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&quot;The Three Little Men in the Wood" or «The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest» is a German fairy tale collected in 1812 by the Brothers Grimm.
A woman offers her hand in marriage to a widower: in return, her daughter would wash and drink water, and the man&apos;s would wash with milk and drink wine. After performing a test to determine his choice, he marries the woman, who keeps her word. However, by the second day of marriage, both daughters bathe and wash with water. By the third, the man&apos;s daughter washes with and drinks water, while the woman&apos;s daughter drinks wine and washes with milk. It remains this way afterwards, because the woman secretly hates her step-daughter due to her being prettier than her own…

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The Three Little Men in the Wood (Unabridged)

Rapunzel is a beautiful, young girl who was stolen by a witch as a baby. To keep her from her parents, the witch locks her in a tower without any stairs or even a door. Her only connection to the outside world is the witch who climbs up and down the tower using Rapunzel&amp;#39;s incredible, long hair. But one day, a handsome prince is lured to the tower by the sounds of Rapunzel&amp;#39;s singing and he decides to try climbing her hair, himself.

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Rapunzel - Abel Classics: fairytales and fables

&quot;Oh, If I Could But Shiver!" is a German folktale collected by the Brothers Grimm. It is tale number 4 in the collection. It was also included by Andrew Lang in The Blue Fairy Book (1889).&#160;– The Grimms&apos; first, 1812 edition contained a much shorter version, «Good Bowling and Card Playing».&#160;– It is classified as its own Aarne-Thompson index type 326 of a male protagonist&apos;s unsuccessful attempts to learn fear, which eventually leads to his awareness of mortality.
A father had two sons. The younger, when asked by his father what he would like to learn to support himself, said he would like to learn to shudder. A sexton told the father that he could teach the boy. After teaching him to ring the church bell, he sent him one midnight to ring it and came after him, dressed as a ghost. The boy demanded an explanation. When the sexton did not answer, the boy, unafraid, pushed him down the stairs, breaking his leg…

Oh, If I Could but Shiver! (Unabridged)

&quot;Hansel and Gretel" (also known as Hansel and Grettel, Hansel and Grethel, or Little Brother and Little Sister / German: Hänsel und Gretel) is a well-known fairy tale of German origin, recorded by the Brothers Grimm and published in 1812. Hansel and Gretel are a young brother and sister kidnapped by a cannibalistic witch living deep in the forest in a house constructed of cake and confectionery. The two children escape with their lives by outwitting her.
Hansel and Gretel are the young children of a poor woodcutter. When a great famine settles over the land, the woodcutter&apos;s second, abusive wife decides to take the children into the woods and leave them there to fend for themselves, so that she and her husband do not starve to death, because the kids eat too much. The woodcutter opposes the plan but finally, and reluctantly, submits to his wife&apos;s scheme. They were unaware that in the children&apos;s bedroom, Hansel and Gretel have overheard them. After the parents have gone to bed, Hansel sneaks out of the house and gathers as many white pebbles as he can, then returns to his room, reassuring Gretel that God will not forsake them…

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Hansel and Gretel (Unabridged)

&quot;Rumpelstiltskin" is a fairytale popularly associated with Germany (where he is known as Rumpelstilzchen). The tale was one collected by the Brothers Grimm in the 1812 edition of Children&apos;s and Household Tales.
In order to appear superior, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold (some versions make the miller&apos;s daughter blonde and describe the «straw-into-gold» claim as a careless boast the miller makes about the way his daughter&apos;s straw-like blond hair takes on a gold-like lustre when sunshine strikes it). The king calls for the girl, shuts her in a tower room filled with straw and a spinning wheel, and demands she spin the straw into gold by morning or he will cut off her head (other versions have the king threatening to lock her up in a dungeon forever)…

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Rumpelstiltskin (Unabridged)

&quot;Little Red Cap" is a European fairy tale about a young girl and a Big Bad Wolf. Its origins can be traced back to the 10th century by several European folk tales, including one from Italy called The False Grandmother, later written among others by Italo Calvino in the Italian Folktales collection; the best known versions were written by Charles Perrault and the Brothers Grimm. The story has been changed considerably in various retellings and subjected to numerous modern adaptations and readings.
The story revolves around a girl called Little Red Cap. In Grimms&apos; versions of the tale, she is named after her magical red hooded cape/cloak that she wears. The girl walks through the woods to deliver food to her sickly grandmother (wine and cake depending on the translation). In the Grimms&apos; version, her mother had ordered her to stay strictly on the path.

