Source: Denmark
- Tale Summary Once upon a time there were 25 tin soldiers, all brothers, made of the same old spoon, who were a birthday gift to a little boy. There was one who had only been made with one leg, but was sturdy all the same. He was set on the table by
- Tale Summary Once upon a time a King鈥檚 daughter proclaimed that she would marry whichever man who best chose his words, and two brothers resolved to win her hand. They were very intelligent, with one who had memorized the whole Latin dictionary as
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, the Emperor of China lived in a magnificent palace surrounded by a wonderful garden in front of the sea and the woods, and in those woods a nightingale with the sweetest voice lived. Travelers came from around the
- Tale Summary There was once a soldier who was returning home from war, who met an old witch on the road. She said he deserved riches, and pointed him to a hollow tree which he could let himself down into by climbing to the top, using a rope she
- Tale Summary There was once an Emperor who did not care for anything but clothes. One day, two impostors arrived in the city and pretended to be great weavers and said that they knew how to make the most beautiful cloth imaginable, which was so
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, there were two people named Klaus in the same village. One had four horses and was called Big Klaus, and the one called Little Klaus had only one. Through the week, Little Kalus had to plough for Big Klaus and lend him
- Tale Summary There was once a good-wife who longed for a child, and so went to visit an old Witch, who gave her a barleycorn to plant in a flower-pot, promising that something would come of it. As soon as the woman placed it in the soil, a tulip
- Tale Summary There was once a king who had eleven sons, and a daughter named Elisa. The boys were very well educated princes, and their sister had what she wanted to entertain her, no matter the cost. Their father married a wicked queen, who had no
- Tale Summary There once lived a tiny elf, so small that human eyes could not see him, in the middle of a garden in the petals of a rose bush. One night, the sprite was out exploring too late, and by the time he arrived home the rose petals had
- Tale Summary There was once a prince who wanted a princess, and only a real princess would please him. He traveled the world to find one, but was unable to,聽 and came back home discouraged. One evening there was a terrible storm, and a knocking