Cinderella
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

A rich man's wife became sick, and when she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, "Dear child, remain pious and good, and then our dear God will always protect you, and I will look down on you from heaven and be near you." With this she closed her eyes and died.

The girl went out to her mother's grave every day and wept, and she remained pious and good. When winter came the snow spread a white cloth over the grave, and when the spring sun had removed it again, the man took himself another wife.

This wife brought two daughters into the house with her. They were beautiful, with fair faces, but evil and dark hearts. Times soon grew very bad for the poor stepchild.

"Why should that stupid goose sit in the parlor with us?" they said. "If she wants to eat bread, then she will have to earn it. Out with this kitchen maid!"

They took her beautiful clothes away from her, dressed her in an old gray smock, and gave her wooden shoes. "Just look at the proud princess! How decked out she is!" they shouted and laughed as they led her into the kitchen.

There she had to do hard work from morning until evening, get up before daybreak, carry water, make the fires, cook, and wash. Besides this, the sisters did everything imaginable to hurt her. They made fun of her, scattered peas and lentils into the ashes for her, so that she had to sit and pick them out again. In the evening when she had worked herself weary, there was no bed for her. Instead she had to sleep by the hearth in the ashes. And because she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her Cinderella.

One day it happened that the father was going to the fair, and he asked his two stepdaughters what he should bring back for them.

"Beautiful dresses," said the one.

"Pearls and jewels," said the other.

"And you, Cinderella," he said, "what do you want?"

"Father, break off for me the first twig that brushes against your hat on your way home."

So he bought beautiful dresses, pearls, and jewels for his two stepdaughters. On his way home, as he was riding through a green thicket, a hazel twig brushed against him and knocked off his hat. Then he broke off the twig and took it with him. Arriving home, he gave his stepdaughters the things that they had asked for, and he gave Cinderella the twig from the hazel bush.

Cinderella thanked him, went to her mother's grave, and planted the branch on it, and she wept so much that her tears fell upon it and watered it. It grew and became a beautiful tree.

Cinderella went to this tree three times every day, and beneath it she wept and prayed. A white bird came to the tree every time, and whenever she expressed a wish, the bird would throw down to her what she had wished for.

Now it happened that the king proclaimed a festival that was to last three days. All the beautiful young girls in the land were invited, so that his son could select a bride for himself. When the two stepsisters heard that they too had been invited, they were in high spirits.

They called Cinderella, saying, "Comb our hair for us. Brush our shoes and fasten our buckles. We are going to the festival at the king's castle."

Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go to the dance with them. She begged her stepmother to allow her to go.

"You, Cinderella?" she said. "You, all covered with dust and dirt, and you want to go to the festival?. You have neither clothes nor shoes, and yet you want to dance!"

However, because Cinderella kept asking, the stepmother finally said, "I have scattered a bowl of lentils into the ashes for you. If you can pick them out again in two hours, then you may go with us."

The girl went through the back door into the garden, and called out, "You tame pigeons, you turtledoves, and all you birds beneath the sky, come and help me to gather:

The good ones go into the pot,
The bad ones go into your crop."

Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes. The pigeons nodded their heads and began to pick, pick, pick, pick. And the others also began to pick, pick, pick, pick. They gathered all the good grains into the bowl. Hardly one hour had passed before they were finished, and they all flew out again.

The girl took the bowl to her stepmother, and was happy, thinking that now she would be allowed to go to the festival with them.

But the stepmother said, "No, Cinderella, you have no clothes, and you don't know how to dance. Everyone would only laugh at you."

Cinderella began to cry, and then the stepmother said, "You may go if you are able to pick two bowls of lentils out of the ashes for me in one hour," thinking to herself, "She will never be able to do that."

The girl went through the back door into the garden, and called out, "You tame pigeons, you turtledoves, and all you birds beneath the sky, come and help me to gather:

The good ones go into the pot,
The bad ones go into your crop."

Two white pigeons came in through the kitchen window, and then the turtledoves, and finally all the birds beneath the sky came whirring and swarming in, and lit around the ashes. The pigeons nodded their heads and began to pick, pick, pick, pick. And the others also began to pick, pick, pick, pick. They gathered all the good grains into the bowls. Before a half hour had passed they were finished, and they all flew out again.

The girl took the bowls to her stepmother, and was happy, thinking that now she would be allowed to go to the festival with them.

But the stepmother said, "It's no use. You are not coming with us, for you have no clothes, and you don't know how to dance. We would be ashamed of you." With this she turned her back on Cinderella, and hurried away with her two proud daughters.

Now that no one else was at home, Cinderella went to her mother's grave beneath the hazel tree, and cried out:

Shake and quiver, little tree,
Throw gold and silver down to me.

Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She quickly put on the dress and went to the festival.

Her stepsisters and her stepmother did not recognize her. They thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress. They never once thought it was Cinderella, for they thought that she was sitting at home in the dirt, looking for lentils in the ashes.

The prince approached her, took her by the hand, and danced with her. Furthermore, he would dance with no one else. He never let go of her hand, and whenever anyone else came and asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."

She danced until evening, and then she wanted to go home. But the prince said, "I will go along and escort you," for he wanted to see to whom the beautiful girl belonged. However, she eluded him and jumped into the pigeon coop. The prince waited until her father came, and then he told him that the unknown girl had jumped into the pigeon coop.

The old man thought, "Could it be Cinderella?"

He had them bring him an ax and a pick so that he could break the pigeon coop apart, but no one was inside. When they got home Cinderella was lying in the ashes, dressed in her dirty clothes. A dim little oil-lamp was burning in the fireplace. Cinderella had quickly jumped down from the back of the pigeon coop and had run to the hazel tree. There she had taken off her beautiful clothes and laid them on the grave, and the bird had taken them away again. Then, dressed in her gray smock, she had returned to the ashes in the kitchen.

The next day when the festival began anew, and her parents and her stepsisters had gone again, Cinderella went to the hazel tree and said:

Shake and quiver, little tree,
Throw gold and silver down to me.

Then the bird threw down an even more magnificent dress than on the preceding day. When Cinderella appeared at the festival in this dress, everyone was astonished at her beauty. The prince had waited until she came, then immediately took her by the hand, and danced only with her. When others came and asked her to dance with them, he said, "She is my dance partner."

When evening came she wanted to leave, and the prince followed her, wanting to see into which house she went. But she ran away from him and into the garden behind the house. A beautiful tall tree stood there, on which hung the most magnificent pears. She climbed as nimbly as a squirrel into the branches, and the prince did not know where she had gone. He waited until her father came, then said to him, "The unknown girl has eluded me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear tree.

The father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?" He had an ax brought to him and cut down the tree, but no one was in it. When they came to the kitchen, Cinderella was lying there in the ashes as usual, for she had jumped down from the other side of the tree, had taken the beautiful dress back to the bird in the hazel tree, and had put on her gray smock.

On the third day, when her parents and sisters had gone away, Cinderella went again to her mother's grave and said to the tree:

Shake and quiver, little tree,
Throw gold and silver down to me.

This time the bird threw down to her a dress that was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were of pure gold. When she arrived at the festival in this dress, everyone was so astonished that they did not know what to say. The prince danced only with her, and whenever anyone else asked her to dance, he would say, "She is my dance partner."

When evening came Cinderella wanted to leave, and the prince tried to escort her, but she ran away from him so quickly that he could not follow her. The prince, however, had set a trap. He had had the entire stairway smeared with pitch. When she ran down the stairs, her left slipper stuck in the pitch. The prince picked it up. It was small and dainty, and of pure gold.

The next morning, he went with it to the man, and said to him, "No one shall be my wife except for the one whose foot fits this golden shoe."

The two sisters were happy to hear this, for they had pretty feet. With her mother standing by, the older one took the shoe into her bedroom to try it on. She could not get her big toe into it, for the shoe was too small for her. Then her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut off your toe. When you are queen you will no longer have to go on foot."

The girl cut off her toe, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her. However, they had to ride past the grave, and there, on the hazel tree, sat the two pigeons, crying out:

Rook di goo, rook di goo!
There's blood in the shoe.
The shoe is too tight,
This bride is not right!

Then he looked at her foot and saw how the blood was running from it. He turned his horse around and took the false bride home again, saying that she was not the right one, and that the other sister should try on the shoe. She went into her bedroom, and got her toes into the shoe all right, but her heel was too large.

Then her mother gave her a knife, and said, "Cut a piece off your heel. When you are queen you will no longer have to go on foot."

The girl cut a piece off her heel, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the prince. He took her on his horse as his bride and rode away with her. When they passed the hazel tree, the two pigeons were sitting in it, and they cried out:

Rook di goo, rook di goo!
There's blood in the shoe.
The shoe is too tight,
This bride is not right!

He looked down at her foot and saw how the blood was running out of her shoe, and how it had stained her white stocking all red. Then he turned his horse around and took the false bride home again.

"This is not the right one, either," he said. "Don't you have another daughter?"

"No," said the man. "There is only a deformed little Cinderella from my first wife, but she cannot possibly be the bride."

The prince told him to send her to him, but the mother answered, "Oh, no, she is much too dirty. She cannot be seen."

But the prince insisted on it, and they had to call Cinderella. She first washed her hands and face clean, and then went and bowed down before the prince, who gave her the golden shoe. She sat down on a stool, pulled her foot out of the heavy wooden shoe, and put it into the slipper, and it fitted her perfectly.

When she stood up the prince looked into her face, and he recognized the beautiful girl who had danced with him. He cried out, "She is my true bride."

The stepmother and the two sisters were horrified and turned pale with anger. The prince, however, took Cinderella onto his horse and rode away with her. As they passed by the hazel tree, the two white pigeons cried out:

Rook di goo, rook di goo!
No blood's in the shoe.
The shoe's not too tight,
This bride is right!

After they had cried this out, they both flew down and lit on Cinderella's shoulders, one on the right, the other on the left, and remained sitting there.

When the wedding with the prince was to be held, the two false sisters came, wanting to gain favor with Cinderella and to share her good fortune. When the bridal couple walked into the church, the older sister walked on their right side and the younger on their left side, and the pigeons pecked out one eye from each of them. Afterwards, as they came out of the church, the older one was on the left side, and the younger one on the right side, and then the pigeons pecked out the other eye from each of them. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived.

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Cinderella

The Brothers Grimm

translated by Margaret Taylor (1884)

The wife of a rich man fell sick, and as she felt that her end was drawing near, she called her only daughter to her bedside and said, "Dear child, be good and pious, and then the good God will always protect thee, and I will look down on thee from heaven and be near thee." Thereupon she closed her eyes and departed. Every day the maiden went out to her mother's grave, and wept, and she remained pious and good. When winter came the snow spread a white sheet over the grave, and when the spring sun had drawn it off again, the man had taken another wife.

The woman had brought two daughters into the house with her, who were beautiful and fair of face, but vile and black of heart. Now began a bad time for the poor step-child. "Is the stupid goose to sit in the parlour with us?" said they. "He who wants to eat bread must earn it; out with the kitchen-wench." They took her pretty clothes away from her, put an old grey bedgown on her, and gave her wooden shoes. "Just look at the proud princess, how decked out she is!" they cried, and laughed, and led her into the kitchen. There she had to do hard work from morning till night, get up before daybreak, carry water, light fires, cook and wash. Besides this, the sisters did her every imaginable injury -- they mocked her and emptied her peas and lentils into the ashes, so that she was forced to sit and pick them out again. In the evening when she had worked till she was weary she had no bed to go to, but had to sleep by the fireside in the ashes. And as on that account she always looked dusty and dirty, they called her Cinderella. It happened that the father was once going to the fair, and he asked his two step-daughters what he should bring back for them. "Beautiful dresses," said one, "Pearls and jewels," said the second. "And thou, Cinderella," said he, "what wilt thou have?" "Father, break off for me the first branch which knocks against your hat on your way home." So he bought beautiful dresses, pearls and jewels for his two step-daughters, and on his way home, as he was riding through a green thicket, a hazel twig brushed against him and knocked off his hat. Then he broke off the branch and took it with him. When he reached home he gave his step-daughters the things which they had wished for, and to Cinderella he gave the branch from the hazel-bush. Cinderella thanked him, went to her mother's grave and planted the branch on it, and wept so much that the tears fell down on it and watered it. And it grew, however, and became a handsome tree. Thrice a day Cinderella went and sat beneath it, and wept and prayed, and a little white bird always came on the tree, and if Cinderella expressed a wish, the bird threw down to her what she had wished for.

It happened, however, that the King appointed a festival which was to last three days, and to which all the beautiful young girls in the country were invited, in order that his son might choose himself a bride. When the two step-sisters heard that they too were to appear among the number, they were delighted, called Cinderella and said, "Comb our hair for us, brush our shoes and fasten our buckles, for we are going to the festival at the King's palace." Cinderella obeyed, but wept, because she too would have liked to go with them to the dance, and begged her step-mother to allow her to do so. "Thou go, Cinderella!" said she; "Thou art dusty and dirty and wouldst go to the festival? Thou hast no clothes and shoes, and yet wouldst dance!" As, however, Cinderella went on asking, the step-mother at last said, "I have emptied a dish of lentils into the ashes for thee, if thou hast picked them out again in two hours, thou shalt go with us." The maiden went through the back-door into the garden, and called, "You tame pigeons, you turtle-doves, and all you birds beneath the sky, come and help me to pick

"The good into the pot,
The bad into the crop."

Then two white pigeons came in by the kitchen-window, and afterwards the turtle-doves, and at last all the birds beneath the sky, came whirring and crowding in, and alighted amongst the ashes. And the pigeons nodded with their heads and began pick, pick, pick, pick, and the rest began also pick, pick, pick, pick, and gathered all the good grains into the dish. Hardly had one hour passed before they had finished, and all flew out again. Then the girl took the dish to her step-mother, and was glad, and believed that now she would be allowed to go with them to the festival. But the step-mother said, "No, Cinderella, thou hast no clothes and thou canst not dance; thou wouldst only be laughed at." And as Cinderella wept at this, the step-mother said, "If thou canst pick two dishes of lentils out of the ashes for me in one hour, thou shalt go with us." And she thought to herself, "That she most certainly cannot do." When the step-mother had emptied the two dishes of lentils amongst the ashes, the maiden went through the back-door into the garden and cried, You tame pigeons, you turtle-doves, and all you birds under heaven, come and help me to pick

"The good into the pot,
The bad into the crop."

Then two white pigeons came in by the kitchen-window, and afterwards the turtle-doves, and at length all the birds beneath the sky, came whirring and crowding in, and alighted amongst the ashes. And the doves nodded with their heads and began pick, pick, pick, pick, and the others began also pick, pick, pick, pick, and gathered all the good seeds into the dishes, and before half an hour was over they had already finished, and all flew out again. Then the maiden carried the dishes to the step-mother and was delighted, and believed that she might now go with them to the festival. But the step-mother said, "All this will not help thee; thou goest not with us, for thou hast no clothes and canst not dance; we should be ashamed of thee!" On this she turned her back on Cinderella, and hurried away with her two proud daughters.

As no one was now at home, Cinderella went to her mother's grave beneath the hazel-tree, and cried,

"Shiver and quiver, little tree,
Silver and gold throw down over me."

Then the bird threw a gold and silver dress down to her, and slippers embroidered with silk and silver. She put on the dress with all speed, and went to the festival. Her step-sisters and the step-mother however did not know her, and thought she must be a foreign princess, for she looked so beautiful in the golden dress. They never once thought of Cinderella, and believed that she was sitting at home in the dirt, picking lentils out of the ashes. The prince went to meet her, took her by the hand and danced with her. He would dance with no other maiden, and never left loose of her hand, and if any one else came to invite her, he said, "This is my partner."

