A tailor and a goldsmith were travelling together, and one evening when the sun had sunk behindthe mountains, they heard the sound of distant music, which became more and more distinct. Itsounded str...
When Adam and Eve were driven out of Paradise, they were compelled to build a house forthemselves on unfruitful ground, and eat their bread in the sweat of their brow. Adam dug up theland, and Eve sp...
There was once upon a time a very old woman, who lived with he flock of geese in a waste placeamong the mountains, and there had a little house. The waste was surrounded by a large forest,and every m...
In ancient times a giant was once travelling on a great highway,when suddenly an unknown man sprang up before him, and said,"Halt, not one step farther!" "What!" cried the giant, "a creaturewhom...
When God had created the world and was about to fix the length ofeach creature's life, the ass came and asked, "Lord, how long shall I live?" "Thirty years," replied God; "does that content the...
Two or three hundred years ago, when people were far from being socrafty and cunning as they are now-a-day, an extraordinary event took place in a little town. By some mischance one of the great owls...
"Where do you like best to feed your flocks?" said a man to an old cow-herd. "Here, sir, where the grass is neither too rich nor too poor, or else it is no use." "Why not?" asked the man. "D...
The fishes had for a long time been discontented because noorder prevailed in their kingdom. None of them turned aside for the others, but all swam to the right or the left as they fancied, or darted...
There was once a tailor, who was a quarrelsome fellow, andhis wife, who was good, industrious, and pious, never couldplease him. Whatever she did, he was not satisfied, butgrumbled and scolded, and k...
a poor wood-cutter lived with his wife and three daughters in a little hut on the edge of a lonely forest. one morning as hewas about to go to his work, he said to his wife, "....
