In days gone by there was a land where the nights were always dark, and the sky spread over it like a black cloth, for there the moon never rose, and no star shone in the obscurity. At the creation o...
In former days every sound still had its meaning and application.When the smith's hammer resounded, it cried, "Strike away! strikeaway." When the carpenter's plane grated, it said, "Here goes! h...
Let no one ever say that a poor tailor cannot do great thingsand win high honors; all that is needed is that he should go tothe right smithy, and what is of most consequence, that heshould have good l...
How fortunate is the master, and how well all goes in his house, when he has a wise servant who listens to his orders and does not obey them, but prefers following his own wisdom. A clever John of th...
Three women were changed into flowers which grew in the field, but one of them was allowed to be in her own home at night. Then once when day was drawing near, and she was forced to go back to her co...
a sparrow had four young ones in a swallow's nest. when they were fledged, some naughty boys pulled out the nest, but fortunately all the birds got safely away in the high wind. then the old bird w....
Twelve servants who had done nothing all the day would not exert themselvesat night either, but laid themselves on the grass and boasted of their idleness.The first said, "What is your laziness to me....
THERE was once an old woman, but thou hast surely seen an oldwoman go a-begging before now? This woman begged likewise, and when she got anything she said, "May God reward you." The beggar-woman c.....
A MAN and his wife were once sitting by the door of their house,and they had a roasted chicken set before them, and were aboutto eat it together. Then the man saw that his aged father wascoming, and ...
ONCE on a time there lived a King and a Queen, who were rich,and had everything they wanted, but no children. The Queenlamented over this day and night, and said, "I am like a fieldon which nothing ....
