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Tale Summary Once upon a time there were two very hungry foxes, a small and a big one, lying along the edge of a woods near a roadway too weak and tired to try and find food. Then they spied a peasant girl coming out of the woods with a...

Tale Summary There was once a wolf with a beautiful daughter who was very popular among all the man animals, but never wanted to settle down with any of them. Her father was sick of the way she would have them over at his house, sitting in his best armchairs,...

Tale Summary One night, a troop of fairies was dancing together under the moon, when one of them said something which made them all scamper away and hide: “Cease! Cease with your humming! Here’s an end to your mumming! By my smell I can tell That a priest is now...

Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor woodman and his wife were so desperate for a child that they claimed they would be happy even with one no bigger than their thumb. This is what happened, and the boy they named Tom Thumb was smart and bright but would...

Tale Summary There was once a wealthy merchant who had six children, three sons and three daughters, whom he adored. The youngest daughter was called Beauty by all, and she was as good as she was beautiful, but her two older sisters were ill-natured. When they talked of husbands, they...

Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor miller died and was only able to leave to his three sons a mill, an ass, and a cat. The youngest was given the cat, and lamented that it did him no good, because all he could do with it was skin...

Tale Summary There was once a man who remarried after losing his wife, wanting someone to help look after his beautiful daughter. His new wife seemed pleasant at first, but revealed herself to be unkind, and had two daughters just the same as her, who made his daughter do many...

Tale Summary There was once a little girl who was well-loved by her mother, and even more by her grandmother, who made her a red cloak that suited the child so well that everyone called her “Little Red-Riding-Hood”. One day, Red-Riding-Hood’s mother gave her a cake and some butter to...

Tale Summary There was once an honest, hardworking Shoemaker, who could not earn enough to make a living. He was down to his last bit of leather to make one more pair of shoes, and so he cut them out to finish in the morning and went to bed. When...

Tale Summary In the days of King Alfred, in a country village in England, there was a poor woman who had a single son named Jack. She never set him to work, and eventually they were so poor, that they only had their cow left. Jack felt badly that he...