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The Hen and the Little Girl In a country home, a mother hen and her cute chicks were living happily.A little girl came to visit the country home, but was very bored.One night, the girl went into the chicken house.As soon as she went in, there was disorder.Here and there cries of the chickens could be heard.The father, who was inside, woke up.“What's going on? Why are you bothering the chickens?” “Because I'm bored.” “You have to sleep now, go inside.” The girl went into the chicken house, again, the next day.There was a racket again, as the chickens were frightened.The moon in the night sky was worried.This time, the little girl's father will not be forgiving.Finally, the sleeping father woke up.“Why are the chickens crying? By chance” The father was angry and came out to the yard.“What's wrong with you? Is it okay to bother animals that can't talk? You need to be punished.” When the little girl saw her father's angry face, she began to cry.“It is true that I bothered the chickens, but I was bored yesterday.But today I went in to apologize to the chickens.I was going to hug the chickens.” When the father heard what his daughter said, a smile quickly appeared on his face.“You are truly my daughter.” The father praised his daughter.He was proud of his daughter that knew how to apologize.The moon in the sky gave a big laugh, too.The Mermaid Prince In the deep, sea palace, there lived a mermaid prince.Whenever she sang a song with her beautiful voice, everyone envied her.However, the mermaid prince wanted to go to the outside world.“I would like to hear the beautiful sound of birds.”The king promised her.“When you turn 15 years old, you can go and see the life above the sea.” “Oh, I can't wait!Finally, it was the mermaid prince' 15th birthday.She went up to the sea.The prince saw a great ship.And she saw a handsome prince standing on the ship.The prince fell in love with him at first sight.However, as thunder and lightning struck, the ship sank on its side.The prince lost his consciousne and fell deep into the sea.”Oh, no!The prince fell into the water.Let me hurry and save him.“ The prince saved the prince and laid him on the sand.The prince took care of him all night.When the prince opened his eyes, the mermaid prince hid from him.She thought he might get scared by her tail.Just then, a prince from a neighbor land came out to see the sea and she saw the prince.The prince watched from a far the prince who always came out to the sea at night.The prince was very sad.She wanted to become a human so that she could be with the prince.She asked the witch.”Okay, I will make you into a human, but you must give me your beautiful voice.If the prince marries someone else, you will become a water bubble.You must marry the prince.“ On the sand, she drank the medicine that the witch had given her.With the big sudden pain, she turned into a human.Just then, the prince who came out to the sea saw the prince.The prince took the prince who could not speak, to his palace.Although she could not speak, she was happy to be living near the prince.The prince was going to be married to a prince from a neighbor land.”I will be marrying the prince that saved my life.“ 'I am the one that saved your life.' But, her voice could not be heard.At night, the mermaid prince' older sisters came up to the sea.They gave the mermaid prince a knife and said, ”If you stab the prince with this knife, you can be a mermaid again.If you don't, you will become a water bubble.“ On the night of the wedding, the mermaid prince was going to stab the sleeping prince with the knife.But, she could not kill the loving prince.”It's best that I just turn into a water bubble.“When morning came, the mermaid turned into a water bubble and went up to heaven.The Naked King

my sister?” He drew his sword and cut the young man and buried him under a linden-tree.“He is gone forever now, and he will forget my sister.How dare the poor little boy want to marry my sister? It is common to die during a trip, so nobody will suspect me of murdering him.” The brother brushed up his clothes and disappeared.The elf woke up and found she was in the middle of a dark forest.“Oh my!The forest is moving!” But it was not a forest.It was the hair of the young lady's brother.She shivered with fear and anger.When they got in the house, the young lady from the garden was crying.The man looked at his sister and gave her a chilly smile, and went to bed.“Oh my lover, my dear fiance, please come back safely.” She sobbed sadly and fell asleep.The elf sat down quietly spreading her wings and told the young lady what she saw that day.“What I am trying to say now is not a dream.If you dig under the linden-tree in the garden, you will find your fiance.It is your brother who killed him.” The beautiful young lady woke up.She secretly went out of her room and dug under the linden-tree as the elf had said.Her lover was lying in the ground, cold dead.She cried out sadly and killed herself right next to her fiance.After some time paed, a flower called, 'Jasmine' came into bloom at the place where the two lovers had died.The Jasmine had big white flowers on the branch and had a sweet smell.Incidentally, the young lady's brother was walking down the road and he pulled off a branch of the jasmine and put it near his bedside.When night fell, two bees with poison stingers came out of the jasmine flowers and bit the brother's ears and mouth, and then they vanished.The Ugly Duckling A mother duck was brooding on her eggs near the margin of a pond.A flock of lovely baby ducks was soon born, making sweet peeping sounds when the eggs were broken.But one egg remained unbroken.“It is strange.Why has this egg not broken?” The mother duck continued her brooding.At last, the egg was broken and a baby duck was born.However that baby duck was very ugly compared to the other baby ducks.The mother duck was worried, but still she took the baby ducks near the water and taught them how to swim.The ugly duckling also swam with his brothers and sisters, moving his legs eagerly.“It is lucky though.That baby swims well.” Still his brothers pecked at the ugly duckling with their bills.“How hideous this baby duck is.We don't want to see you.Go to a cat.” His brothers gave a very hard time to the poor duckling.“Stop it, don't do that!” The mother duck sighed and said, “Ah!I wish that this baby could live happily at another place.” The baby duck heard what his mother said and dropped tears of sorrow saying, “Mom, I will leave.Good-bye.” The ugly duckling left his nest beyond the pond.When he entered the forest, other birds were frightened by the baby duck and ran away.“Why do they run away? Is it because I am so awful?” The baby duck became sadder and plodded along the field.Near the water beside the field, two wild ducks were playing around.“Yah, what is that ugly duck? Let's make fun of him.” The two wild ducks flew up in the air and threw stones at the baby duck.“Bang!Bang!” At that time, a hunter shot his gun.The two wild ducks fell down dead to the ground.“Uh? What is this small bird?” The hunter took home the awkward little baby duck along with the two wild ducks.“Dad, what is this poor-looking bird?” “I took it with me in order to give it to you, my son.It was trembling with fear in the water.” The children gave a hard time to the baby duck by pulling its wings and tail.“That hurts!Ow!” The baby duck spilled a jug of milk while running away from the cruel hands of the children.The dishes on the table were also broken.The angry hunter sent out the baby duck with a flourish of his broomstick.And so the after being cast out from the house of the hunter, the ugly duckling spent a long and cold winter alone.Finally spring came.The baby duck had a good stretch and flew up in the air vigorously.“Uh!I am flying!” Upon the lake, a flock of white and pretty swans were playing around while swimming.“They are indeed pretty birds.” The baby duck became sad.“Those birds may not like me as I am so ugly.” The baby duck tried to run away from the group of beautiful swans.“Hi!Where are you going? Come and play around with us!” The baby duck approached the swans hesitatingly.At that moment, the baby duck saw his own appearance reflected to the

The brothers were trapped under the spell of the wicked Queen, and were forced to become swans and fly around to look for something to eat during the day.Elisa prayed earnestly, “Dear God, please release the magic curse from my brothers.” In her dreams that night, a fairy appeared and said, “Make mantles for your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles.However, you should not speak at all until those mantles are made completely.” The Princes thought that Elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had become strange.One day, a Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting Prince when he was out hunting.The Prince took Elisa to his palace saying to himself, “She is a really beautiful lady.I am going to make her happy.” But Elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly.At nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all used up.Elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the Prince.The Prince said, “You dared to go to a grave at night? You must be a witch.Take this witch and burn her at the stake!” Prince Elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned.Prince Elisa continued knitting without taking rest even in the prison.Prince Elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a cart going to the burning place.The villagers threw stones at her while shouting, “That witch is still knitting.Burn her at the stake!” At that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in.Prince Elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans.Only then, Prince Elisa opened her mouth.“I now can speak.I am not a witch.” They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes.The Prince told the Prince what had happened up to that time.Thereafter, the Prince and Prince Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.The Unwise Hans In the countryside, there lived three brothers.The first and second brothers were very wise.But the third was not very wise.People called him unwise Hans.All three of the brothers wanted to marry the prince.The prince had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land.“We only have one week.” So in order to marry the prince, they hurried off on their way.The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons.The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse.But, no horse was given to Hans.The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.The older brothers laughed at Hans.Still, Hans left with his brothers.After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road.“Brothers, look at this.” “What are you going to do with that?” “I'm going to give it to the prince.” The brothers continued to laugh at Hans.As Hans was going along the road, besides the crow, he picked up an old wooden clog and good quality mud.The older brothers no longer paid attention to Hans' strange behavior and hurried off on their horses reaching the castle before Hans.In front of the castle there stood the prince and many people who wanted to marry her.However, all the people who went inside of the prince' room came out stuttering and muttering quietly to themselves.Finally the first brother went in.“You're not right.Please go.” The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized.So, he could not say one word.Next the second brother went in.The prince told him to leave, as well.The second brother could not understand the prince’ question.Hans was the last person to go in.“The room is hot.” “The rooster is being roasted.” “Then roast my crow, as well, please.” “What should we do? There is no plate.” “Here it is.” Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden.The prince made a smile on her face.“Then where can we get the sauce?” Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too.“Ha, Ha, Ha-this is really fun.” The unwise Hans gave the prince the wisest answers.That's how the prince and the unwise Hans got married.The unwise Hans became the king of that land.Thumbelina

