Bedtime Stories

Once upon a time there was a little girl who was called little Red Riding-Hood, because she was quite small and because she always wore a red cloak with a…

Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One of them was a Little Wee Bear, and one…

Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep, indeed, that no…

In the morning the storm had ceased, but of the ship not a single fragment could be seen. The sun came up red and shining out of the water, and…

FOURTH STORY: THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS Gerda was obliged to rest again, and just opposite the place where she sat she saw a great crow come hopping toward her across…

Once upon a time there was a princess who was the prettiest creature in the world. And because she was so beautiful, and because her hair was like the finest…

There was once a poor woman who gave birth to a little son, and as he came into the world with a caul on, it was predicted that in his…

FIRST STORY: WHICH DESCRIBES A LOOKING-GLASS AND ITS BROKEN FRAGMENTS You must attend to the beginning of this story, for when we get to the end we shall know more…

HARD by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the girl Grethel. He had little to bite…

In old times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen…