Grimms Fairy Tales Book 1
written by Ariana Malfoy
This book contains 70 of the 209 tales collected by the brothers Grimm.The exact print source is unknown. The etext appears to be based on the translation by Margaret Hunt called Grimm's Household Tales, but it is not identical to her edition. (Some of the translations are slightly different, the arrangement also differs, and the Grimm's scholarly notes are not included.) Book 2 will have the other stories
Last Updated
05/31/21
Chapters
70
Reads
603
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The Frog King, or Iron Henry
Chapter 1 -
Our Lady's Child
Chapter 2 -
The Story of a Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was
Chapter 3 -
The Wolf and Seven Little Kids
Chapter 4 -
Faithful John
Chapter 5 -
The Good Bargain
Chapter 6 -
The Twelve Brothers
Chapter 7 -
Brother and Sister
Chapter 8 -
Rapunzel
Chapter 9 -
The Three Little Men In The Wood
Chapter 10 -
The Three Spinners
Chapter 11 -
Hansel and Grethel (called Gretel in this version)
Chapter 12 -
The Three Snake - Leaves
Chapter 13 -
The White Snake
Chapter 14 -
The Valiant Little Tailor
Chapter 15 -
Cinderella
Chapter 16 -
The Riddle
Chapter 17 -
Mother Holle
Chapter 18 -
The Seven Ravens
Chapter 19 -
Little Red-Cap
Chapter 20 -
The Singing Bone
Chapter 21 -
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs
Chapter 22 -
The Girl Without Hands
Chapter 23 -
Clever Hans
Chapter 24 -
The Three Languages
Chapter 25 -
Clever Elsie
Chapter 26 -
The Wishing-Table, The Gold-Ass, and The Cudgel in the Sack
Chapter 27 -
Thumbling
Chapter 28 -
The Elves (two stories)
Chapter 29 -
The Robber Bridegroom
Chapter 30 -
The Godfather
Chapter 31 -
Frau Trude
Chapter 32 -
Godfather Death
Chapter 33 -
Thumbling as Journeyman
Chapter 34 -
Fitcher's Bird
Chapter 35 -
The Juniper-Tree
Chapter 36 -
Old Sultan
Chapter 37 -
The Six Swans
Chapter 38 -
Little Briar-Rose
Chapter 39 -
Fundevogel
Chapter 40 -
King Thrushbeard
Chapter 41 -
Little Snow-White
Chapter 42 -
The Knapsack, The Hat, and The Horn
Chapter 43 -
Rumpelstiltskin
Chapter 44 -
Sweetheart Roland
Chapter 45 -
The Golden Bird
Chapter 46 -
The Two Brothers
Chapter 47 -
The Queen Bee
Chapter 48 -
The Three Feathers
Chapter 49 -
The Golden Goose
Chapter 50 -
Allerleirauh
Chapter 51 -
The Hare's Bride
Chapter 52 -
The Twelve Huntsmen
Chapter 53 -
The Thief and His Master
Chapter 54 -
The Three Sons of Fortune
Chapter 55 -
How Six Men Got On in the World
Chapter 56 -
Gossip Wolf and the Fox
Chapter 57 -
The Pink
Chapter 58 -
The Old Man and His Grandson
Chapter 59 -
The Water-Nix
Chapter 60 -
Brother Lustig
Chapter 61 -
Hans in Luck
Chapter 62 -
Hans Married
Chapter 63 -
The Gold-Children
Chapter 64 -
The Singing, Soaring Lark
Chapter 65 -
The Goose-Girl
Chapter 66 -
The Young Giant
Chapter 67 -
The Elves (another story with that title)
Chapter 68 -
The King of the Golden Mountain
Chapter 69 -
The Raven
Chapter 70
The Old Man and His Grandson
Chapter 59
There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears
dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he
could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth upon the table-cloth
or let it run out of his mouth. His son and his son's wife were
disgusted at this, so the old grandfather at last had to sit in the
corner behind the stove, and they gave him his food in an earthenware
bowl, and not even enough of it. And he used to look towards the
table with his eyes full of tears.
Once, too, his trembling hands could not hold the bowl, and it fell
to the ground and broke. The young wife scolded him, but he said
nothing and only sighed. Then they bought him a wooden bowl for a
few half-pence, out of which he had to eat.
They were once sitting thus when the little grandson of four years
old began to gather together some bits of wood upon the ground. What
are you doing there, asked the father. I am making a little trough,
answered the child, for father and mother to eat out of when I am
big.
The man and his wife looked at each other for a while, and presently
began to cry. Then they took the old grandfather to the table, and
henceforth always let him eat with them, and likewise said nothing if
he did spill a little of anything.
dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he
could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth upon the table-cloth
or let it run out of his mouth. His son and his son's wife were
disgusted at this, so the old grandfather at last had to sit in the
corner behind the stove, and they gave him his food in an earthenware
bowl, and not even enough of it. And he used to look towards the
table with his eyes full of tears.
Once, too, his trembling hands could not hold the bowl, and it fell
to the ground and broke. The young wife scolded him, but he said
nothing and only sighed. Then they bought him a wooden bowl for a
few half-pence, out of which he had to eat.
They were once sitting thus when the little grandson of four years
old began to gather together some bits of wood upon the ground. What
are you doing there, asked the father. I am making a little trough,
answered the child, for father and mother to eat out of when I am
big.
The man and his wife looked at each other for a while, and presently
began to cry. Then they took the old grandfather to the table, and
henceforth always let him eat with them, and likewise said nothing if
he did spill a little of anything.