“Put up a statue in the church!” Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there.However, the ministers could not do that.“ Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater.” The terrible king was becoming angry.It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world.Then the king was angry.“What!He is greater? Then I will defeat God.” In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God.That's why he ordered that a magnificent ship be built in order to go to the heaven.He said he would ride the ship to go and defeat God.The terrible king rode the ship up to heaven.From the sky, an angel was sent.However, the terrible king shot over a thousand bullets at the angel.“Ahhhhhh” Being shot, the angel was bleeding.The blood dropped unto the terrible king's ship.The angel's blood was so heavy that the king's ship sank.The terrible king became angry, again.“Build a more stronger ship.” The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it.“I will defeat God for sure!” The terrible king went up to heaven, once more.God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king.The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes.“Go and bring me the best carpet.” The king made another command.He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him.But one mosquito went inside of the carpet.Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming.The terrible king that couldn't even catch one mosquito was a laughingstock for his troops.Last Dream for an Old Oak Tree Once upon a time, there was a large oak tree in the forest.This oak tree was very old.One day during the hot summer, a mayfly flew by and alighted on a leaf of the oak tree.“Mayfly, you must be so sad.” “Why?” “You get to live only one day.” The oak tree felt sorry for the mayfly.Mayfly asked, “Don't you live for one day?” “No.I live much longer than you do.” The mayfly nodded and asked, “Really? Then, are you happy now?” “Yes, I am very happy,” replied the oak tree.Then the mayfly smiled and said, “I am very happy, too.Although I get to live only one day, it doesn't matter.You get to live much longer than I do, but we are both happy, aren't we?” The oak tree and the mayfly kept on talking to each other.Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep.“Mayfly!” The oak tree called the mayfly, but the mayfly did not respond.It had died.“Mayfly, have a happy dream.” The oak tree bleed the mayfly for the last time.Many weeks then paed.Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came.Finally, the long-awaited day of Christmas came.The oak tree wanted to rest now.The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day.In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in a green forest.In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly.The mayfly said, “Come play here.It is such a happy place.” The oak tree was very pleased indeed to see the mayfly.While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut.It was time for the oak tree to die.The oak tree went to a happy world, dreaming.The Happy Couple A long time ago, there was a happy prince and prince in a country.They took care of and loved each other very much, and their country was happy, too.Therefore they didn't envy anything else.There was one thing they worried about.They wanted to make sure they could live happily forever like this One day, one of the subjects found out the couple's worry and told them, “Prince, I heard that there is a magic charm, and it can protect you from any unfortunate event.If you always carry the magic charm with you, your fear and worry will disappear.” “Is it true? Where can I find that charm?” The prince asked him joyfully.“There is an old man in the forest, and he knows about

why.” “What did the book say?” Hans read a story to his parents loudly.'One woodcutter couple always complained that their unhappine began because of Adam and Eve.At that time, a King was riding a horse and heard them and said, “Come to my palace with me.You can live as luxuriously as I can.You have seven kinds of wonderful dishes and deserts at every meal.” “Never touch the plate covered with a lid in the middle of the table.As soon as you touch the plate, your peaceful and luxurious life will be over.” The woodcutter couple lived luxuriously after that, but soon they became curious what was on the plate under the lid.After a while, they uncovered the lid of the plate.“That's it.Now go back where you came from.Do not blame Adam and Eve any more.You have the same amount of curiosity as they did, and besides you cannot appreciate God's grace and gifts.” Hans' parents were surprised by the story about the woodcutter couple, and they told Hans to read the same story every night.One night, Hans read his parents a story about a man who does not know both sadne and diatisfaction.'A long time ago, a King became ill, and there was only one cure the underwear of a man who never knew both sadne and diatisfaction.His subjects visited every king and nobleman of the world searching for the cure, but they could not find it.' One day, a swineherd was sitting next to a ditch said, “I don't know anything about sadne and diatisfaction.I have always have been living my life happily.” “Give me your underwear.We will give you half of our kingdom in exchange for that.” Even though the subjects tried to persuade him, the swineherd did not have underwear to give to the subject of the King.Hans' parents laughed loudly as if they had not laughed for a long time.“What are you so happy about? It's been a long time since I saw you smiling.” “Hans read a story about a man who does not know about sadne and diatisfaction.He is too poor to have any underwear.Try to imagine him!Everyone has his own burden to carry by himself.But if you listen to other people's stories, you will feel your burden of life is much lighter than before.” “Where did you get this book?” “One year ago at the Christmas party, the mistre gave us as a gift.At that time, we wanted to have underwear as a gift rather than a book.But this book is like magic.It gives us the answers to what we always were curious about.” After that day, the schoolmaster visited Hans, who always stays in his bed in the afternoons, gave him a lot of knowledge that children at school could learn.The schoolmaster got invited to the feudal lord's mansion and had a meal with them.In the middle of dinner, he told them the book that they had given to Hans was such a bleed gift for the family.The mistre gave some silver coins to the schoolmaster, and asked him to give them to Hans.Hans' parents were very happy to get the silver coins.“Crippled Hans brings us bleings.” A few days later, the mistre herself visited Hans with a basket of delicious bread, fruit and juice, and a cage with a black bird.Hans was so happy for the gift, but his parents were not.“Rich people cannot think.If Hans cannot take care of the bird, we have to do the troublesome work.In the end, a cat will eat the bird anyway.” A cat often visited the room, but it seemed that it was not interested in the black bird.One afternoon, when Hans was reading the book, the cat was staring at the bird in the cage above a dreer.The cat jumped up to the window frame next to the cage in a breath.Hans worried about the bird, and he tried to throw his fairy tale book at the cat, but it did not reach the cat.Hans wielded a bedcover, but it was a vain effort.The cat jumped up to the dreer and dropped the cage to the ground.At the same time, Hans suddenly leaped to his feet from his bed, picked up the cage and shooed the cat away.Hans saw himself holding the cage in his hand.He realized what happened to him and ran out to the road.“I can walk.Now I can walk!” On that day, Hans' family had a big party.The feudal lord and his wife were happy as if their own son could walk again.“You have a good mind, God ble you always.” Hans went to a school in Copenhagen because he was so smart, and he could understand so well what he read.His parents were sad that they could not live with their son, but they were very happy whenever they got a letter with happy news from him.“What happened to Hans is proof that God does not forget poor children.” “What happened to Hans is such a miracle.Is it like one of the stories which Hans used to tell us?” Hans' parents held each other's hands and looked at each other piously.The Shadow

The owner of the cow laughed loudly and agreed to the deal.The farmer was very happy, too.'Everything's okay.Now I have to go back to my house.' As he walked not a long distance with the cow, he saw a plump, soft-haired goat.Suddenly he wanted to have the goat.'It would be much easier to raise a goat than a cow.And goat's milk tastes good.' “Hey, why don't we exchange your goat with my cow?” The owner of the goat thought that was a golden opportunity, after he heard the farmer.“Of course, I'll be glad to.” This was how the farmer exchanged his cow with the goat.'Today is my lucky day.' The farmer even hummed to himself.After a while, he saw a young man holding a goose tightly with his two hands.'That goose looks very healthy.Its hair is rich.It would be nice if we could raise such a great goose in our depreion.' The farmer wanted to have the goose, so he exchanged his goat with the goose.After a short time, he met a guy who was holding a cute hen in his arms.'Cock-a-doodle-do, cock-a-doodle-do!' The hen's voice sounded very healthy.'What a nice hen!' This time, he also wanted to have the hen.The farmer approached the guy and asked him to exchange his goose with the hen.Of course the owner of the hen agreed to his suggestion.It was already late afternoon when he exchanged his animals several times.'Oh, I am hungry!I am going to have lunch in a restaurant.' The farmer held his hen and headed to a restaurant.A young man was carrying a heavy bag on his shoulder in front of the restaurant.“Look, young man.What's inside of that bag?” He looked at the bag and asked.“Oh, This? These are rotten apples.”The young man said.'Rotten apples? We had only one apple from our apple trees last year.That's amazing that he has such a lot of apples.If we use those rotten apples as fertilizer, our trees will bear lots of apples, too.' The farmer exchanged his hen with the rotten apples.Then, he went into the restaurant and had lunch.And he told his story how he happened to exchange one thing and another, and finally he got the rotten apples.An rich old man listened to the farmer's story and said, “You are such a hopele fellow.If you go back to your house, your wife will be mad at you.” “No way.My wife has never been angry at me.” “All right, if your wife will not be angry about your story today, I will give you a package of gold coins.” After that, the farmer went back to his house with the old rich man.And he told his wife the whole story about how he came back with the rotten apples.Then, his wife said, “Oh, that's great.We will have as many apples as those rotten apples.” The farmer's wife even smiled happily.In the end, the old rich man had to give them a package of gold coins.Therefore the farmer became very rich.The Anemone It was winter with cold air and strong wind.A seed was still lying down in the bulb under the ground covered with snow.One day, it was raining, and the raindrops that soaked into the thick ground, touched the bulb and told stories of the world above the ground.Soon, the sunlight paed through, shone on the frozen ground and tickled the bulb “Welcome.” A seed said.“I am not strong enough to open your door and walk in, but in summer, I can.” The sunlight said.“When does summer come?” Whenever the sunlight came down, the flower asked the same question, but summer was still too far away.There was snow on the ground, and the well was frozen hard at night.“Oh, how much longer do I have to wait? I feel impatient.I want to go out.How glad I will be!” When the seed stretched in the bulb, the thin skin of the bulb was split.It was where the sunlight reached before.Green stems, a flower bud and leaves began to grow through the ground under the snow.There was still snow on the ground, but the flower could come out because the sunlight already paed through the ground.“Welcome, come on!” The sunlight shouted.The bud stuck out her head of the ground covered with snow and saw the bright world.As the sunlight touched and kied the bud, it started to open.It was a flower white as snow with thin green stripes.The flower lowered her head with a pleasant look and with modesty.As soon as they saw the flower, the rays of sunlight said, “Oh, how beautiful you are!You are so full of life and pure.You are the first flower.Soon, snow will melt away, and the cold wind will stop.When we have control here, the whole world will turn green.And you will find your friends soon.” It was such a big pleasure.The flower was so fragile and delicate that it seemed to