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Little Red Cap (Unabridged)

&quot;Mother Holle" is a German fairy tale that comes from the book «Children&apos;s and Household Tales» collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. Mother Holle is the 24th story in the first volume of the book published in 1812 as part of Children&apos;s and Household Tales.
A rich widow lives with her daughter and her stepdaughter. The widow favored her younger biological daughter allowing her to become spoiled and idle while her older stepdaughter was left to do all the work. Every day the stepdaughter would sit outside the cottage and spin beside the well…

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Mother Holle (Unabridged)

&quot;Dummling and the Three Feathers": Once upon a time there lived a King who had three sons; the two elder were learned and bright, but the youngest said very little and appeared somewhat foolish, so he was always known as Dummling.&#160;– When the King grew old and feeble, feeling that he was nearing his end, he wished to leave the crown to one of his three sons, but could not decide to which. He thereupon settled that they should travel, and that the one who could obtain the most splendid carpet should ascend the throne when he died…

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Dummling and the Three Feathers (Unabridged)

&quot;Snow-White and Rose-Red" is a German fairy tale. The best-known version is the one collected by the Brothers Grimm as tale number 161.
Snow-White and Rose-Red are two little girls living with their mother, a poor widow, in a small cottage by the woods. Fair-haired Snow-White is quiet and shy and prefers to spend her time indoors, doing housework and reading. Dark-haired Rose-Red is outspoken, lively and cheerful, and prefers to be outside. They are both very good little girls who love each other and their mother dearly, and their mother is very fond of them as well…

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Snow-White and Rose-Red (Unabridged)

An evil queen can&amp;#39;t stand that she&amp;#39;s only the second most beautiful person in her kingdom. Her magic mirror tells her that her step-daughter, Snow White, is even more beautiful, so the queen orders a huntsman to take Snow White away and kill her. Unable to go through with it, he lets her escape, but what will she do now? Thankfully, she makes friends with seven dwarfs who might be able to help.

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Snow White - Abel Classics: fairytales and fables

&quot;Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes, and Three-Eyes" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 130.
A woman had three daughters: The eldest had one eye in the middle of her forehead, the second had two eyes like ordinary people, the third had three eyes; two on the sides of her head and a third in the middle of her forehead. Her mother and sisters scorned Little Two Eyes because she was like other people and treated her badly, leaving her only their leftovers to eat…

Little One-Eye, Two-Eyes and Three-Eyes (Unabridged)

&quot;Frederick and Catherine" (also called «Freddy and Katy Lizzy») is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm in Grimm&apos;s Fairy Tales, number 59.
Frederick and Catherine were husband and wife. He left to do his work. She started to fry a sausage and thought she could get a beer while it cooked. In the cellar, drawing it, she realized the dog was loose and might eat the sausage, but the dog had already done so, and she chased it but could not catch it. Meanwhile, the keg of beer emptied itself into the cellar. To hide this, she used flour she bought at a fair to dry it. Frederick was furious hearing this…

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Catherine and Frederick (Unabridged)

There lived a tailor who had only one son, and he was extremely small, not any larger than your thumb, and so was called Tom Thumb.&#160;– However, he was a courageous little fellow, and he told his father, «Father, I am determined to go into the world to seek my fortune.» – «Very well, my son,» answered the old man, and taking a big darning needle, he made a top to it of sealing wax, and gave it to Tom Thumb, saying: «There is a sword for you to use to defend yourself on your journeyings.»

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The Travels of Tom Thumb (Ungekürzt)

&quot;Faithful John" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 6.
In some variants, a king on his deathbed orders his servant, Trusty John, not to let his son see a certain room, which holds a portrait of a princess.&#160;– In all variants, when the new king comes to power, he forces his way into the room. Instantly, he falls in love with the princess. In Joseph Jacobs&apos;s version, her country had been at war with his, and the portrait stems from betrothal negotiations that had fallen through; but in all versions, the king does not know how to win her. Trusty John tells him to prepare a ship with all manner of rich treasure, and then either sails with it himself, or has the king sail with him, to her country. The princess is lured aboard by the goods, and the ship sets sail, carrying her off…

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Faithful John (Unabridged)

&quot;The Frog Prince" or «Iron Henry» is a fairy tale, best known through the Brothers Grimm&apos;s written version; traditionally it is the first story in their collection.&#160;– Although the story is best known today through the Grimm Brothers&apos; rendition of it, parts of it may extend back until at least Roman times; a version of the story is apparently referred to in Petronius&apos;s Satyricon, in which the character Trimalchio remarks that, «qui fuit rana nunc est rex» («The man who was once a frog is now a king.»). Other scholars, however, argue that this may actually be a jab at the emperor Nero, who was often mockingly compared to a frog.
In the tale, a spoiled princess reluctantly befriends the Frog Prince (meeting him after dropping a gold ball into a pond), who magically transforms into a handsome prince. Although in modern versions the transformation is invariably triggered by the princess kissing the frog, in the original Grimm version of the story the frog&apos;s spell was broken when
the princess threw it against a wall in disgust…

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The Frog Prince (Unabridged)

&quot;The Water of Life" is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 97.
A king was dying. An old man told his sons that the water of life would save him. Each one set out in turn. The two older ones, setting out in hopes of being the heir, were rude to a dwarf on the way and became trapped in ravines. When the youngest son went the dwarf asked where he was going, and he told him. The dwarf told him it was in a castle, and gave him an iron wand to open the gates and two loaves to feed to the lions inside. Then he had to get the water before the clock struck 12 when the gates would shut again…

The Water of Life (Unabridged)

Uma rainha má não suporta que ela é apenas a segunda pessoa mais bela de seu reino. Seu espelho mágico lhe diz que sua enteada, Branca de Neve, é ainda mais bonita, por isso a rainha ordena que um caçador a leve e a mate. Incapaz de fazer isso, ele a deixa escapar, mas o que ela vai fazer agora? Felizmente, ela faz amizade com sete anões que podem ser capazes de ajudar.