THERE was once a poor woman who had a son, who much wished totravel, but his mother said, "How canst thou travel? We have no moneyat all for thee to take away with thee." Then said the son, "I wi...
THERE were once two brothers, the one rich, the other poor. The rich one, however, gave nothing to the poor one, and he gained a scanty living by trading in corn, and often did so badly that he had n...
EAST INDIA was besieged by an enemy who would not retire untilhe had received six hundred dollars. Then the townsfolk causedit to be proclaimed by beat of drum that whosoever was able toprocure the m...
IN former times there lived an aged Queen who was a sorceress, and herdaughter was the most beautiful maiden under the sun. The old woman,however, had no other thought than how to lure mankind todest...
THERE was once upon a time a King who had twelve daughters, each onemore beautiful than the other. They all slept together in onechamber, in which their beds stood side by side, and every night whent...
A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and coulddo no more work, so his master would no longer give himanything to eat and said, "I can certainly make no more useof thee, but still I mean....
there was once a woman who had three daughters, the eldest of whomwas called one-eye, because she had only one eye in the middle of herforehead, and the second, two-eyes, because she had two eyes like...
There was once a poor man who had four sons, and when they were grown up, he said to them, "My dear children, you must now go out into the world, for I have nothing to give you, so set out, and go to....
n a certain village there once lived a man and his wife, andthe wife was so idle that she would never work at anything;whatever her husband gave her to spin, she did not get done,and what she did spin...
once on a time lived a man and a woman who so long as they wererich had no children, but when they were poor they had a little boy.they could, however, find no godfather for him, so the man said he wo...