“Inkstand!You don't know anything.People cannot write without a pen.” “Without me, you are just a shabby little bird feather.” The feather pen laughed at the inkstand.At that moment, the poet came back from a concert.He opened the inkstand to write a poem.He started to write about the fantastic violin performance of that night.“The sound of the violin was just magnificent.But people think it is easy to play the violin.” The poet had a different opinion from those of other people.He wrote that the wonderful violin performance was because of the player's ability.Neither the inkstand nor the feather pen could recognize that their abilities were all precious until then.They are a gift from God.The Candles Once, there were two candles.One candle was made from beeswax and the other was made from animals' fat.“I am much brighter than other candles, and I can last longer than all of us can.That's why I should stand on a silver candle holder.” The beeswax candle was proud of herself and said.The candle made from animals' fat envied the beeswax candle.'The beeswax candle must live a great and splendid life.' One day, there was a party in this house.“I will be great at the party.” The Beeswax candle said arrogantly as if she was the hoste of the party.Then, a master came in.“I have to light up a candle.” After saying this, he took the beeswax candle.“The party must be wonderful!” The animal fat candle was left behind and became lonelier.At that time, one little boy appeared with his torn basket at the kitchen door.In the basket, there were five or six potatoes and one apple.A mistre of the house gave them to this poor boy.“I will give you this candle, too.” The mistre slipped the animal fat candle into the boy's hand.The little boy was very happy and went back to his house.'Where am I going?' The candle finally arrived at a poor and small hut.Three children and a mother were living in that small room with a low-ceiling.The candle stood on an iron candlestick.“This is too much!” The candle grumbled to himself regretting for his miserable situation.'The beeswax candle, went to the party, she must be standing on a great silver candle holder at this time.' The Candle made from animals' fat envied the beeswax candle very much.The mother prepared dinner by boiling potatoes and peeling the apple.The three children and the mother had dinner happily.The animal fat candle shone their table brightly.“This candle is very bright!” The boy said.“God ble this kind lady!” The mother prayed.It was a poor but peaceful and happy family.The animal fat candle felt happy as he enjoyed shining brightly for this family.Little Ida's Flowers A long time ago, there was a kid named 'Ida'.She liked flowers very much.One day, her flowers were all faded away.“My flowers are all dry and dead.What happened to them?” Ida asked a man sitting right next to her.“The flowers went to a ball last night.That's why they are hanging their heads down.” Ida felt strange to hear what he said.“How can flowers dance? I thought they could not dance.” “Late at night, flowers dance and run around from place to place.That castle over there is the place of the party.” He kept talking.“If you go to the castle, you can see the flowers.Go to your garden and tell the flowers quietly that they have a party tonight.Then, one flower will tell the news to the others.” “How can the flowers speak?” Her curiosity grew bigger.“Flowers give and receive their meages through their body language.Have you seen the flowers shake their leaves when the wind blows?” “Wow, that's really interesting.” Then, a legal expert with no sense of humor listened to the conversation between the man and Ida.“You tell those unreasonable and fake stories to a little kid? Tusk, tusk!” Ida brought the flowers to her room.“Take a rest before the party begins.” Ida laid down the flowers and covered them with a blanket.After a while, the sound of a piano came out of her room.Ida went

working.The big Klaus killed the little Klaus' horse as he said he would.The little Klaus felt sad and removed the horse's skin.He carried it to the market to sell it.While he was heading to the market, it got dark.The little Klaus knocked on a door of a farmer's house near by.“Would you please let me stay in your house for tonight?” Then, the farmer's wife came out.“I can't let you sleep in my house, because my husband is not here.” She said and closed the door.He crawled into the barn secretly.The little Klaus was surprised.He could look into the farmer's house through a small window.There were wine and roasted meat on the table, and the wife of the farmer and a priest were having dinner happily.In fact, the owner of the house hated the priest so much that the farmer's wife invited and served food to the priest secretly while her husband went out.But then, the farmer came back to his house suddenly.The surprised farmer's wife hid the priest in a box in a corner of the room, and she hid the food in the fireplace.When the farmer came into the barn to tie his horses, he found the little Klaus in his barn.“Who is it? What are you doing here?” “Sir, I was on my way to sell this horse skin in the market, but I had to spend the night in this barn because it was dark outside.” “Then, you can stay in my house.” He took the little Klaus into his house.The wife of the farmer served a cup of soup and pretended that nothing had happened.The little Klaus could not stop thinking about the delicious food that he saw before.'I wish I could eat the delicious food.' He stepped on the bag with the horse's skin under his feet while he was thinking like this.“Peep!” “What was that?” The farmer asked about the sound.The little Klaus thought for a moment and said, “The little juggler in my bag asked us to look in the fireplace.” The farmer looked into the fireplace and shouted out loudly, “Oh, it's strange!There is delicious food in the fireplace!” After having the delicious food and wine with the little Klaus, the farmer said, “I want to see a devil.Why don't you ask the juggler?” The little Klaus stepped on the bag again, and said, “He said there is one devil with the appearance of a priest in that box.” The farmer was surprised when he opened the box as the small Klaus had told him to do.“Oh my!It is true that there is a devil with the appearance of a priest in the box!” The farmer asked the little Klaus for a favor earnestly.“Please give me your bag and the juggler in it.I will give you a package of gold coins for it.” “If you really want it.Ok, I will.” “Instead, take that box and the devil away for me.” The little Klaus took the box away and left for his town.The little Klaus said loudly on purpose, “This box is too heavy.I will throw this box into a river.” “Wait!I will give you a package of gold coins, so please let me out.”The priest in the box cried out in panic.“Well, okay.I will let you out.” The little Klaus opened the cover of the box and took out the priest.The priest gave him a package filled with gold coins.When the little Klaus came back to town with packages of gold coins, the big Klaus was astonished.“How on earth did a stupid guy like you make so much money?” “I just sold my horse skin.” The little Klaus said pretending that nothing had happened.As soon as the big Klaus heard the little Klaus, he killed his four horses and removed their skin.He went to the market to sell them, but no one wanted to buy his horse skin at an expensive price.The big Klaus was very angry when he found out that he was fooled and came back to town.“You lied to me, you are evil!” The big Klaus seized the little Klaus and pushed him into a bag, and he bound it up tightly.“I will throw you into a river.” While the big Klaus was carrying the bag on his shoulder to a river, he found a church.“I have to pray for a moment.” The big Klaus put the bag down in front of the church and went in.Then, a very old man fell over the bag when he was paing by the church with a number of cows.“Ouch, I am still young, but I have to go to Heaven now.” The little Klaus shouted in surprise.The old man sighed with sadne when he heard the little Klaus.“Well, I am old enough to go to Heaven now, but I am still staying here.” “If you untie this bag and stay here instead of me, you can go to Heaven.” The little Klaus shouted.“Is it true? I will do it delightfully.” The old man untied the bag, and got into it.Then, he asked the little Klaus to do him a favor.“Young man, please take care of my cows for me.” The little Klaus bound up the bag tightly and went back to his house with the herd of cows.After a while, the big Klaus went out of the church and went to the river with the bag.He had no idea what was in the bag and

own mother and father in your old house.“ ”Yes, ma'am.“ Ingel prepared herself for the visit and left her house.She put on her best clothes and best shoes.She who had prettied beyond recognition wanted to boast herself.When Ingel reached the entrance to the village, a woman who bore firewood was taking a rest sitting on a rock by a roadside.She was Ingel's mother.'I can't believe that woman with such a shabby outfit is my mother.' Ingel paed by the woman turning her head to another side and pretended as if she did not see her.A mud puddle came in sight after walking further.”Oh!How can I pa this? My shoes and dre will get dirty.Oh, I have a good idea.“ Ingel threw a big white loaf of bread in the middle of the puddle.It was a gift from the mistre to give her parents.She thought that she could pa the puddle by stepping on the bread, keeping her shoes clean.When she stepped one foot on the bread and lifted the other foot, the bread sank in the puddle.”Oh, help me!“ Ingel was swamped by the puddle.After sinking for a long time, she arrived at the bottom of the deep swamp.There was an old evil lady in the swamp.When the old evil lady saw Ingel, she giggled creepily and said, ”Welcome.A human like you is my favorite, ha, ha, ha.“ The old evil lady forced Ingel to help her in her work.The old evil lady worked for the destruction of mankind.She was making shoes, which if one wore them, one soon wanted to steal something.Hats, which when one put it on, one wanted to be cruel to other people, and vests which made one lie once one wore them.Ingel was hungry, but the old evil lady did not give food to Ingel at all.On the bottom of her shoe, some of the bread was still stuck on it.Ingel stretched out her hands and tried to grab the bread on the bottom of her shoe.But her body was hard as rock, and she could not reach there.It was painful, so she shed tears.”I was such a fool!“ She thought she got punished because she pretended that she did not know her own mother and tried to step on the bread.She regretted her silly behavior for the first time.When her warm tears began to fall down to the bread under her shoe, the bread came off from it like magic.Ingel took the hard bread off and she lived barely by eating the bread little by little everyday.Ingel was determined to stop the old evil lady's work at any cost.At that time, a ray of light appeared from somewhere and shone through the dark swamp.”Oh!“ When the light shone on Ingel's head, she turned into a bird and flew up to the sky in the twinkling of an eye.Even the old evil lady could not stop her.Ingel who became a bird now, flew in the sky happily and sang merry songs.Ingel flew around the house of her mother and father.She did not go anywhere but just stayed there.The Shower and the Buckwheat A long time ago, there was a big field in a village.The Barely and wheat were planted in that field.The buckwheat was also in the field.The grains grew very well in summer with mild sunshine.”I am so beautiful.There is no comparison between me and barely or wheat.My flowers are as beautiful and white as those of apple trees!“ The buckwheat boasted about herself.She paid no attention to any of the barely, wheat, trees or flowers of the riverside.Right at that moment, ”Grrrrrr, Boom boom!Flash flash!“ It thundered with a rumbling sound, the lightning flashed.”Pitter patter, pitter patter!“ And it showered heavily.Heavy raindrops came down with frightening speed.”Oh, it's a shower!“ ”Lower your head, quickly!“ Barely and wheat who were taking in the sun were astonished and shouted.Everyone lowered their heads, shut their buds and waited for the shower to pa by, but the buckwheat did not.”Hum, what a fu!It's only a shower.“ Rather, she raised her head arrogantly.”Buckwheat, lower your head quickly.“ Barely was surprised to see Buckwheat was raising her head and said.”Why do I have to lower my head?“ ”Look at that heavy rain.You will get wounds from that beating rain all over your body.Besides, if your eyes are struck by the lightning, you'll be blind forever.God is inside of the lightning.We cannot look at him directly.“ Barely said impatiently.”Is he really in the lightning? Well, I will look at him directly!“ Buckwheat leaned backwards much more arrogantly than before.'Flash!' At that moment, a very big lightning flashed.It looked like the whole world was on fire.”Oh my God!“ All the grains

