Stories

There was a man who had three sons, the youngest of whom was called Dummling, and was despised, mocked, and sneered at on every occasion. It happened that the eldest…

Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was…

There were formerly a king and a queen, who were so sorry that they had no children; so sorry that it cannot be expressed. They went to all the waters…

There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play ball all day long in the streets with…

Once upon a time, long, long ago, there were two brothers, the one rich and the other poor. When Christmas Eve came, the poor one had not a bite in…

In a town in Persia there dwelt two brothers, one named Cassim, the other Ali Baba. Cassim was married to a rich wife and lived in plenty, while Ali Baba…

Once upon a time there was a man who had a meadow which lay on the side of a mountain, and in the meadow there was a barn in which…

SEVENTH STORY: OF THE PALACE OF THE SNOW QUEEN AND WHAT HAPPENED THERE AT LAST The walls of the palace were formed of drifted snow, and the windows and doors…

Once upon a time there was a fagot-maker and his wife, who had seven children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the youngest only seven. They…

SIXTH STORY: THE LAPLAND WOMAN AND THE FINLAND WOMAN They stopped at a little hut; it was very mean looking. The roof sloped nearly down to the ground, and the…