Snowdrop & Other Tales

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Grimm Jacob. Snowdrop & Other Tales

Snowdrop

The Pink

Briar Rose

The Jew among the Thorns

Ashenputtel

The White Snake

The Wolf and the Seven Kids

The Queen Bee

The Elves and the Shoemaker

The Wolf and the Man

The Turnip

Clever Hans

The Three Languages

The Fox and the Cat

The Four Clever Brothers

The Lady and the Lion

The Fox and the Horse

The Blue Light

The Goosegirl

The Golden Goose

The Water of Life

Clever Grethel

The King of the Golden Mountain

Doctor Know-All

The Seven Ravens

The Marriage of Mrs. Reynard

The Salad

The Youth who could not Shudder

King Thrushbeard

Iron Hans

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THERE was once a Queen, who had not been blessed with children. As she walked in her garden, she prayed every morning that a son or daughter might be given to her. Then one day an Angel came, and said to her: ‘Be content: you shall have a son, and he shall be endowed with the power of wishing, so that whatsoever he wishes for shall be granted to him.’ She hurried to the King, and told him the joyful news; and when the time came a son was born to them, and they were filled with delight.

Every morning the Queen used to take her little son into the gardens, where the wild animals were kept, to bathe him in a clear, sparkling fountain. It happened one day, when the child was a little older, that as she sat with him on her lap she fell asleep.

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Three days after she died. At her burial the two white Doves which had brought her food during her captivity, followed and hovered over her grave.

The old King caused the wicked Cook to be torn into four quarters; but his own heart was filled with grief and remorse, and he died soon after.

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