got another shock from it on that day, but someone planted a flower seed in her.The seed took root in the teapot and began to grow.The teapot felt the seed as her heart.She came to life and breathed.While her heart was beating energetically, the seed pushed out new buds, and they bloomed.The teapot could forget her past, troubles and worries as she watched the flowers.But the flowers did not even say thank you to the teapot.They seemed as if they didn't know that the teapot even existed.Whoever looked at the flowers were all impreed by their beauty.The teapot just felt happy by watching them.One day, someone moved the flowers from the teapot to a better flowerpot.The teapot was broken in two pieces and thrown away in the corner of a garden, but the teapot lived her life keeping her memories to herself.The Jumper A long time ago, there were a flea, a grahopper and a paper doll.”I can jump higher than anyone else.“ The flea said arrogantly.”No, I can jump higher than you.“ The grahopper shouted at the top of his voice.The dancing paper doll smiled without saying a word.The flea and the grahopper decided to compete with each other for the highest jump.They invited other people to their game.Even the king came to see their contest.”The one who jumps the highest can marry my daughter.“ The king said.First, the flea introduced himself like a gentleman.”I am a Flea who lives with people.I can jump higher than anyone else in the world.“ The grahopper with his green cape stepped to the front and greeted the people.”My family is very famous for high jumping.My brothers are all wearing green capes and we can sing beautiful songs as well.“ Then the grahopper sang a song in front of the audience.The people enjoyed his song very much and clapped.Finally, the paper doll came to the front.He was so shy that he didn't say a word and just bowed.”Well, let's start the match!“ The flea took a deep breath and leaped up high.But something strange happened.The flea was too small for the audience to watch how high he jumped.”What? Did he jump or not?“ The flea jumped up and fluttered as high as he could, but no one could see him.The grahopper was next.He put all of his strength in his hind legs and jumped up.When he came down, he landed on the king's face.”How dare you jump on my face!“ The king felt unpleasant and got angry.”Put that rude grahopper in jail!“ The paper doll got ready for the last turn.The king said to the paper doll in a loud voice.”I can't see the flea jumping, and that rude grahopper dared to land on my face.If you make a fool of me like your two friends, you shall no longer live!“ The audience worried about the paper doll and said, ”Can he jump high?“ ”I think maybe he can't.He will die.“ Then, the paper doll made up his mind and stepped to the front.The cool breeze blew gently.The paper doll rose up in the air with the breeze.”He jumped up really high!“ People were impreed by the paper doll.When he landed on the ground safely, the king was pleased with the paper doll very much and allowed him to marry his prince as he promised.The Young Thief and His Mother Long ago, there were a mother and a son living in a house.She worked hard everyday, but they were always poor.One day, her son stole his friend's bag.”Mom, what do you think of this bag?“ His mother praised her son rather than scolding him.”It looks great!“ The next time, he stole an overcoat.She praised him again when he stole it.A few years later, he grew up to be a young man.He stole jewelry and brought them to his mother.”How beautiful!“ This time, she did not scold her son again.Then, because he was elated by his mother, he started to steal more expensive things.One day, the police caught him.Before putting him in jail, he begged the police to meet his mother.They took him to his mother.As soon as he saw his mother, he bit her earlobe.”Ouch!What's the matter with you?“ She finally scolded him.Her son

of view.What do you think the poorest plant is?” “A Dandelion.People do not use it even for a bouquet, and it is so common that people trample it down carelely.It is not different from a weed at all.” At that time, children ran acro the field, rolled about on the lawn, and picked and kied the dandelions.They made necklaces and garlands of them.They looked wonderful with the golden flowers and green stems.The seeds stuck to the stalks of the dandelions, and they were as beautiful as white feathers.When the children blew out with a puff, the seeds of the dandelions fluttered away as if they had wings.“Look at that!Now, do you understand how beautiful those flowers are, and how much pleasure they can give us?” The Sun said to the Apple Tree Branch.“They are only for children.” The Apple Tree Branch answered.At that time, an old lady dug in the ground of the field and picked the roots of the dandelions.She will make tea, take it to the doctor who makes medicine, and earn money with the roots of the dandelions.“But, beauty is more valuable than those things.Only elected ones can join the Kingdom of Beauty.Not every plant can be the same, just as people can't be the same.” The Apple Tree Branch said.Later some people came into the room.The Counte who brought the Apple Tree Branch to the castle was one of them.She brought a stalk of dandelion seeds much more carefully than when she brought the Apple Tree Branch.“Look at this.Isn't this beautiful? I will draw a picture of this dandelion with the apple tree branch.Everyone says that the apple tree branch is more beautiful, but this humble dandelion has a different kind of beauty.Even though the apple tree branch and the dandelion look different from each other, they are all beautiful.” The Counte said filled with admiration.The Sun smiled and kied the shabby dandelion and the Apple Tree Branch.The Apple Tree Branch blushed his own petals with shame.31 The Happy Family There was a butterbur leaf in a country of the south.A lot of butterbur trees with big leaves looked very nice.A snail was living on a back of a butterbur leaf.The snail ate the butterbur leaves and lived peacefully moving from one leaf or stem to another.Two snails were living on a back of the butterbur leaves.These two had never been out of the butterbur wood, but they knew that there was a different world out of the forest.Birds always felt impatient when they saw the snails.“Hey, why are you that lazy? Try to walk faster.” When the birds complained, one snail said, “That's because we are not in a hurry.” “Why don't you just stop crawling around here and go some other places?” “We have a roof and it's full of food here.” “If you like staying here that much, do as you want.” The short-tempered bird flew away to the sky.But the snails did not envy the bird that could fly everywhere freely.“Even she has wings, she has no house, it must be very uncomfortable.” “If it rains or something scary comes up, how can she hide her head and legs?” The two snails her felt pity for the bird.They were just lonely because they were only two.One day, they found a little snail crying on the back of a butterbur leaf.“What a pity!What's happened?” “Hey little snail, where are you from?” The two snails asked the crying little snail.The little snail cried and said he was searching for his dad, mom and his brothers for a few days.“Oh dear!Stop crying.I will be your dad.” “And I will be your mom.Come on!” The two snails took him to a big special butterbur leaf where they were always living.A few days later, the little young snail ate delicious food and recovered slowly.Even his mom and dad were surprised that the baby snail could crawl very quickly and play far away from the leaf.“Sweet heart, you don't need to crawl very fast.Always walk slowly.” She showed him slow crawling.When it rained, funny sounds came from the splashing raindrop on the butterbur leaf.“Do you like it? It sounds like a drum, doesn't it?” The husband snail was proud of himself as if he made the sound.“Wow, it's funny.” The baby snail was very happy.The baby snail is old enough to marry now.His Mom and Dad searched for his bride crawling from one butterbur leaf to another.A ladybug heard it and visited them.“I know a great one.” Mom and dad snails were happy to hear that and asked.“Does she have a house?” “It's not just a house.She has her own

old cupboard makes a creaking sound, you two have to get married.” The old Chinese doll said this to the Shepherde and fell asleep.The Shepherde cried and looked at her beloved Chimney Sweeper.“I don't want to go to the dark cupboard.Let's go to the outside world with me!” “I can do whatever you want.Please leave here right now!I have a job, so I can take care of you.” The Chimney Sweeper said.“Can we get down from the desk safely?” The Chimney Sweeper taught the Shepherde how to walk with her china legs and they used a ladder to step down on the ground and looked up to the old cupboard.The patterns of the cupboard and Goat Leg Billy were shouting at them.“They are sneaking away!They are sneaking away!” The Shepherde and the Chimney Sweeper were astounded to hear their voices.The old Chinese doll already woke up and was shaking his body with anger.He fell down to the ground.“Oh, the old Chinese guy is coming after us.” The Shepherde plumped down to the ground with fear.“We have no choice but to go out and face the big outside world.” “Are you sure that you want to go to the outside world with me? Do you know how really big the outside world is? We may never be able to come back here again.” “Yes, I know.” The Shepherde said with no hesitation.“All right.I used to know way from the fireplace to the chimney.There is a hole connected to the outside world up there.We will use that hole to go out.” The Chimney Sweeper said and took the Shepherde to a gate in the fireplace.“It is very dark in here!” The Shepherde bravely climbed up the dirty paage through the fireplace with the Chimney Sweeper.Even though it was steep and long, the Chimney Sweeper pulled and pushed her.When they finally reached the end of the chimney, they got tired and sat down.They could see the sky of twinkling stars over their heads and the huge outside world.The Shepherde never imagined that the outside world would be this big.She started to cry because she was so shocked.“It's too big.I am not strong enough to face it.I want to go back to where I was staying, the table in front of the mirror.”The Chimney Sweeper tried to calm her down by telling her that the angry old Chinese guy and Goat Leg Billy were following them, but it did not work.They had to crawl down through the chimney and go back to the fireplace.From the dark fireplace, they looked up at the room.It was very quiet, and the old Chinese guy was lying down in the middle of the floor.He was broken into three pieces when he tried to chase them and fell down from the table.His back and head came off from his body.“Oh dear!That's because of us.What shall we do now?” The Shepherde felt painful when she saw him.“He can be repaired and will be able to scold us as he used to.”Are you sure?“ The Shepherde was relieved and went back to the table where she was standing before.”All our efforts were in vain!“ The Chimney Sweeper grumbled to himself.After that, the old Chinese guy could move his body again as she wished.He looked like new when he was fixed and nailed on his back.But he could not nod his head ever again.”So, will you let me marry her now?“ Goat Leg Billy asked the old Chinese guy.The Chimney Sweeper and the Shepherde waited for his answer nervously.At last the China lovers could stay together because the old Chinese guy could not nod his head any more, and he could not say ”yes“.They loved each other and lived happily ever after until they were broken into pieces.34 The Swineherd Prince Long ago, there was a handsome prince in a country.He loved a prince of his neighboring country, but she was haughty and stubborn.”I don't want to marry just a normal guy.“ The prince gave her a beautiful rose and a bird as a gift.”Will you marry me?“ ”You are asking me to marry you with these things?“ She rejected his proposal.But the prince could not give her up.He tried to come up with a good idea for a long time.”That's right.I have to disguise myself as a swineherd.“ The prince, disguised as a swineherd, went to the prince' palace.The prince made a small and beautiful pot in front of the pigpen.The pot could even sing.One day, when the prince paed by the pigpen, the pot began to sing a beautiful song.She really wanted to have this pot.”How much is the singing pot?“ ”If you ki me, I will give it to you for free.“