She danced till it was evening, and then she wanted to go home. But the King's son said, "I will go with thee and bear thee company," for he wished to see to whom the beautiful maiden belonged. She escaped from him, however, and sprang into the pigeon-house. The King's son waited until her father came, and then he told him that the stranger maiden had leapt into the pigeon-house. The old man thought, "Can it be Cinderella?" and they had to bring him an axe and a pickaxe that he might hew the pigeon-house to pieces, but no one was inside it. And when they got home Cinderella lay in her dirty clothes among the ashes, and a dim little oil-lamp was burning on the mantle-piece, for Cinderella had jumped quickly down from the back of the pigeon-house and had run to the little hazel-tree, and there she had taken off her beautiful clothes and laid them on the grave, and the bird had taken them away again, and then she had placed herself in the kitchen amongst the ashes in her grey gown.

Next day when the festival began afresh, and her parents and the step-sisters had gone once more, Cinderella went to the hazel-tree and said --

"Shiver and quiver, my little tree,
Silver and gold throw down over me."

Then the bird threw down a much more beautiful dress than on the preceding day. And when Cinderella appeared at the festival in this dress, every one was astonished at her beauty. The King's son had waited until she came, and instantly took her by the hand and danced with no one but her. When others came and invited her, he said, "She is my partner." When evening came she wished to leave, and the King's son followed her and wanted to see into which house she went. But she sprang away from him, and into the garden behind the house. Therein stood a beautiful tall tree on which hung the most magnificent pears. She clambered so nimbly between the branches like a squirrel that the King's son did not know where she was gone. He waited until her father came, and said to him, "The stranger-maiden has escaped from me, and I believe she has climbed up the pear-tree." The father thought, "Can it be Cinderella?" and had an axe brought and cut the tree down, but no one was on it. And when they got into the kitchen, Cinderella lay there amongst the ashes, as usual, for she had jumped down on the other side of the tree, had taken the beautiful dress to the bird on the little hazel-tree, and put on her grey gown.

On the third day, when the parents and sisters had gone away, Cinderella went once more to her mother's grave and said to the little tree --

"Shiver and quiver, my little tree,
Silver and gold throw down over me."

And now the bird threw down to her a dress which was more splendid and magnificent than any she had yet had, and the slippers were golden. And when she went to the festival in the dress, no one knew how to speak for astonishment. The King's son danced with her only, and if any one invited her to dance, he said, "She is my partner."

When evening came, Cinderella wished to leave, and the King's son was anxious to go with her, but she escaped from him so quickly that he could not follow her. The King's son had, however, used a strategem, and had caused the whole staircase to be smeared with pitch, and there, when she ran down, had the maiden's left slipper remained sticking. The King's son picked it up, and it was small and dainty, and all golden. Next morning, he went with it to the father, and said to him, "No one shall be my wife but she whose foot this golden slipper fits." Then were the two sisters glad, for they had pretty feet. The eldest went with the shoe into her room and wanted to try it on, and her mother stood by. But she could not get her big toe into it, and the shoe was too small for her. Then her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut the toe off; when thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot." The maiden cut the toe off, forced the foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the King's son. Then he took her on his his horse as his bride and rode away with her. They were, however, obliged to pass the grave, and there, on the hazel-tree, sat the two pigeons and cried,

"Turn and peep, turn and peep,
There's blood within the shoe,
The shoe it is too small for her,
The true bride waits for you."

Then he looked at her foot and saw how the blood was streaming from it. He turned his horse round and took the false bride home again, and said she was not the true one, and that the other sister was to put the shoe on. Then this one went into her chamber and got her toes safely into the shoe, but her heel was too large. So her mother gave her a knife and said, "Cut a bit off thy heel; when thou art Queen thou wilt have no more need to go on foot." The maiden cut a bit off her heel, forced her foot into the shoe, swallowed the pain, and went out to the King's son. He took her on his horse as his bride, and rode away with her, but when they passed by the hazel-tree, two little pigeons sat on it and cried,

"Turn and peep, turn and peep,
There's blood within the shoe
The shoe it is too small for her,
The true bride waits for you."

He looked down at her foot and saw how the blood was running out of her shoe, and how it had stained her white stocking. Then he turned his horse and took the false bride home again. "This also is not the right one," said he, "have you no other daughter?" "No," said the man, "There is still a little stunted kitchen-wench which my late wife left behind her, but she cannot possibly be the bride." The King's son said he was to send her up to him; but the mother answered, "Oh, no, she is much too dirty, she cannot show herself!" He absolutely insisted on it, and Cinderella had to be called. She first washed her hands and face clean, and then went and bowed down before the King's son, who gave her the golden shoe. Then she seated herself on a stool, drew her foot out of the heavy wooden shoe, and put it into the slipper, which fitted like a glove. And when she rose up and the King's son looked at her face he recognized the beautiful maiden who had danced with him and cried, "That is the true bride!" The step-mother and the two sisters were terrified and became pale with rage; he, however, took Cinderella on his horse and rode away with her. As they passed by the hazel-tree, the two white doves cried --

"Turn and peep, turn and peep,
No blood is in the shoe,
The shoe is not too small for her,
The true bride rides with you,"

and when they had cried that, the two came flying down and placed themselves on Cinderella's shoulders, one on the right, the other on the left, and remained sitting there.

When the wedding with the King's son had to be celebrated, the two false sisters came and wanted to get into favour with Cinderella and share her good fortune. When the betrothed couple went to church, the elder was at the right side and the younger at the left, and the pigeons pecked out one eye of each of them. Afterwards as they came back, the elder was at the left, and the younger at the right, and then the pigeons pecked out the other eye of each. And thus, for their wickedness and falsehood, they were punished with blindness as long as they lived.

