TECH FAIRYTALES & STORIES

A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else...

I'll tell thee everything I can: There's little to relate. I saw an aged aged man, A-sitting on a gate. 'Who are you, aged man?' I said....

In a village there once lived two men who had the same name. They were both called Claus. One of them had four horses, but the other had...

There were once three brothers who had fallen deeper and deeper into poverty, and at last their need was so great that they had to endure...

It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Evening came on, the last evening of the year. In the cold and gloom a...

Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep,...

My poor flowers are quite dead," said little Ida, "they were so pretty yesterday evening, and now all the leaves are hanging down quite...

Once upon a time in the middle of a thick forest stood a small cottage, the home of a pretty little girl known to everyone as Little Red...

There was a miller whose only inheritance to his three sons was his mill, his donkey, and his cat. The division was soon made. They hired...

Near a great forest there lived a woodcutter with his wife. He had but one child, a three-year old girl. Now they were so poor that they...

There was once a king who had a son who asked in marriage the daughter of a mighty king, she was called Maid Maleen, and was very...

"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how...

The one who could do the most incredible thing should have the king’s daughter and the half of his kingdom. The young men, and even the...

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,...

A poor man had so many children that he had already asked every one in the world to be godfather, and when still another child was born,...

There was once a poor man and a poor woman who had nothing but a little cottage, and who earned their bread by fishing, and always lived...

A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and...

A poor man had twelve children and had to work day and night in order just to feed them. Thus when the thirteenth came into the world,...

The she-wolf brought into the world a young one, and invited the fox to be godfather. After all, he is a near relative of ours, said she,...

There was once a peasant who had driven his cow to the fair, and sold her for seven thalers. On the way home he had to pass a pond, and...