Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven There was once a King's son who went out into the world, and he was full of thought and sad. He looked at the sky, which was so beautifully pure and blue, then he ....
The Rose There was once a poor woman who had two children. The youngest had to go every day into theforest to fetch wood. Once when she had gone a long way to seek it, a little child, who was quites...
The Twelve ApostlesThree hundred years before the birth of the Lord Christ, there lived a mother who had twelvesons, but was so poor and needy that she no longer knew how she was to keep them alive at...
In the winter time, when deep snow lay on the ground, a poor boy was forced to go out on asledge to fetch wood. When he had gathered it together, and packed it, he wished, as he was sofrozen with col...
There was once an enchantress, who had three sons who loved each other as brothers, but the oldwoman did not trust them, and thought they wanted to steal her power from her. So she changedthe eldest ...
In former times, when God himself still walked the earth, the fruitfulness of the soil was much greater than it is now; then the ears of corn did not bear fifty or sixty, but four or five hundred-fold...
One day an old man and his wife were sitting in front of a miserable house resting a while fromtheir work. Suddenly a splendid carriage with four black horses came driving up, and arichly-dressed man...
A countryman one day said to his little puppies, "Come into the parlour and enjoy yourselves, andpick up the bread-crumbs on the table; your mistress has gone out to pay some visits." Then the litt.....
This story, my dear young folks, seems to be false, but it really is true, for my grandfather, fromwhom I have it, used always, when relating it, to say complacently, "It must be true, my son, orelse....
A merchant had done good business at the fair; he had sold his wares, and lined his money-bagswith gold and silver. Then he wanted to travel homewards, and be in his own house before nightfall. So he...