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Elise looked around as her classmates gave carefree answers, as if nothing in the world mattered but those two wishes. But Elise's wish meant something more. She wanted her life back, she screamed inside. She wanted a home, a family. But managed to keep her tone deceptively calm.

"I'd wish my mother was still alive," she said, fiddling with her tie. Because if her mother hadn't died, she'd still have a family and they could be normal. But maybe she could wish for something less selfish. "And I'd ask for people to be happy. Because sad people make other people sad and the world doesn't feel the same when you're sad."

Maybe she'd said too much...

The code "KHM" stands for Kinder- und Hausmärchen, the original title. All editions from 1812 until 1857 split the stories into two volumes.

Volume 1
KHM 1: The Frog King, or Iron Heinrich (Der Froschkönig oder der eiserne Heinrich)
KHM 2: Cat and Mouse in Partnership (Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft)
KHM 3: Mary's Child (Marienkind)
KHM 4: The Story of the Youth Who Went Forth to Learn What Fear Was (Märchen von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu lernen)
KHM 5: The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids (Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Geißlein)
KHM 6: Trusty John or Faithful John (Der treue Johannes)
KHM 7: The Good Bargain (Der gute Handel)
KHM 8: The Wonderful Musician or The Strange Musician (Der wunderliche Spielmann)
KHM 9: The Twelve Brothers (Die zwölf Brüder)
KHM 10: The Pack of Ragamuffins (Das Lumpengesindel)
KHM 11: Brother and Sister (Brüderchen und Schwesterchen)
KHM 12: Rapunzel
KHM 13: The Three Little Men in the Wood (Die drei Männlein im Walde)
KHM 14: The Three Spinners (Die drei Spinnerinnen)
KHM 15: Hansel and Gretel (Hänsel und Gretel)
KHM 16: The Three Snake-Leaves (Die drei Schlangenblätter)
KHM 17: The White Snake (Die weiße Schlange)
KHM 18: The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean (Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne)
KHM 19: The Fisherman and His Wife (Von dem Fischer und seiner Frau)
KHM 20: The Valiant Little Tailor (Das tapfere Schneiderlein)
KHM 21: Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
KHM 22: The Riddle (Das Rätsel)
KHM 23: The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage (Von dem Mäuschen, Vögelchen und der Bratwurst)
KHM 24: Mother Hulda (Frau Holle)
KHM 25: The Seven Ravens (Die sieben Raben)
KHM 26: Little Red Cap (Rotkäppchen)
KHM 27: Town Musicians of Bremen (Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten)
KHM 28: The Singing Bone (Der singende Knochen)
KHM 29: The Devil With the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren)
KHM 30: The Louse and the Flea (Läuschen und Flöhchen)
KHM 31: The Girl Without Hands (Das Mädchen ohne Hände)
KHM 32: Clever Hans (Der gescheite Hans)
KHM 33: The Three Languages (Die drei Sprachen)
KHM 34: Clever Elsie (Die kluge Else)
KHM 35: The Tailor in Heaven (Der Schneider im Himmel)
KHM 36: The Wishing-Table, the Gold-***, and the Cudgel in the Sack ("Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Knüppel aus dem Sack" also known as "Tischlein, deck dich!")
KHM 37: Thumbling (Daumling) (see also Tom Thumb)
KHM 38: The Wedding of Mrs. Fox (Die Hochzeit der Frau Füchsin)
KHM 39: The Elves (Die Wichtelmänner)
The Elves and the Shoemaker (Erstes Märchen)
Second Story (Zweites Märchen)
Third Story (Drittes Märchen)
KHM 40: The Robber Bridegroom (Der Räuberbräutigam)
KHM 41: Herr Korbes
KHM 42: The Godfather (Der Herr Gevatter)
KHM 43: Frau Trude
KHM 44: Godfather Death (Der Gevatter Tod)
KHM 45: Thumbling's Travels (see also Tom Thumb) (Daumerlings Wanderschaft)
KHM 46: Fitcher's Bird (Fitchers Vogel)
KHM 47: The Juniper Tree (Von dem Machandelboom)
KHM 48: Old Sultan (Der alte Sultan)
KHM 49: The Six Swans (Die sechs Schwäne)

