there is nobody in the world who knows so many stories as ole-luk-oie, or who can relate them so nicely. in the evening, while the children are seated at the table or in their little chairs, he comes ...
there were once five-and-twenty tin soldiers; they were all brothers, for they had all been born of one old tin spoon. they shouldered their muskets, and looked straight before them; their uniform wa...
poor john was greatly troubled, because his father was very ill and could not recover. except for these two, there was no one in their small room. the lamp on the table had almost burned out, for it w...
a soldier came marching along the high road: “left, right—left, right.” he had his knapsack on his back, and a sword at his side; he had been to the wars, and was now returning home.as he walked on...
The Heavenly Wedding A poor peasant-boy one day heard the priest say in church that whosoever desired to enter intothe kingdom of heaven must always go straight onward. So he set out, and walked cont...
The Aged Mother In a large town there was an old woman who sat in the evening alone in her room thinking howshe had lost first her husband, then both her children, then one by one all her relations, a...
Our lady's little glassOnce upon a time a waggoner's cart which was heavily laden with wine had stuck so fast that inspite of all that he could do, he could not get it to move again. Then it chance.....
The Three Green TwigsThere was once on a time a hermit who lived in a forest at the foot of a mountain, and passed histime in prayer and good works, and every evening he carried, to the glory of God, ...
God's Food There were once upon a time two sisters, one of whom had no children and was rich, and theother had five and was a widow, and so poor that she no longer had food enough to satisfy herselfa....
