Once upon a time in a pond there lived frog daddies and frog mummies with their baby frogs. Because they wanted their children to be smart, they sent them to frog school. Frog school was a place on the surface of the pond where the water lilies grew thick. Each frog sat on a water lily leaf and listened to the teacher.
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Once upon a time there was a king and he had three daughters. The first two had been married, the third, the youngest, was still at home in the castle. She used to play in the royal garden with a glass ball. It was her favourite toy. She always threw it up in the air and caught it in her hands. She would sing and dance to it. But one day, the ball didn’t come back into her hands. Instead, it fell straight into the well.
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There was once a merchant, and he had three daughters. Two of them liked to dress up in beautiful, expensive clothes and jewellery, the third wore plain clothes and her favourite thing of all was books. Her name was Bella, but they called her Beauty because she was really beautiful.
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Once upon a time there was a king and a queen, and a little daughter was born to them. Because she was as beautiful as a rose, they named her Rose. At night, three fairies appeared in her room. The first said:
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Once upon a time there was a carver. His name was Geppetto, and he made puppets. He was alone and he wanted a son very much. One day he managed to carve a very beautiful wooden boy. He named the puppet Pinocchio.
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The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Peter Rabbit lived with his mother and sisters in a burrow dug under a tall fir tree. Every day the little rabbits went to play in the meadow and the forest. Their mother always begged them to avoid Mr. Gregor’s garden. Especially Peter, who lost his blue coat and both his shoes there the last time. Now he had to wear an old worn brown coat, which he didn’t like at all. He was strangling and biting, but what should he do as he lost his own.
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In a town called Hameln, rats were overpopulating. The whole town was crawling with them. The people were afraid of them and were unhappy.
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The animals decided to have a race on the highest snow-covered hill behind the village. Five animals were ready to start. Each of them wanted to win, so they chose the fastest machine they had. Who will be the first at the bottom of the hill? Let’s go, get ready, watch out, steady and gooo!
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The puppy went out into the snow on its own. It saw snow for the first time in its life, so it treaded carefully at first. It was cold in his paws. But then big snowflakes started falling and the puppy got excited.
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There was a little red car that loved the cold. It liked snow and big snowdrifts. That’s why in one of these snowstorms it set off on its way to town.
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