KHM 50: Little Briar-Rose (see also Sleeping Beauty) (Dornröschen)
KHM 51: Foundling-Bird (Fundevogel)
KHM 52: King Thrushbeard (König Drosselbart)
KHM 53: Little Snow White (Sneewittchen)
KHM 54: The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn (Der Ranzen, das Hütlein und das Hörnlein)
KHM 55: Rumpelstiltskin (Rumpelstilzchen)
KHM 56: Sweetheart Roland (Der Liebste Roland)
KHM 57: The Golden Bird (Der goldene Vogel)
KHM 58: The Dog and the Sparrow (Der Hund und der Sperling)
KHM 59: Frederick and Catherine (Der Frieder und das Katherlieschen)
KHM 60: The Two Brothers (Die zwei Brüder)
KHM 61: The Little Peasant (Das Bürle)
KHM 62: The Queen Bee (Die Bienenkönigin)
KHM 63: The Three Feathers (Die drei Federn)
KHM 64: Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans)
KHM 65: All-Kinds-of-Fur (Allerleirauh)
KHM 66: The Hare's Bride (Häschenbraut)
KHM 67: The Twelve Huntsmen (Die zwölf Jäger)
KHM 68: The Thief and His Master (De Gaudeif un sien Meester)
KHM 69: Jorinde and Joringel (Jorinde und Joringel)
KHM 70: The Three Sons of Fortune (Die drei Glückskinder)
KHM 71: How Six Men got on in the World (Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt)
KHM 72: The Wolf and the Man (Der Wolf und der Mensch)
KHM 73: The Wolf and the Fox (Der Wolf und der Fuchs)
KHM 74: Gossip Wolf and the Fox (Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin)
KHM 75: The Fox and the Cat (Der Fuchs und die Katze)
KHM 76: The Pink (Die Nelke)
KHM 77: Clever Gretel (Die kluge Gretel)
KHM 78: The Old Man and his Grandson (Der alte Großvater und der Enkel)
KHM 79: The Water Nixie (Die Wassernixe)
KHM 80: The Death of the Little Hen (Von dem Tode des Hühnchens)
KHM 81: Brother Lustig (Bruder Lustig)
KHM 82: Gambling Hansel (De Spielhansl)
KHM 83: Hans in Luck (Hans im Glück)
KHM 84: Hans Married (Hans heiratet)
KHM 85: The Gold-Children (Die Goldkinder)
KHM 86: The Fox and the Geese (Der Fuchs und die Gänse)

