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• 1.The Old Woman in the Wood
• A poor servant-girl was once travelling with the family with which she was in service, through a great forest, and when they were in the midst of it, ...
• 2.The Lazy Spinner
• In a certain village there once lived a man and his wife, and the wife was so idle that she would never work at anything; whatever her husband gave he...
• 3.The Three Black Princesses
• East India was besieged（包围） by an enemy who would not retire until he had received six hundred dollars. Then the townsfolk（市民） caused it to be...
• 4.Knoist and his Three Sons
• Between Werrel and Soist there lived a man whose name was Knoist, and he had three sons. One was blind, the other lame, and the third stark-naked（一丝...
• 5.The Maid of Brakel
• A girl from Brakel once went to St. Anne's Chapel at the foot of the Hinnenberg, and as she wanted to have a husband, and thought there was no one els...
• 6.Simeli Mountain
• 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（吝啬的） livi...
• 7.Going A-Travelling
• There was once a poor woman who had a son, who much wished to travel, but his mother said, How canst thou travel? We have no money at all for thee to ...
• 8.The Donkey
• ONCE on a time there lived a King and a Queen, who were rich, and had everything they wanted, but no children. The Queen lamented over this day and ni...
• 9.The Ungrateful Son
• A man and his wife were once sitting by the door of their house, and they had a roasted chicken set before them, and were about to eat it together. Th...
• 10.The Turnip
• There were once two brothers who both served as soldiers; one of them was rich, and the other poor. Then the poor one, to escape from his poverty, put...