unable to find a new wife due to his unusual beard and rumors about his missing wives. Through lavish entertainment, a maiden named Fatima decides to marry him. He gives his wife a set of keys to