Volume 2
KHM 87: The Poor Man and the Rich Man (Der Arme und der Reiche)
KHM 88: The Singing, Springing Lark (Das singende springende Löweneckerchen)
KHM 89: The Goose Girl (Die Gänsemagd)
KHM 90: The Young Giant (Der junge Riese)
KHM 91: The Gnome (Dat Erdmänneken)
KHM 92: The King of the Gold Mountain (Der König vom goldenen Berg)
KHM 93: The Raven (Die Raben)
KHM 94: The Peasant's Wise Daughter (Die kluge Bauerntochter)
KHM 95: Old Hildebrand (Der alte Hildebrand)
KHM 96: The Three Little Birds (De drei Vügelkens)
KHM 97: The Water of Life (Das Wasser des Lebens)
KHM 98: Doctor Know-all (Doktor Allwissend)
KHM 99: The Spirit in the Bottle (Der Geist im Glas)
KHM 100: The Devil's Sooty Brother (Des Teufels rußiger Bruder)
KHM 101: Bearskin (Bärenhäuter)
KHM 102: The Willow-Wren and the Bear (Der Zaunkönig und der Bär)
KHM 103: Sweet Porridge (Der süße Brei)
KHM 104: Wise Folks (Die klugen Leute)
KHM 105: Tales of the Paddock (Märchen von der Unke)
KHM 106: The Poor Miller's Boy and the Cat (Der arme Müllersbursch und das Kätzchen)
KHM 107: The Two Travelers (Die beiden Wanderer)
KHM 108: Hans My Hedgehog (Hans mein Igel)
KHM 109: The Shroud (Das Totenhemdchen)
KHM 110: The Jew Among Thorns (Der Jude im Dorn)
KHM 111: The Skillful Huntsman (Der gelernte Jäger)
KHM 112: The Flail from Heaven (Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel)
KHM 113: The Two Kings' Children (Die beiden Königskinder)
KHM 114: The Clever Little Tailor (vom klugen Schneiderlein)
KHM 115: The Bright Sun Brings it to Light (Die klare Sonne bringt's an den Tag)
KHM 116: The Blue Light (Das blaue Licht)
KHM 117: The Willful Child (Das eigensinnige Kind)
KHM 118: The Three Army Surgeons (Die drei Feldscherer)
KHM 119: The Seven Swabians (Die sieben Schwaben)
KHM 120: The Three Apprentices (Die drei Handwerksburschen)
KHM 121: The King's Son Who Feared Nothing (Der Königssohn, der sich vor nichts fürchtete)
KHM 122: Donkey Cabbages (Der Krautesel)
KHM 123: The Old Woman in the Wood (Die alte im Wald)
KHM 124: The Three Brothers (Die drei Brüder)
KHM 125: The Devil and His Grandmother (Der Teufel und seine Großmutter)
KHM 126: Ferdinand the Faithful and Ferdinand the Unfaithful (Ferenand getrü und Ferenand ungetrü)
KHM 127: The Iron Stove (Der Eisenofen)
KHM 128: The Lazy Spinner (Die faule Spinnerin)
KHM 129: The Four Skillful Brothers (Die vier kunstreichen Brüder)
KHM 130: One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes (Einäuglein, Zweiäuglein und Dreiäuglein)
KHM 131: Fair Katrinelje and Pif-Paf-Poltrie (Die schöne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie)
KHM 132: The Fox and the Horse (Der Fuchs und das Pferd)
KHM 133: The Shoes that were Danced to Pieces (Die zertanzten Schuhe)
KHM 134: The Six Servants (Die sechs Diener)
KHM 135: The White and the Black Bride (Die weiße und die schwarze Braut)
KHM 136: Iron John (Eisenhans)
KHM 137: The Three Black Princesses (De drei schwatten Prinzessinnen)
KHM 138: Knoist and his Three Sons (Knoist un sine dre Sühne)
KHM 139: The Maid of Brakel (Dat Mäken von Brakel)
KHM 140: My Household (Das Hausgesinde)
KHM 141: The Lambkin and the Little Fish (Das Lämmchen und das Fischchen)
KHM 142: Simeli Mountain (Simeliberg)
KHM 143: Going a Traveling (Up Reisen gohn) appeared in the 1819 edition
KHM 143 in the 1812/1815 edition was Die Kinder in Hungersnot (the starving children)
KHM 144: The Donkey (Das Eselein)
KHM 145: The Ungrateful Son (Der undankbare Sohn)
KHM 146: The Turnip (Die Rübe)
KHM 147: The Old Man Made Young Again (Das junggeglühte Männlein)
KHM 148: The Lord's Animals and the Devil's (Des Herrn und des Teufels Getier)
KHM 149: The Beam (Der Hahnenbalken)
KHM 150: The Old Beggar-Woman (Die alte Bettelfrau)
KHM 151: The Twelve Idle Servants (Die zwölf faulen Knechte)
KHM 151: The Three Sluggards (Die drei Faulen)
KHM 152: The Shepherd Boy (Das Hirtenbüblein)
KHM 153: The Star Money (Die Sterntaler)
KHM 154: The Stolen Farthings (Der gestohlene Heller)
KHM 155: Looking for a Bride (Die Brautschau)
KHM 156: The Hurds (Die Schlickerlinge)
KHM 157: The Sparrow and his Four Children (Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder)
KHM 158: The Story of Schlauraffen Land (Das Märchen vom Schlaraffenland)
KHM 159: The Ditmars Tale of Wonders (Das dietmarsische Lügenmärchen)
KHM 160: A Riddling Tale (Rätselmärchen)
KHM 161: Snow-White and Rose-Red (Schneeweißchen und Rosenrot)
KHM 162: The Wise Servant (Der kluge Knecht)
KHM 163: The Glass Coffin (Der gläserne Sarg)
KHM 164: Lazy Henry (Der faule Heinz)
KHM 165: The Griffin (Der Vogel Greif)
KHM 166: Strong Hans (Der starke Hans)
KHM 167: The Peasant in Heaven (Das Bürli im Himmel)
KHM 168: Lean Lisa (Die hagere Liese)
KHM 169: The Hut in the Forest (Das Waldhaus)
KHM 170: Sharing Joy and Sorrow (Lieb und Leid teilen)
KHM 171: The Willow-Worn (Der Zaunkönig)
KHM 172: The Sole (Die Scholle)
KHM 173: The Bittern and the Hoopoe (Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf)
KHM 174: The Owl (Die Eule)
KHM 175: The Moon (Der Mond)
KHM 176: The Duration of Life (Die Lebenszeit)
KHM 177: Death's Messengers (Die Boten des Todes)
KHM 178: Master Pfreim (Meister Pfriem)
KHM 179: The Goose-Girl at the Well (Die Gänsehirtin am Brunnen)
KHM 180: Eve's Various Children (Die ungleichen Kinder Evas)
KHM 181: The Nixie of the Mill-Pond (Die Nixe im Teich)
KHM 182: The Little Folk's Presents (Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes)
KHM 183: The Giant and the Tailor (Der Riese und der Schneider)
KHM 184: The Nail (Der Nagel)
KHM 185: The Poor Boy in the Grave (Der arme Junge im Grab)
KHM 186: The True Bride (Die wahre Braut)
KHM 187: The Hare and the Hedgehog (Der Hase und der Igel)
KHM 188: Spindle, Shuttle, and Needle (Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel)
KHM 189: The Peasant and the Devil (Der Bauer und der Teufel)
KHM 190: The Crumbs on the Table (Die Brosamen auf dem Tisch)
KHM 191: The Sea-Hare (Das Meerhäschen)
KHM 192: The Master Thief (Der Meisterdieb)
KHM 193: The Drummer (Der Trommler)
KHM 194: The Ear of Corn (Die Kornähre)
KHM 195: The Grave-Mound (Der Grabhügel)
KHM 196: Old Rinkrank (Oll Rinkrank)
KHM 197: The Crystal Ball (Die Kristallkugel)
KHM 198: Maid Maleen (Jungfrau Maleen)
KHM 199: The Boots of Buffalo Leather (Der Stiefel von Büffelleder)
KHM 200: The Golden Key (Der goldene Schlüssel)

Children's Legends Volume
KHM 201: Saint Joseph in the Forest (Der heilige Joseph im Walde)
KHM 202: The Twelve Apostles (Die zwölf Apostel)
KHM 203: The Rose (Die Rose)
KHM 204: Poverty and Humility Lead to Heaven (Armut und Demut führen zum Himmel)
KHM 205: God's Food (Gottes Speise)
KHM 206: The Three Green Twigs (Die drei grünen Zweige)
KHM 207: The Blessed Virgin's Little Glass (Muttergottesgläschen) or Our Lady's Little Glass
KHM 208: The Little Old Lady (Das alte Mütterchen) or The Aged Mother
KHM 209: The Heavenly Marriage (Die himmlische Hochzeit) or The Heavenly Wedding
KHM 210: The Hazel Branch (Die Haselrute)

