Collected by the Brothers Grimm
Acquired from Project Gutenberg

by Anna Wahlenberg PEDER LARS, the farmer’s son came riding along the highway. His heart was happy. He was bound for the city to buy a new jacket because that evening he was going a-courting and wanted to look his best. And he felt rather sure that he would not be turned down. However proud and[…]

Collected by Alexander Afansyev, adapted by Erica Furgiuele While the narrator talks, a pantomime: the Frost King stands with the Mother and Daughter, a family portrait. Slowly, they separate, until the Stepfather and son have replaced the Frost King in the portrait.) Not very long ago, in a small village in Russia, there lived a[…]

Edited by Italo Calvino Father King: Over and over it has been told that once upon a time there was a king and queen. Every time this queen had a baby, it was a girl. The king, who wanted a son, finally lost patience and said, “If you have one more girl, I shall kill it.”[…]

Once there was a poor man whose wife had a son. But since they had seven children already, they were not happy about the birth of the eighth. The man went out begging and collected some clothes and food for the christening, but nobody wanted to be godfather to the beggar’s son. Nor did they[…]