all night for several years to shine in a dark street.That's why he had to be replaced by a new lamp.It was the last night that the street lamp shone over the side street.He was an old kerosene lamp.The old street lamp burned himself as hard as he could since he thought it was his last night.”I have seen a lot of things since I stood here.“ The old street lamp looked back upon what he had seen for a long time.There were pleasant memories, and also sad memories, with those he could hardly keep from tears.Suddenly the old street lamp sensed that there who were looking up at him.”Mr.Street Lamp, we heard that you will retire from your job.“ ”Please hire me after you.“ ”No, hire me.“ They were a head of a herring, a tree fragment and a firefly.The head of a herring glowed in the dark, and the tree fragment was bright in the dark when he was wet.The old street lamp looked down and said, ”I am sorry say this, but you both are not bright enough to be a street light.“ The three were angry about it.”Hum!You, old usele street lamp!You don't have to care about which of us will replace you!“ They said this and went back.The Next day, a janitor came to clear the old street lamp away.”Oh, I wish I can stay here.“ No one knew what the old lamp would become if he were broken to pieces.The old street lamp worried about this very much.There were a good old man and a woman.They were living around the old street lamp.They used to turn on and put out the old street lamp at night and dawn.The old street lamp happened to go to the old man and woman's house.The old man and woman did not want to live apart from the old street lamp which they used to take care of for a long time, so they asked the janitor to give them the old street lamp.”Whew, I am lucky.“ The old street lamp felt relieved.One day, one of their neighbors came and asked.” What on earth is the use of this old lamp?“ ”We've been taking care of this lamp for a long time, so we don't want to throw it away.“ As the old street lamp was listening to their conversation, he felt his heart aching.”If they light me up, I can be quite helpful for them.“ The old woman cleaned the old lamp in her spare time.Then, the old lamp slowly became clean.The lamp felt better.”Ha ha, it looks much better.“ The old man smiled pleasantly.”Shall we light up this lamp tonight?“ ”Yes.Let's do that.“ The old woman bought a candle.That night, she lit up the clean old street lamp.”Great, I will try to brighten myself as hard as I can.“ The old street lamp shone all around him brightly.For the old man and woman who took care of him, he brightened his iron ornament glitteringly.37 The Worthwhile Job There were five brothers who wanted to do something important.They had their own certain jobs that they wanted to do.Each thought his job was the best.”I will be a great man.I want to make bricks.“ The oldest brother wanted to be a brick burner and make bricks.But the second laughed at him.”Making bricks is a laborer's worthle job.“ The second oldest brother wanted to be a bricklayer, and he thought the bricklayer was much more important than a brick burner.He wanted to have a much more valuable job than his older brother did.Then, the third brother laughed at his two brothers after he listened to their dream jobs.”Hum!They are all unimportant jobs.I will be a great architect and wear a rimle hat.“ His dream was to be an architect and to leave his name in posterity.The third oldest brother said he would build great buildings.He wanted to leave great buildings for the next generation after he died.After listening to his brothers, the forth said that he wanted to design better buildings than his third brother.”I will design more advanced buildings than you will build.“ He did not like normal materials.He wanted to have buildings made of rare materials so that he could have better buildings than his third brother did.”I will be a critic and will criticize my brothers' work.Isn't it the most valuable job?”

The last promised to himself that he would never follow his brothers' paths.He wanted to correct his brothers' mistakes.As time went by, the oldest brother became a brick burner.The second brother became a bricklayer.The third one became an architect, and the forth became an architectural designer.They all paed away after they did what they really wanted to do.“The only one left is me.”

At that moment, a strong wind came and blew.Both the cucumber and the eggplant could not talk anymore.As it got dark, the wind grew stronger.With it came with rain, and a severe rainstorm started to fall.“Help me!” The cucumber and the eggplant trembled because of the storm.They hung on to their vines as hard as they could because they felt they would pull out.In the henhouse, all the chickens got together and were shivering.But the rooster on the top of the roof was very busy while he was showing the directions of the rainstorm.“Shriek, it's from the east.Shriek, it's from the south!” In the middle of the hard rainstorm

Evil went up to the clouds right away, but God was already aware of the devil's wicked plan.“Such monstrous creatures!How dare you try to put me to the test!” When God beat dazzling and bright light down on the mirror and devils, the mirror broke into pieces, and the devils became blind and fell down to hell.The broken pieces of the mirror fell down to the world of mortals.One of the pieces got into a boy's eyes.His name was Kai, and he was living in a small town.“Ouch, it hurts!” Kai was close to a girl named Gelda, but he began to behave very odd as if he never knew her before.Even when autumn paed into winter, Kai went through the whole season as a bad boy.One day, a white-horse carriage appeared in front of Kai.“Little boy with a cold heart, why don't we go to an Ice Castle where it is colder than your heart?” A beautiful woman inside the carriage asked the boy.“A cold Ice Castle? That will be great.” When Kai boarded the carriage, the woman kied him on his cheek.At that moment, Kai forgot everything.The woman was the Queen of Snow.The carriage soared into the north sky.Because Kai did not come back, Gelda searched everywhere in town, but she could not find him.Time went by, and when winter paed into spring, Gelda started on a journey to search for Kai.A small boat arrived at a big flower garden next to a riverside.“Oh, what a beautiful garden.” There was a small hut in the middle of the garden, and there lived an old lady who could use magic.“Old lady, Have you seen Kai?” “Yes, I have.I will tell you where he is, so let's go inside my house.” The old lady gave her delicious food and asked Gelda to live with her.Gelda was enchanted by her magic and lived with the old lady.Time went by, and winter came back again.Gelda suddenly was reminded of Kai when she was exposed to the cold wind.“I have to search for Kai, why am I here?” Gelda escaped while the old magician lady went out.Gelda met a crow, while walking north.The Crow said something to Gelda after it listened to her.“Maybe you are searching for a boy who is now the Prince of a Castle in a forest.” Gelda could walk into the castle with the help of the crow.Gelda shouted when she stepped in to the Prince's room.“Kai, wake up!I came here to find you.” “Who is so loud at midnight?” The prince woke up, but he was not Kai.“I am sorry, Prince.I thought you were my friend, Kai.” The Prince listened to what Gelda said, and let her sleep in a comfortable bed.The next day, he gave a great carriage to Gelda and said, “With this carriage, you will find the boy named Kai easily.” Gelda thanked him for his kindne and left for the north again.While traveling north, her carriage was taken away by bandits, but she saved her life with the help of the daughter of a bandit.And she heard from a pigeon that Kai had flown to Lapland in a carriage of the Queen of snow.She took a reindeer from the daughter of a bandit, and arrived at Lapland.There was a house in the middle of a field.Gelda warmed herself up in an old lady's house.The old lady knew about Kai.“Kai is living in the Castle of Snow, but you cannot step in the castle because there is a frightening ice monster in front of the gate.” “Old lady, I have to save Kai.” The old lady gave a yellow golden cro to Gelda and said, “When you are in danger, pray to God sincerely.Then he will save you.” Gelda rode the reindeer and went to the Castle of Snow.The ice monster tried to attack Gelda, but she prayed to God holding her cro in her hand.Then, angels appeared, and made the monster motionle.Gelda found Kai playing with a cold piece of ice.“Kai, it's me, Gelda.I came here to search for you.” But Kai just fingered the ice piece with an unemotional face.When Gelda hugged him and cried, her tears ran down to Kai's face.Then, the color in his face started to come back.“Gelda, why are we in such a place like this?” Kai looked around there.“Now you are yourself, but you cannot escape from here.” The Queen of Snow said.“Let me go home.” At that moment Kai shed tears, and the broken piece of the magic mirror came out of his eyes.“Ah, I cannot win the warm heart and tears of humans.Okay.Now you can go back home and live a happy life.” As the Queen of Snow flourished her ice stick, the castle disappeared.Gelda told Kai all the stories about what had happened to her.Kai was grateful to Gelda.They got back home safely with the reindeer and lived happily ever after.42 The Flint

That night, the queen tied a small cloth pouch filled with wheat grains secretly on the prince' ankle.There was a small hole in the pouch so that the little grains came out as the prince moved.At last, the soldier was caught and taken to the palace of the king and the queen by the King's army.The soldier begged them for forgivene and said, “I want to marry the prince.” “What? How dare you say that you want to marry our daughter? Put him in jail quickly!” The soldier took the flint out of his pocket and hit it once, twice and three times.The black, white and yellow dogs showed up and drove the army away from the soldier.All of them were so scared and were busy running away.“Wow, I have never seen those dogs before.Look at those eyes.They are like flames.” “They must be God's meengers!” After seeing the soldier, everyone said, “A new king came here!” The prince approached the soldier instantly.The dogs with big eyes were guarding the couple.“A new king is here!A new king came here!” People were happy looking at the soldier and the prince.In the end, the soldier became a king, and the prince became a queen.43 A Silver Shilling's Journey “Wow, how exciting!I am coming out into the broad world!” A Silver Shilling that was just made a moment ago shouted for joy tinkling and jingling herself.Paing through children's warm and moist hands, stingy men's cold and sticky hands, and poor husbands' and wives' hands far and wide, the Silver Shilling's journey went on.One day, the Silver Shilling happened to enter into one wallet, but the owner didn't even know the Silver Shilling was in his wallet.The owner travels around the world very often.Incidentally, he found the Silver Shilling, and said, “What, it is a shilling from my country.You came this far with me, so let's travel together.” So now, the Silver Shilling came to be with many foreign coins.Other coins were coming in and out of the wallet, but the Silver Shilling stayed.The Silver Shilling started to feel very important.The Silver Shilling stayed in the wallet for a long time, and she became curious about the outside world.She was looking out of the wallet while the wallet was opened, but then she fell down to the ground.She was no longer able to continue her journey with the owner.In the end, the Silver Shilling came to a new wallet with unfamiliar coins in an unfamiliar country.What she heard as soon as she came out of the new wallet with the other coins was shocking.“This is an imitation.It is forged.” When she heard this, her body trembled.'I was made of pure silver in the Mint Bureau.I am a silver shilling that can tinkle and jingle!Isn't the seal on my body real?' However, the Silver Shilling was abused as an imitation from that moment on.She was used only in the dark night because the Silver Shilling was a valuele imitation in that country when she would be discovered in the day.“Even if I am made of silver, and engraved with the King's portrait, it's no use.Oh, what bad luck!” Whenever she came out of wallets, the Silver Shilling started to be afraid of people's eyes.Then one day, a poor woman laborer got paid with the Silver Shilling.As she found out that no one accepted the Silver Shilling, she made a hole in the coin, tied a string to it and gave it to a child of her neighbor as a gift.The child smiled and kied the Silver Shilling but peace did not last very long.The mother of the child wanted to test how lucky the Silver Shilling was, to see if the Silver Shilling was the true 'lucky amulet'.The mother put the Silver Shilling into vinegar, which turned it green, closed up the hole of the Silver Shilling, and rubbed it carelely to make it look as if there was no hole, she waited until it got dark, and than she bought a lottery ticket in exchange for the Silver Shilling.There were so many people buying lottery tickets at the ticket box that no one recognized the hole in the Silver Shilling.The next morning, the Silver Shilling was proved as an imitation, and again, the Silver Shilling had to continue her journey deceiving other people.For one year and one day, the Silver Shilling wandered from one hand to another, and one wallet to another.For that time, the Silver Shilling lost her faith that she was a real coin.One day, she was in one traveler's hand and heard that

