From the Pages of
Grimm’s Fairy Tales
In the olden time, when wishing was having, there lived a King, whose daughters were all beautiful; but the youngest was so exceedingly beautiful that the Sun himself, although he saw her very often, was surprised whenever she came out into the sunshine. (page 15)
“Dear children, I am going away into the wood; be on your guard against the Wolf, for if he comes here, he will eat you all up—skin, hair, and all.” (page 26)
Witches have red eyes, and cannot see very far; but they have a fine sense of smelling, like wild beasts, so that they know when children approach them. When Hansel and Grethel came near the witch’s house she laughed wickedly. (page 61)
“Rapunzel! Rapunzel!
Let down your hair!” (page 67)
The step-mother and the two sisters were amazed and white with rage, but the Prince took Cinderella upon his horse and rode away.
(page 93)
One day the grandmother presented the little girl with a red velvet riding hood; and as it fitted her very well, she would never wear anything else; and so she was called Little Red Riding Hood.
(page 101)
After seven months a child was born, who, although he was perfectly formed in all his limbs, was not actually bigger than one’s thumb. So they said to one another that it had happened just as they wished; and they called the child “Thumbling.” (page 131)
“Oh mirror, mirror on the wall,
Who is the fairest of us all?” (page 178)
“Are you called Rumpelstiltskin?” (page 194)
There was once upon a time an excessively proud Princess, who proposed a puzzle to every one who came a-courting; and he who did not solve it was sent away with ridicule and scorn. (page 357)
The four and seventieth time, the Hare was unable to run any more. In the middle of the course he stopped and dropped down quite exhausted, and there he lay motionless for some time. But the Hedgehog took the louis d’or and bottle of brandy which he had won, and went composedly home with his Wife. (page 479)
“Needle, Needle, sharp and fine,
Fit the house for wooer mine.” (page 481)
