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…
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…
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…
FIFTH STORY: THE LITTLE ROBBER GIRL The coach drove on through a thick forest, where it lighted up the way like a torch and dazzled the eyes of some robbers,…
A lion, enfeebled by age and no longer able to procure food for himself by force, determined to do so by cunning. Betaking himself to a cave, he lay down…