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time I was loved by the master when I was a little puppy.Children patted on my head and gave me delicious food, but I grew up too quickly.“ ”I can see a light.That light makes my heart beat.“ ”It's a fireplace.If you sit right next to the fireplace, you will feel warm and comfortable.“ ”Why did you leave the house?“ ”I was kicked out because I bit the heel of a child.“ ”Why?“ ”He took my food away and annoyed me.“ It was mild the next day.”I wish I could walk like you and go next to the fireplace.“ ”No way.If you go close to the fireplace, you will melt away.“ ”Melt away?“ ”Yes, you'll melt away soon, and then, you will evaporate and disappear.“ The next day was also mild.Some snow melted away and vanished because of the sunlight.The snowman was getting smaller and smaller, too.Snowman did not say anything.Four days paed.The snow melted, so one of Snowman's eyes fell down to the ground.Snowman barely opened his mouth.”I wish I could walk far away.“ ”Don't worry.The sun will help you.“ The old dog said.”How“ ”He will help you to become water and to flow far away along the stream I have seen several times that many of your brothers flowed away like that.“ It was noon.The Snowman crumbled down on the ground.The broomstick that used to be the Snowman's backbone, is now visible.Its other eye which was made by cloth, fell down to the ground too.”Snowman must have mied something warm and comfortable.“ The old dog muttered to himself sadly.46 The Wise Old Lady A long time ago, there was a young man who wanted to be a writer.He wanted to get married and to live writing compositions, but he couldn't discover what he had to write.He couldn't come up with any good stories, and it seemed that everything was already written.”The men who were born one thousand years ago are very lucky.Even the men who were born one hundred years ago are much luckier than me.Up to then, there were still good subject matters to write about.It is natural that there are no more good subject matters.“ The young man said complaining.He became ill because he studied so hard and thought a lot about being a writer.None of the great doctors could cure him, but there was one person who might be able to cure him

”Now let's go to a road and see some travelers.“ The wise old lady said to the young man tapping his shoulder.”There are too many people here.It is very hard to write the stories of all of them.We'd better go back.“ He said to her.”No, go straight into the middle of the crowd, look at them and try to understand what they say with your whole heart and soul.Then, you'll find tremendous things to write about.Oh, and give me back my glaes and hearing aid.“ The wise old lady told the young man.”Now, I can't see or hear anything!“ The young man took off the glaes and hearing aid and said.”Then, you can never be a writer.“ The wise old lady shook her head.”Can't I ever be a writer?“ ”Imagination is not something you can learn and acquire.You should live in another way instead.“ The young man was sad about the fact that he could never be a writer, so the wise old lady gave him some advice.”Buy a mask and frown in front of poets.Even if you are impreed by the poem, try to frown.Then, you can make money.“ He became the one who severely criticizes poets following the wise old lady's advice.Even though he could not be a writer, he could live being involved in the literary world.47 The Red Shoes There once lived in a town a cute and pretty little girl whose name was 'Karen'.She had to wear a torn dre, even walked around with bare feet in summer, and wore heavy and crude wooden shoes in winter because she was so poor.Her feet were always full of scars and wounds.The Red Shoes ”Karen, why do your feet hurt you so much? I will make shoes for you.“ An old lady who ran a shoe store made red shoes for Karen.Those shoes were made of old pieces of cloth, and she sewed them by hand.”Thank you, aunt.“ Karen was so happy for her new shoes which suited her, that she jumped up and down.But, Karen's mother paed away on that day.A noblewoman saw Karen following after her mother's funeral service.The lady got down from her carriage and talked to the minister.”I want to take her with me and look after her.“ ”She is alone.If you take care of her, that will be a great bleing for the girl.“ Karen thought, 'These shoes brought me this luck.' However, the noblewoman burned her dirty red shoes, put fresh new clothes on her, let her read books and taught her how to do needlework.She now became a polite girl.But one day, the Queen and the Prince were paing through the town.Everyone in the town swarmed around the carriage.”How beautiful they are!“ ”It seems as if fairies came down from the sky.“ All the people praised the Queen and the Prince.But Karen could not take her eyes off of the from Prince' red, glittering and beautiful shoes.'Is there anything more beautiful than the Prince' red shoes in this world?' She even pricked herself with the needle while she was thinking about the red shoes.Soon, she grew old enough to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation.The noblewoman brought Karen to a shoe store to buy her new drees and shoes for the ceremony.Seeing the shoes in a showcase, she almost shouted.”How come these shoes are in your showcase?“ There laid the same red shoes as the Prince in the showcase.”These shoes were made specifically for a daughter of a count, but they did not fit on her feet.That's why they are in there.“ The noblewoman had bad sight now, so she did not know that they were red.The red shoes fit Karen's feet very well.Karen liked her new red shoes very much.When Karen appeared at the ceremony with her red shoes, the minister advised her to wear black shoes instead of the red shoes.On the next Sunday, there was the Communion Service, but Karen wore the red shoes and went to church again.As soon as Karen and the noblewoman got down from their carriage, an old soldier bowed politely and said, ”Madam, I will clean the dust on your shoes.“ ”Oh, thank you.“ As Karen showed her red shoes to the soldier, he said, ”Such a beautiful pair of shoes.It will look great if you dance with these shoes.“ Then, he muttered to himself chanting a spell and touching Karen's shoes with his finger.”Red shoes!Never ever come off from this young lady's feet when she dances.“ The noblewoman threw some coins at him and entered the church with Karen.3

right now!” Beetle stretched his wings and flew away boastfully.After a short time, Beetle faced a sudden shower while he was sleeping in a wide lawn.Beetle swam to avoid the rain, but it sometimes fell down and turned him over because the Beetle was soaked in rain.After a long time, the rain abated a little.The Beetle took shelter on wet a linen wrinkled from the heavy rain.A day paed, and the sky was bright and clear.Two frogs were talking to each other delightfully on the linen.“What fantastic weather it is.Because this linen is wet from the rain, my hind legs are wet, and I feel like I am swimming.” “You are right.The air is so fresh because of the good humidity.” Then, the Beetle interrupted their conversation and said, “Have you ever been to the King's barn? That place is wet and warm.Its climate is perfect for me.Is there a manure pile where I can take a rest?” Because the frogs did not want to answer the Beetle's question, the Beetle moved to another place, and he met a couple of happy earwigs on a broken piece of flowerpot.“My son is in love.How pure he is.” “My son just came out from his egg, but he can already can walk around.” The Beetle received an invitation from the earwigs, and he visited their house.But when the young earwigs tried to pull his mustache, he left the place searching for a manure pile.After a while, he met many beetles in a stream.“Maybe you come from a manure pile.” The oldest beetle asked him.“I am from the King's barn, a much more majestic place than a manure pile.I lived with golden horseshoes.But don't ask me any more.I am carrying out my secret duties.” The Beetle got married to a pretty beetle, but he got tired and bored soon.He said that he would look for food, and then escaped.While he continued on his journey, he flew into a greenhouse and fell asleep with a happy dream.Suddenly, the children of a gardener came into the greenhouse, caught the Beetle, tied him up to a wooden shoe boat with a wool string and floated the boat on a lake, so the beetle could not fly away.At that moment, a fly came over and said, “I have to take a rest to get some sunlight here.You seem to enjoy yourself very much.” “Don't you see that I am tied up with string over here?” “Oh, but I am not the one who tied you up.” The fly said this and flew away.“Now I know what the world is like.I hate it so much.I am the only one who's truly right.But everything is over.” When the Beetle was muttering to himself sadly, a boat came carrying girls.“A little bug is tied up to a wooden shoe.How sad!” The Beetle saved his life with the help of the girls, And he flew into a huge building through an open window.The place the Beetle landed was on the mane of the horse that the King loved.The Beetle seized the mane until he concentrated about himself.“I am sitting on the horse that the King likes the most.I am like the King!Did the horseshoer ask me how come this horse won the golden horseshoes once? Now I know.This horse won the golden horseshoes to take me on his back.” The Beetle became happy as he thought this way.As sunlight spread acro the King's barn, everything became bright and lively.“Travels always give you a broader point of view.Well, if you look around this world carefully, you will find out this place is not quite so bad.” The Beetle muttered to himself happily bathing in the sun.49 An Old Church Bell There once was a small town in Germany where acacia flowers were in full bloom, and apple and pear trees bore fruit in autumn.This town was beautiful but poor.On one day of late autumn, when the grape vine leaves were dried with a red color, it rained heavily, and there was a cold strong wind.It was not good news for the poor people in this town.As it got dark outside, the small old houses got darker.There was one small and shabby house with a very small window.The people in that house were very poor, but they were good and honest.When a solemn church bell tolled piously and peacefully, a boy came into the world.His mother was very happy, because the church bell seemed to deliver her happy news to the whole town.The boy grew up well, and his family moved to another town.On the day that the boy turned six, he visited his hometown with