No longer included in final volumes
Das Birnli will nit fallen
Blaubart (Bluebeard)
Die drei Schwestern (The Three Sisters)
Die Prinzessin auf der Erbse (Princess and the Pea)
Der Faule und der Fleißige (The sluggard and the diligent)
Der gestiefelte Kater (Puss in Boots)
Der gute Lappen (Fragment) (The good rag)
Die Hand mit dem Messer (The hand with the knife)
Hans Dumm
Die heilige Frau Kummernis (The holy woman Kummernis)
Hurleburlebutz
Die Krähen (The Crows)
Der Löwe und der Frosch (The Lion and the Frog)
Das Mörderschloss (The Murder Castle)
Der Okerlo (The Okerlo)
Prinzessin Mäusehaut (Princess Mouse Skin)
Der Räuber und seine Söhne (The Robber and His Sons)
Schneeblume (Snow Flowers)
Der Soldat und der Schreiner (The Soldier and the Carpenter)
Der Tod und der Gänsehirt (Death and the Goose herder)
Die treuen Tiere (The faithful animals)
Das Unglück (The Accident)
Vom Prinz Johannes (Fragment) (Of Prince Johannes)
Vom Schreiner und Drechsler (From the Maker and Turner)
Von der Nachtigall und der Blindschleiche (The nightingale and the slow worm)
Von der Serviette, dem Tornister, dem Kanonenhütlein und dem Horn (Of the napkin, the knapsack, the Cannon guarding flax, and the Horn)
Wie Kinder miteinander Schlachten gespielt haben (How children played slaughter with each other)
Der wilde Mann (The Wild Man)
Die wunderliche Gasterei (The strange Inn)
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Native American On the shores of a wide bay on the Atlantic coast there dwelt in old times a great Indian warrior. It was said that he had been one of Glooskap's best helpers and friends, and that he had done for him many wonderful deeds. But that, no man knows. He had, however, a very wonderful and strange power; he could make himself invisible; he could thus mingle unseen with his enemies and listen to their plots. He was known among the people as Strong Wind, the Invisible. He dwelt with his sister in a tent near the sea, and his sister helped him greatly in his work. Many maidens would have been glad to marry him, and he was much sought after because of his mighty deeds; and it was known that Strong Wind would marry the first maiden who could see him as he came home at night. Many made the trial, but it was a long time before one succeeded.

Strong Wind used a clever trick to test the truthfulness of all who sought to win him. Each evening as the day went down, his sister walked on the beach with any girl who wished to make the trial. His sister could always see him, but no one else could see him. And as he came home from work in the twilight, his sister as she saw him drawing near would ask the girl who sought him, "Do you see him?"

And each girl would falsely answer "Yes."

And his sister would ask, "With what does he draw his sled?"

And each girl would answer, "With the hide of a moose," or "With a pole," or "With a great cord."

And then his sister would know that they all had lied, for their answers were mere guesses. And many tried and lied and failed, for Strong Wind would not marry any who were untruthful.

There lived in the village a great chief who had three daughters. Their mother had long been dead. One of these was much younger than the others. She was very beautiful and gentle and well beloved by all, and for that reason her older sisters were very jealous of her charms and treated her very cruelly. They clothed her in rags that she might be ugly; and they cut off her long black hair; and they burned her face with coals from the fire that she might be scarred and disfigured. And they lied to their father, telling him that she had done these things herself. But the young girl was patient and kept her gentle heart and went gladly about her work.

Like other girls, the chief's two eldest daughters tried to win Strong Wind. One evening, as the day went down, they walked on the shore with Strong Wind's sister and waited for his coming. Soon he came home from his day's work, drawing his sled. And his sister asked as usual, "Do you see him?"

And each one, lying, answered "Yes."

And she asked, "Of what is his shoulder strap made?"

And each, guessing, said "Of rawhide."

Then they entered the tent where they hoped to see Strong Wind eating his supper; and when he took off his coat and his moccasins they could see them, but more than these they saw nothing. And Strong Wind knew that they had lied, and he kept himself from their sight, and they went home dismayed.

One day the chief's youngest daughter with her rags and her burnt face resolved to seek Strong Wind. She patched her clothes with bits of birch bark from the trees, and put on the few little ornaments she possessed, and went forth to try to see the Invisible One as all the other girls of the village had done before. And her sisters laughed at her and called her "fool"; and as she passed along the road all the people laughed at her because of her tattered frock and her burnt face, but silently she went her way.

Strong Wind's sister received the little girl kindly, and at twilight she took her to the beach. Soon Strong Wind came home drawing his sled. And his sister asked, "Do you see him?"

And the girl answered "No," and his sister wondered greatly because she spoke the truth.

And again she asked, "Do you see him now?"

And the girl answered, "Yes, and he is very wonderful."

And she asked, "With what does he draw his sled?"

And the girl answered, "With the Rainbow," and she was much afraid.

And she asked further, "Of what is his bowstring?"

And the girl answered, "His bowstring is the Milky Way."

Then Strong Wind's sister knew that because the girl had spoken the truth at first her brother had made himself visible to her. And she said, "Truly, you have seen him." And she took her home and bathed her, and all the scars disappeared from her face and body; and her hair grew long and black again like the raven's wing; and she gave her fine clothes to wear and many rich ornaments. Then she bade her take the wife's seat in the tent.

Soon Strong Wind entered and sat beside her, and called her his bride. The very next day she became his wife, and ever afterwards she helped him to do great deeds.

The girl's two elder sisters were very cross and they wondered greatly at what had taken place. But Strong Wind, who knew of their cruelty, resolved to punish them. Using his great power, he changed them both into aspen trees and rooted them in the earth. And since that day the leaves of the aspen have always trembled, and they shiver in fear at the approach of Strong Wind, it matters not how softly he comes, for they are still mindful of his great power and anger because of their lies and their cruelty to their sister long ago.

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