Clever Gretel (1812) - Gretel, a cook who is in the habit of sampling what she makes, prepares two fowls for her master and a guest. When the guest is slow to arrive, Gretel’s master goes to find him and Gretel eats the fowls. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story014.pdf

The Willow-Wren and the Bear (1812) - A bear insults the Willow-Wren’s children and a war results between all flying creatures and all four- footed animals. The willow-wren’s children then insist that the bear apologize. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story207.pdf

The Dog and the Sparrow (1812) - A sparrow helps get food for a hungry dog who is then killed by a wagoner. The sparrow exacts revenge on the wagoner for killing his friend. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story025.pdf

Sweetheart Roland (1812) - A witch schemes to kill her good step-daughter but ends up killing her beloved wicked daughter instead. The stepdaughter takes the witch’s magic wand and runs away with her sweetheart Roland. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story156.pdf

Rapunzel (1812) - A witch locks Rapunzel in a tower and must call to her to let down her hair so she can climb it to gain entrance. A prince overhears the witch, calls for Rapunzel’s hair himself, then makes plans to save her. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story127.pdf

Old Sultan (1812) - A peasant plans to kill his faithful old dog, Sultan, because he is no longer of any use to him. A wolf schemes to help Sultan preserve his life then expects something in return. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story108.pdf

Little Red Cap (1812) - The famous tale of a girl who meets a wolf while bringing a basket of food to her grandmother. Included in the original story is an encounter with a second wolf not found in most modern versions. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story089.pdf

The queen’s son, who has the power of wishing, is stolen by a cook; the queen, accused of letting animals kill the boy, is locked in a tower. The prince later uses his power to punish the cook and return home. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story118.pdf

The well-known tale of a princess who promises companionship to a frog who retrieves her golden ball from a well. The princess, at her father’s command, begrudgingly fulfills her promise. http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story046.pdf

On her way to marry a distant Prince, a Princess is bullied by her waiting-maid and forced to change identities with her. The waiting-maid marries the prince and the princess becomes a “goose-girl.” http://pinkmonkey.com/dl/library1/story060.pdf

Another day Chanticleer and Partlet agreed to go again to the mountains to eat nuts; and it was settled that all the nuts which they found should be shared equally between them. Now Partlet found a very large nut; but she said nothing about it to Chanticleer, and kept it all to herself: however, it was so big that she could not swallow it, and it stuck in her throat. Then she was in a great fright, and cried out to Chanticleer, ’Pray run as fast as you can, and fetch me some water, or I shall...

Hans worked hard for seven years but wishes to return to see his poor mother. His master pays him his wages which amounts to a lump of gold the size of his head. Hans puts the gold in handkerchief and starts out on his journey jogging but soon becomes tired. He spots a rider on horse back and seeing the ease at which the horse travels he offers to exchange his lump of gold for the horse. Happy with the exchange the man gives him the horse and Hans rides off. The horse bolts and Hans is thrown...

A count's son could learn nothing. The count sent him to find a master who could teach him something. One year, he came back saying he knew what dogs said when they barked; the next, what birds said; the third, what frogs said. Infuriated by his uselessness, his father drove him out. He was offered a night's shelter in a tower, but warned that wild dogs barked and howled there, and every night ate a man. He went and came back, saying that the dogs were there to guard a treasure until it was...

An old woman has got some beans that she intends to cook over her fire. Being in a hurry, she grabs some straw to make the fire light faster. She pours the beans in the pot and, being in a hurry, she drops one on the floor which lands next to a piece of straw. Soon the fire is burning nicely and a hot coal jumps out and lands next to the straw and the bean. They talk and realize they have all narrowly escaped the fire; they band together to flee. At a river, the straw lies down to let them...

An old man could not eat neatly, so his son and daughter-in-law made him eat by the stove and, when he broke his bowl, bought him a cheap one. His four-year-old grandson played with wood and said that he was making a trough for his parents to eat from when they were old. After that, they let him eat at the table and did not complain about the spill. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_his_Grandson

A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together. They decided to look out for each other and find a way to survive the winter. They bought a pot of fat and decided to store it in the church until the winter. Cat developed a sudden urge to occasionally sneak into the church and consume the pot of fat and so he did. He then lies to...

Chanticleer and Partlet begin their adventure with a trip to the mountains in search of nuts. They either grew too lazy or too full to travel home on foot so they built a carriage of nutshells. While deciding how to get home a duck accused them of trespassing on her grounds. Chanticleer and the duck began to fight until the duck could no longer handle the pain and agreed to draw their carriage home for them. The adventure continues from there as they encounter different obstacles on their...

Chanticleer and Partlet begin their adventure with a trip to the mountains in search of nuts. They either grew too lazy or too full to travel home on foot so they built a carriage of nutshells. While deciding how to get home a duck accused them of trespassing on her grounds. Chanticleer and the duck began to fight until the duck could no longer handle the pain and agreed to draw their carriage home for them. The adventure continues from there as they encounter different obstacles on their...

A farmer had a horse that had been an excellent faithful servant to him: but he was now grown too old to work; so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat. The farmer decided that the horse was of no use to him any longer so he told the horse to leave and only to return if he grows as strong as a lion. The horse wandered around until he met a fox with a wonderful idea to help him win over his owner. The fox tied a lion to the horse and signaled the horse to head back home. The master was...

A shape-shifting witch (or "fairy," depending on the translation) lived alone in a dark castle in the woods. She could lure wild animals and birds to her before killing them; she transfixed anyone who would came near to where she stood, and turn innocent maidens into birds and cage them. Jorinde and Joringel, who had promised to marry each other, went for a walk in the forest. They came too near the witch's lair; she turned Jorinde into a nightingale and fixed Joringel to the ground. Once she...

A poor shoemaker and his wife need money to pay the rent. He gives away the last pair of shoes he has to a needy lady. He has leather to make one more pair of shoes. Elves come in the night and make a pair of shoes which he sells for more than his asking price the next day. He uses that money to pay the rent, buy food and more shoe leather. He feeds a poor traveller. The elves come the next night and make 2 pairs of shoes with the additional leather. He gives away one pair to a needy person...

In order to make himself appear more important, a miller lied to a king, telling him that his daughter could spin straw into gold. The king called for the girl, shut her in a tower room with straw and a spinning wheel, and demanded that she spin the straw into gold by morning, for three nights, or be executed (other versions have the king threatening to lock her up in a dungeon forever). She had given up all hope, when an impish creature appeared in the room and spun straw into gold for her...

An old man could not eat neatly, so his son and daughter-in-law made him eat by the stove and, when he broke his bowl, bought him a cheap one. His four-year-old grandson played with wood and said that he was making a trough for his parents to eat from when they were old. After that, they let him eat at the table and did not complain about the spill. Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Old_Man_and_his_Grandson

Once upon a time, the Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage lived happily together. The Bird brings home wood from the forest; the Mouse delivers water, makes the cooking fire, lays the table; and the Sausage cooks. One day, the Bird has a chat with some other birds. They make fun of the Bird, saying that it was doing all the work. The next day, the Bird suggests that they switch roles and refuses to go to the forest. The Mouse and the Sausage oppose the idea at first, but in the end, they give...