corner!“ ”Mm, mm...“ The seeds moved their bodies slightly, but they did not want to wake up.Lovely spring was coming with big steps, and the sun was shining with a bright smile.The sunlight came through the underground and reached the place where the seeds were sleeping.”Ah, I feel itchy!I want to breathe in some fresh air.“ Finally, the seeds woke up and stretched.Spring rain came again, and it made the hard clod of soil moist and soft after it flowed into the ground.The hard clod of soil diolved, and the sun patted the soil tenderly.”Ah, I can't just sit down here any more!“ When the seed swayed all her body, a beard-looking root started to come out from her brown body.The white root turned to light green and stretched her root to the side where the sunlight was bright and warm.Finally, a new bud of the seed came out of the ground and reached out her shy face quietly.”Oh, how bright!“ She blinked her eyes several times because it was too bright to open her eyes.Then, she closed her eyes tightly.”Pretty little baby, open your eyes slowly.You are going to be okay.“ The sun whispered with her soft voice to the seed sitting on top of a ginkgo tree.The spring breeze was blowing soft and fresh, and there was a joyful skylark's song.”Wow, what a cute little sprout you are!“ The sprout became so happy, and she was no longer afraid of the bright sunshine.The sprout grew up well.The light green colored leaves grew darker and darker everyday.Soon, the new bud became a flower plant.And she bore a red flower bud.One day, the flower bud bloomed.It was a beautiful flower that looked just like the sun.52 The Flax A long time ago, there was a flower called 'Flax'.” I am so happy.No one is happier than me in the world.“ A leaf of gra said to the Flax.”You don't know anything about the world.Do you know how painful it is to live here?“ ”That's not true!I've never seen more beautiful flowers than me.I am so happy now.“ One day, people came and pulled up the Flax's stem.It hurt her badly, but she thought to herself, 'One good day, one bad day.It's okay.Just be brave!' But the people put her in water and broke her.”Well, that's all right.I used to be happy.I can get over this little pain.'“ After tolerating all the pain, she became great linen.”I am lucky!I became very beautiful because I endured the suffering.I am so happy.“ A few days later, the linen was cut with sciors and pricked by needles.However, the linen endured the pain.After the pain, she became a great suit of clothes.”Look at me!I am a great suit of clothes.Finally I became a useful thing.“ A few years later, she was almost worn-out.She had to suffer the pain of being torn into pieces.Then, the Flax became a fine and white piece of paper.'People write letters on my body.I am so lucky.' Next, she happened to be sent to a printing shop, and then, she was published as hundreds of books.'I am going to live my life with everybody's respect and attention.I am very happy.' After a while, she was thrown away into a bathtub.'After hard work all day long, I should take a rest.Maybe I will be sent to a better place in the future like the way I have been in the past.' One day, the paper was put into a fireplace.'Ouch!This is too hot!But I have to put up with this for more happy days.' The Flax lived with a joyful and appreciating attitude towards her life.53 The Butterfly's finding a Bride There once was a butterfly flying gently.He was flying in the blue sky and was looking for his bride.'Flower is the best bride for me!' The Butterfly thought, but there were too many flowers to choose only one.”I will be able to find a beautiful flower if I fly all around the world.“ The Butterfly started to fly around to find the flower to be his bride.First, he found a snowdrop.”What a pretty flower she is!But she's too small.“ The Butterfly flew to another place.He found a saffran this time.”Oh, she is beautiful.But she's too mature.“ The Butterfly flew around again.”Wow, she's amazing!“ He found an anemone.”But she's too paionate.“ The Butterfly flew away.7

The next morning, the Daisy heard the skylark's tearful voice.The Small Daisy looked up at a cage hanging in the window.The skylark was crying in the cage.The Daisy wanted to help the skylark, but she couldn't do anything.After a while, two boys came over the fence, and crouched down near the Daisy.”This lawn is good.“ Two boys poked at the lawn around the Daisy.They drew a circle around her and cut out the lawn.Small daisy came to stand in the middle of the sod.”Well done.Should I pull this little daisy out?“ ”No, let's keep it there.It's pretty.“ Two boys brought the lawn and laid it down in the cage.The skylark flapped her little wings and cried.But the small Daisy could not comfort her.”Water, I want to drink water.Everyone forgot to give it to me.Why is the air so impure and thick?“ The skylark felt painful and pecked the lawn with her bill.Until that night, nobody gave her some water.The skylark nodded her head to the Daisy.”Good bye.You will dry up and die like me soon.“ The skylark was very thirsty and painful but she did not touch the Daisy.The Daisy was so sad.The skylark died laying her head next to the Daisy.The next day, the two boys came back.They made a grave for the skylark with tears in their eyes.The Daisy was thrown away with the lawn on the street.”It was not the grave which the skylark wanted to have.“ The Daisy said to herself.56 Benu and Glenu There were two islands called Benu and Glenu around Holstein Castle located next to the Zeeland coast.On these two islands, there were forests, ranches, fields, churches and towns.These two islands were located close to each other side by side.One night, there was a big rainstorm.The earth and sky were shaking and the ground seemed to crack, the church bells swayed and tolled by themselves, sea waves roared higher than ever before.The next morning, Benu completely disappeared as if it had never existed before.Even now, on quiet summer evenings, some fishermen say they saw the white church tower of Benu under the sea, and others say they heard the church bell.The legend, 'Benu is laying down deep under the sea waiting for Glenu', spread acro the whole town, and when rainstorms rose up, the children of Glenu shivered and heard the sound of waves with fear.”Is Benu going to take Glenu away under the sea tonight?“ The children used to be terrified with this thought and muttered prayers, and went to bed.But the next morning, Glenu was still there.Forests, fields full of fully ripened grains, and picturesque farmhouses are all still there.But Glenu was looking forward to the day.Even though it does not know how many days it has to wait, Glenu knows that someday it will disappear before anyone is aware of it.Suddenly one morning, the Glenu that was there had vanished.Even the day before yesterday, wild swans were swimming through the sea between Zeeland and Glenu, sailing boats were paing by smoothly, people were riding horse carriages which splashed water and went to Glenu, but one day Glenu vanished forever.When you travel far away from Holstein for 10 years and come back, forests may be surrounded by an open and green plain, and you may smell the hay.You may doubt your eyes looking at where you are and the houses that you've never seen before.Holstein castle will still be glittering its golden spire, but the castle will look as if it moved 1 mile to the inland.You will reach the shore croing forests and fields, but there is no island in your sight but a boundle ocean, you will ask yourself this, ”Did Benu finally take Glenu? One night, did the rainstorm that shakes the sky and earth really move Holstein castle 1 mile inland?“ However, the rainstorms will never arise, and this will happen at noon in bright sunlight.It will be men who will build banks around Glenu, linking Glenu and Zeeland draining the sea.And then, they will turn the place into a rich plain As the legend says, even though Glenu will vanish, Zeeland will be broader.It is not Benu that will take Glenu away, but it is Zeeland that will hold Glenu with its long and wide bank.57 The Toy Soldier

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room alone.”Ah!I wish I could walk and run outside, and I want to see the beautiful flowers too.“ He seemed dizzy and went back to his bed leaning on the wall.”Angel, can I give him this rose bush and the wild flowers? These are the only things I have.“ He asked the angel.”Then, what are we going to plant in the garden of Heaven?“ ”There are lots of beautiful flowers in the garden.The garden will still be beautiful without this rose bush and the wild flowers.“ The angel was impreed by the kid's warm heart.”Ok, Let's give these flowers to him.“ The angel gave the sick boy bright sunlight and the cool breeze.And then she also planted the rose bush and the wild flowers.The sick boy cried for joy.The angel and the kid went back to Heaven.The angel told the story about what had happened to God.”What a nice kid!I will give you a present.“ He gave him a pretty pair of white wings on his back.After that, the good kid became an angel.61 The Swans' Nest A long long time ago, there were swans.The swans flew to the plains.They were called 'Lombard'.Another group of swans flew to Byzantium, and they flocked to the Emperor's crown to protect it.The swans were just like a shield to guard the Emperor.One day, there was a scream from France.The swans flew to France with flames hanging on their wings.The French people prayed to God for help.”Oh, God.Please protect us.“ There was a Danish swan standing on the green plain next to the seashore with a crown on his head.The swan handed over his crown to England.At that time, some swans used to fly up to the sky.One of them made a beautiful song with a harp.The melody echoed around to far away.That's why the mountains of Norway are still beautiful.Another swan hit a marble rock very hard.The marble rock broke into pieces.Then, a Godde of Beauty came out of it.And the other swan hung the people's ideas in the air with ropes.Those ropes connected one country to another so that people's knowledge and ideas could spread to the rest of the world through the ropes.God loves the swans' nest.The swans' nest never breaks apart even when giant birds fiercely attack it because the swans will fight back all together.After a long time paes, swans will fly up to the sky from their nest, and people will watch them fly.Their beautiful songs will echo around us continuously.62 The Thorny Road of Honor Every country has great and respectable people.They teach us about battle, glory and failure in life.”Know yourself.“ Socrates, who we all know, was held in contempt by many people.But he wanted to know a lot of things.Even now, he is respected by people.”The future is in the dark.“ The prophet 'Homer' always worried about the future, so his hair all turned white.After a while, his eyes went blind.But he is always remembered as the greatest prophet of history.Great men have always been produced continuously.”Have mercy on me.Please give me a penny“ The great poet Camoniz was a beggar when he was young.But he has a magnificent monument of his own.If no one had given him money, he would have died from hunger.There is another man to talk about.He stayed in prison for a long time.”I am not crazy!“ He is the one who invented steam power, but he could not be recognized as a great man in his days.People said that he was crazy.The great inventor, Salomon Deco ended his life in a mental institution.”I have found a new continent.“ Famous Columbus found the new Continent, but he got arrested and died in chains.”Someday, you will find out about the new continent.“ He died in chains, but now he is very famous for his discovery of the American Continent.”The earth goes around the sun.“ Galileo knew the earth circles the sun, but he suffered from blindne and deafne.”Still, the earth goes around the sun.“ He told people the earth travels around the sun even though it got him in trouble.243

A long time ago there lived a poor grandmother.“Today, I will make a dish out of peas.” Grandmother prepared to light the oven furnace with firewood and straw.“Ouch, Ouch” “Oh my goodne.” As soon as the peas were poured into the pot, each one cried out.Just then, when the grandmother wasn’t looking one pea jumped out of the pot and rolled in front the straw.“Whew!I made it.But where am I?” The pea whispered to himself.Right about then, a lump of charcoal that was burning in the furnace made a small cry and flew out.“Gosh!This is hard” The charcoal squinted his eyes and wiped his sweat away.The straw first questioned the pea.“Pea, how did you get here?” “From grandmother’s pot, just as the fire was being lite up to cook me and my friends, I ran away” The pea proudly boasted.Next, the straw asked the charcoal.“How did you get here?” “With all my strength from the pot, I just barely got out.” Charcoal replied weakly.When the straw heard this, he poured out his heart too.“My fate is similar to yours too.All my brothers went into the fire, but luckily I slipped out through the fingers.” “Oh I see!” “Really?” The pea and the charcoal each said a word and nodded.Charcoal said in a worried voice.“What should we do now?” “Since, we all escaped luckily let us live together in this strange land.”

