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Tale Summary Thousands of years ago there lived a mighty king and his wonderful son, whom he doted on. The boy dressed in golden garments, and had a white horse who flew like the wind. He was loved by all, and called the Sun-Hero. One night his
Tale Summary Once upon a time, there was a peasant woman who had a daughter, who got everything she wanted, and a stepdaughter, who had a hard time and was blamed for everything although she was good-hearted. Her husband (the girl’s father) gave in
Tale Summary Once upon a time there was a man and his wife who desperately wanted children. One winter's day the woman looked at all the little icicles hanging from their roof and told her husband that she wished she had as many children as there
Tale Summary One day a young prince was riding through a meadow when he found a ditch, from which he heard the sound of someone crying. He found an old woman begging for help, and after being rescued by the prince, she was brought back by him to her
Tale Summary There was once a poor Prince with a small Kingdom who wished to be married. He audaciously asked the emperor's daughter to marry him, knowing that many princesses would have gladly said yes to him. A rose tree grew on the grave of the
Tale Summary Once upon a time there was a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but only a true princess. He traveled the world looking for one but could never find one that was true, so he came back home in low spirits. One night there was a
Tale Summary Once upon a time a woman visited an old witch to ask her for a tiny child. The witch sold her a barley-corn and instructed the woman to place it in a pot. When she had done this a large and beautiful tulip grew, and when the woman
Tale Summary Once there was a man and his wife who lived in the woods far away from the rest of their tribe. They often hunted together, but after a while, the wife decided to stay home because there was much to do there. The man found that without
Tale Summary There once lived a cobbler named Tom and his wife, named Joan, who always thought the opposite of him. One day, Joan accidentally knocked over some pots and pans, breaking them all. When Tom rushed in to see what had happened, she
Tale Summary There was once a little tailor, who one summer day set aside bread with jam for his lunch. Noticing a number of flies on his lunch, the tailor brought a leather strap down on it, killing twelve instantly. Mighty proud, he stitched a