Long ago, in a faraway kingdom, a king and his lady ruled. They ruled wisely, and the people loved them. However, the royal couple struggled to conceive a baby.
Continue reading →Sleeping Beauty
Kate K.
The fox and the stork
Once upon a time there was a fox living in a forest. At the edge of the forest there was a pond and there lived a stork. One day the two became friends. And the fox invited the stork to dinner as his new friend.
Continue reading →Rich man and poor man
Once upon a time there were two brothers. They didn’t have much in common except their appearance. One was staggeringly rich and the other was as poor as a church mouse. The rich brother’s name was Vince. One day he asked his poor brother Jacob to look after his sheaves in the field. So Jacob came and kept watch.
Continue reading →The Rooster and the Hen
Once there was a rooster who lived in a little yard, with a little hen. The rooster spent most of the day just picking through the coloured feathers and the hen ran around the yard looking for something to eat for both of them. One day they decided to make life more interesting for themselves and go to the strawberry patch.
Continue reading →The tale of the big beet
Once upon a time, there lived an old man and a woman. They had a little house and a little field by the house. They grew all kinds of things in the little field and were very happy with every harvest. That year they had already harvested most of it, but there was still a bed of beets left. Grandfather went to harvest in the evening and put the beets in the wheelbarrow one by one.
Continue reading →Thumbelina
In a magical realm where everything comes to life and every living creature has a voice, a little girl was born from a petal. She was about the size of a finger on my hand. In the day she took care of the flowers and sang to them. At night, she slept in a walnut shell covered with a rose petal. Everybody called her Thumbelina.
Continue reading →The Devil and the Seamstress
Long ago, there was a seamstress who was more skilled than any other with needle and thread. She even boasted that she could beat the devil himself in tailoring skills.
Continue reading →Mary and the twelve months
Once upon a time there was a woman who lived in a simple house with two daughters. Helen was her own and Mary was her stepdaughter. Helen had no work to do, she just lazed around all day and dreamed of a rich groom coming for her. But Mary was something else. She did all the work in the house, and she was good at everything.
Continue reading →Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs
In a great kingdom, a queen was sitting at the window of a castle, embroidering. It was winter and snowflakes were flying outside. The winter landscape was beautiful, and the queen opened her window and looked out. For a moment she forgot that she was holding a needle and pricked her finger as she leaned out of the window.
Continue reading →The wolf and the lamb
Once upon a time, there was a small, stubborn lamb in a large flock. It was always happy because it did what it wanted. It was small and cute, so any trouble was soon forgiven and no one was angry with it for a long time. Not even the mother sheep, the shepherd or the sheepdogs.
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