In hearing pea, charcoal and straw thought for a moment.“What should we do?” “I think we should do what the pea said.” So, the pea, charcoal and the straw decided to leave that place.It hadn’t been long since they left when they came acro a stream.“How can we cro the stream?” “There’s no stepping stone, if only there were some logs.? “We can’t go back, can’t there be a better way?” They stared at one another and worried.A little while later, the straw thought of a good idea.“Since my body is light and long, if I lie down and stretch myself acro the stream you guys can cro.” “Will it be alright?” “We will have to see.” On the one hand, pea and charcoal couldn’t help in worrying.The straw laid acro the stream.“Hurry!You must cro quickly.If you stay in one place too long, I could catch on fire.” Charcoal quickly began croing over the straw.But, as charcoal was croing, he looked down.“I'm scared!Oh what should I doΑ” Charcoal could no longer move.“Hurry up and cro!” Straw said with all his might.However, just at that moment, from the charcoal the straw caught on fire.“Oh no!” The straw broke in two and fell into the stream.“Ahh!” At the same time, charcoal fell into the water.Pea, who was watching this scene, couldn’t help laughing.“Ha Ha Ha” “Ha Ha Ha” The pea laughed so hard that he broke in two.“Oh no, I’m dying”

Luckily just then, a tailor was croing the bridge.“I will rest here for a while.” “Help me” the tailor heard a faint voice and found the split pea.The sympathetic tailor sewed the split pea back together, “You are lucky that I’m a tailor.” “I’m really fortunate.” As the tailor was finishing up sewing the pea, the pea said gratefully.The pea thanked the tailor.“Thank you very much.” “But, because the thread is black there will be a mark.” Just like the tailor said, since then there was a black mark down the middle of the pea.68 The Frog Prince A long time ago, in a far away land there lived a prince.The prince was the most prettiest, from the time she was a baby anyone who saw her admired her appearance.On one special day, ”Prince, the neighboring country sent this gold ball to you.The King has sent this golden ball to you prince.This is the only gold ball in the world.“ The prince thought that she was the most beautiful person in the world.So she disliked anything that was ugly and only liked what looked pretty and tasted good.The prince who had no friends always played alone on the palace lawn with her ball.”If only I had a friend to play with this

would fit the gla slipper.However, there was no girl who was able to fit the gla slipper.Finally, he came to Cinderella's house.The stepsisters fought over the gla slipper and tried it on.Both had big feet and did not fit the shoe.The prince was very disappointed.“I will try on the gla slipper.” Cinderella tried on the gla slipper.The shoe fit her perfectly.Cinderella took out the other gla slipper to put it on, “Ah!It was you.” The prince and Cinderella went back to the palace and lived happily ever after.70 Rapunzel Once upon a time, there lived an old couple in a village.The old couple prayed every day that they might have a baby.One day, an old woman moved into the house next door.The Old woman raised lettuce that looked very tasty and delicious.The old wife wanted to eat the lettuce from next door, and she constantly pestered her husband to let her eat that mouth-watering lettuce.“Dear, I want to have that lettuce.” Without knowing what else to do, the husband crept next door and stole the old woman's lettuce.However, the woman next door was a witch, and she noticed that the husband of her neighbor had stolen the lettuce.The witch said, “You dare to steal another's lettuce.You deserve to be punished.” The husband said, “I am sorry, but my wife wants to have the lettuce very much.” The witch said, “Is that so? Then you can take as much as you want.But there is a condition.” The husband asked, “What is it?” The witch said, “If a baby is born, you have to give me the child.” After a while, his wife got pregnant and gave birth to a pretty girl.The witch swiftly crept off with the baby girl and disappeared into the forest.She gave the name Rapunzel to the girl, and this child grew up fast to become a beautiful lady.Yet the witch was afraid of losing Rapunzel, so she locked her up in a tower.“Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair.” When Rapunzel dropped down her long hair, the witch would climb up in order to prevent Rapunzel from meeting other people.One day, a Prince happened to pa by the tower.The Prince lost his heart to the beautiful singing voice of Rapunzel.“How can I climb up to the tower?” The Prince decided to wait under the tower until he saw an opportunity.On the next day, the Prince saw that the witch climbed up to the tower on the lovely yellow hair of Rapunzel.After the witch left the tower, the Prince imitated the witch.He said, “Rapunzel, Rapunzel, please let down your golden hair.” Then the long hair was dropped from the inside of the tower.Upon seeing Rapunzel, the Prince fell instantly in love with her.He said, “You are the most beautiful lady in the world.” Rapunzel also lost her heart to the handsome prince.The two lovers met each other every night, hiding from the eyes of the witch.However one day, the witch found out about these secret meetings, cut off the hair of Rapunzel, and sent her to a desert.Then the witch dropped down the cut hair to the Prince, as he came to see Rapunzel.When the Prince climbed up the tower, holding the cut hair, the witch cast off the ladder sending the Prince crashing to the ground.He fell heavily on the earth at the base of the tower and became blind.The Prince gained strength by wandering around the land in order to find Rapunzel, and finally met her in the heart of the desert.Rapunzel recognized the Prince at once.Upon realizing that the Prince had become blind, Rapunzel's eyes filled with tears, which trickled down into the eyes of the Prince.At that moment, the Prince gained his eyesight again with the power of love.Then the two people returned to the royal palace and lived happily ever after.71 Mother Holle Once upon a time, there lived a widow with two daughters.One was a beautiful and diligent stepdaughter, and the other was her ugly and lazy real daughter.One day, the stepdaughter broke the mirror of her stepmother while cleaning the house.“Oh, no!What can I do?” The

There was a land that had a big concern, because of a wild boar that was digging up the field biting people and killing them.The Singing Bone “This is a terrible thing.Everyday the people are shaking in fear.” The king walked around the room here and there, everyday.“I will give a big reward for the person who catches the boar.” However, the boar had such a big body and was so wild that no one dared to go near it.At the same time, the King announced that whoever caught the boar would marry his daughter.Slowly people began to gather.Even two poor brothers were willing to try this dangerous job.The sneaky and money making older brother said, “I will catch it and marry the prince.” The kind and friendly younger brother said, “If I can get rid of the people's worry, then I will try.”

The two brothers went their separate ways to catch the boar.“Brother, be careful!” The younger brother was concerned for his older brother.However, the older brother did not even listen and went into the forest.The younger brother did not go far.When he found a dwarf who's beard was caught in a tree branch.“Please help me.I can't get up, because my beard is stuck.” The younger brother quickly brought down the dwarf from the tree.“Thank you.You have truly a kind heart.Take this net.When the boar appears, throw it at him right away.” The younger brother thanked the dwarf.He carried the net and walked into the forest looking for the boar.“Roar!” When the boar saw the younger brother, it ran to him with great power.The younger brother threw the net that was on his shoulder, at the boar.The boar that was running forward, got cut from the sharp net and his head split into two.The younger brother tied the boar onto his shoulders and headed for the castle.Meanwhile, the older brother that went in the opposite direction found a drinking house in the forest.“Alright, I will have a drink here and work up my courage.” Just then, acro from him, he saw his younger brother coming out carrying the boar.“My goodne, how did he.” The greedy brother was boiling with rage.“Little brother, come on in over here.Since you have caught the boar, have a drink of wine and rest.” Without suspecting anything, the little brother drank the wine.“Big brother!Let's go to the castle and share this happine.” The little brother, being so tired, fell asleep after drinking the wine.The older brother was jealous of his little brother for catching the boar.The older brother dragged the sleeping younger brother and threw him below the bridge, where he died.And pretending that he had caught the boar, he tied it onto his shoulders and went to the king.“You are truly a great young man.As I promised I will make you my son-in-law.” The older brother became the king's son-in-law.After a few years a shepherd was walking below the bridge when he saw a bone that was white as snow.“I will make a flute with that bone.” The shepherd took the bone and made a magnificent flute.However, before the shepherd had a chance to play it, the flute started to play on its own.“Listen people, listen people.Listen to my song.Long time ago, my older brother killed me and threw me under the bridge.Then he took the boar that I had caught and married the prince.” The song caused pain to the hearts of the people.“This is a very strange flute.” The shepherd took the strange flute to the king.In front of the king, the flute sang again.After hearing the words of the song, the king went under that bridge and dug up the ground.Inside, the bones of the younger brother was there.“Go and capture that man.” The king ordered the capture of the older brother.“A brave young man has died for no good reason!” The king mourned the death of the younger brother and buried his bones in a sunny place.73 The Little Elves Long time ago, there lived a very poor shoemaker.Because the old man was so poor, he had enough leather to make only one pair of shoes.Still, the very understanding old man never complained."Tomorrow morning, let's make one pair of shoes with a