Two tales at random
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm
A tailor believes his goat when she says his three sons have left her hungry, and drives the boys away. Each learns a trade and receives a magical gift: a table that serves food, a donkey that...
Read on — The Wishing-Table, the Gold-Ass, and the Cudgel in the Sack →When a prince is born, goddesses say that a crocodile, a snake or a dog will cause his death. His father tries to keep him safe, but the prince wants to go out into the world. He takes his dog with...
Read on — The Doomed Prince →