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Title: Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm

Author: Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

Illustrator: Walter Crane

Translator: Lucy Crane

Release Date: August 17, 2006 [EBook #19068]

Language: English


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Household Stories - Grimm

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY "—AT LAST HE CAME TO THE TOWER & OPENED THE DOOR OF THE LITTLE ROOM WHERE ROSAMOND LAY."

HOUSEHOLD STORIES, FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE BROS GRIMM - TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY LUCY CRANE; AND DONE INTO PICTURES BY WALTER CRANE - DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC. NEW YORK


This new Dover edition, first published in 1963,
is an unabridged republication of the work first
published by Macmillan and Company in 1886.



Standard Book Number: 486-21080-4
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-16327


Manufactured in the United States of America
Dover Publications, Inc.
180 Varick Street
New York, N. Y. 10014

Transcriber's Notes:

There are several inconsistencies in hyphenation. The following words appear in the text both with and without a hyphen: bed-chamber, bed-time, egg-shell, god-father, house-door, in-doors, mill-stone, sea-side, step-mother, up-stairs.

A picture (tailpiece to The Wonderful Musician) listed in the List of Illustrations was not found in two different copies of the book.

I have changed or added wrong or missing punctuation in the following phrases: "Little sister, let me out, I must go[added .]" stood a maiden more beautiful than any he had seen before[added .] put a cap on her, and laid her in the bed in the Queen's place.[changed . to ,] So Kate went, and she thought to herself.[changed . to ,] as it weighed upon her heavily, she thought it must be the the [deleted repeated word] dried apples, and she said, neck is in danger'[changed ' to ? and added "] answered the cat. "Father, let me go for once into the forest to cut wood;[added "]

List of Illustrations
Half-Title. The Sleeping Beauty.   Frontispiece Title-Page.         PAGE The Rabbit's Bride, Headpiece 1   Tailpiece 2 Six Soldiers of Fortune, Headpiece 3   Tailpiece 8 Clever Grethel, Headpiece 9   Tailpiece 11 The Death of the Hen, Headpiece 12   Tailpiece 13 Hans in Luck, Headpiece 14   Tailpiece 19 The Goose Girl   To face page 20   Headpiece 20   Tailpiece 25 The Raven, Headpiece 26   Tailpiece 31 The Frog Prince, Headpiece 32   Tailpiece 36 Cat and Mouse in Partnership, Headpiece 37   Tailpiece 39 The Wolf and the Seven Kids, Headpiece 40   Tailpiece 42 Faithful John   To face page 43   Headpiece 43   Tailpiece 51 The Wonderful Musician, Headpiece 52   Tailpiece 55 The Twelve Brothers, Headpiece 56   Tailpiece 61 The Vagabonds, Headpiece 62   Tailpiece 64 The Brother and Sister, Headpiece 65   Tailpiece 71 Rapunzel   To face page 72   Headpiece 72   Tailpiece 75 The Three Little Men in the Wood, Headpiece 76   Tailpiece 81 The Three Spinsters, Headpiece 82   Tailpiece 84 Hansel and Grethel, Headpiece 85   Tailpiece 92 The White Snake   To face page 93   Headpiece 93   Tailpiece 97 The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean, Headpiece 98   Tailpiece 99 The Fisherman and his Wife, Headpiece 100   Tailpiece 108 The Gallant Tailor, Headpiece 109   Tailpiece 117 Aschenputtel, Headpiece 118   Tailpiece 125 The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage, Headpiece 126   Tailpiece 127 Mother Hulda   To face page 128   Headpiece 128   Tailpiece 131 Little Red-cap, Headpiece 132   Tailpiece 135 The Bremen Town Musicians, Headpiece 136   Tailpiece 139 Prudent Hans, Headpiece 140   Tailpiece 144 Clever Else, Headpiece 145   Tailpiece 148 The Table, the Ass, and the Stick, Headpiece 149   Tailpiece 159 Tom Thumb, Headpiece 160   Tailpiece 166 How Mrs. Fox Married again, Headpiece 167   Initial 169   Tailpiece 170 The Elves, Headpiece 171   Initial 173   Initial 174   Tailpiece 174 The Robber Bridegroom   To face page 175   Headpiece 175   Tailpiece 178 Mr. Korbes, Headpiece 179   Tailpiece 180 Tom Thumb's Travels, Headpiece 181   Tailpiece 185 The Almond Tree   To face page 186   Headpiece 186   Tailpiece 194 Old Sultan, Headpiece 195   Tailpiece 197 The Six Swans   To face page 198   Headpiece 198   Tailpiece 203 The Sleeping Beauty, Headpiece 204   Tailpiece 207 King Thrushbeard, Headpiece 208   Tailpiece 212 Snow-white   To face page 213   Headpiece 213   Tailpiece 221 The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn, Headpiece 222   Tailpiece 227 Rumpelstiltskin, Headpiece 228   Tailpiece 231 Roland, Headpiece 232   Tailpiece 235 The Golden Bird,   To face page 236   Headpiece 236   Tailpiece 243 The Dog and the Sparrow, Headpiece 244   Tailpiece 247 Fred and Kate, Headpiece 248   Tailpiece 255 The Little Farmer, Headpiece 256   Tailpiece 261 The Queen Bee, Headpiece 262   Tailpiece 264 The Golden Goose, Headpiece 265   Tailpiece 269


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There was once a woman who lived with her daughter in a beautiful cabbage-garden; and there came a rabbit and ate up all the cabbages. At last said the woman to her daughter,

"Go into the garden, and drive out the rabbit."

"Shoo! shoo!" said the maiden; "don't eat up all our cabbages, little rabbit!"

"Come, maiden," said the rabbit, "sit on my tail and go with me to my rabbit-hutch." But the maiden would not.

Another day, back came the rabbit, and ate away at the cabbages, until the woman said to her daughter,

"Go into the garden, and drive away the rabbit."

"Shoo! shoo!" said the maiden; "don't eat up all our cabbages, little rabbit!"

"Come, maiden," said the rabbit, "sit on my tail and go with me to my rabbit-hutch." But the maiden would not.

Again, a third time back came the rabbit, and ate away at the cabbages, until the woman said to her daughter,

"Go into the garden, and drive away the rabbit."

"Shoo! shoo!" said the maiden; "don't eat up all our cabbages, little rabbit!"

"Come, maiden," said the rabbit, "sit on my tail and go with me to my rabbit-hutch."

And then the girl seated herself on the rabbit's tail, and the rabbit took her to his hutch.

"Now," said he, "set to work and cook some bran and cabbage; I am going to bid the wedding guests." And soon they were all collected. Would you like to know who they were? Well, I can only tell you what was told to me; all the hares came, and the crow who was to be the parson to marry them, and the fox for the clerk, and the altar was under the rainbow. But the maiden was sad, because she was so lonely.

"Get up! get up!" said the rabbit, "the wedding folk are all merry."

But the bride wept and said nothing, and the rabbit went away, but very soon came back again.

"Get up! get up!" said he, "the wedding folk are waiting." But the bride said nothing, and the rabbit went away. Then she made a figure of straw, and dressed it in her own clothes, and gave it a red mouth, and set it to watch the kettle of bran, and then she went home to her mother. Back again came the rabbit, saying, "Get up! get up!" and he went up and hit the straw figure on the head, so that it tumbled down.

And the rabbit thought that he had killed his bride, and he went away and was very sad.

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SIX SOLDIERS OF FORTUNE
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There was once a man who was a Jack-of-all-trades; he had served in the war, and had been brave and bold, but at the end of it he was sent about his business, with three farthings and his discharge.

"I am not going to stand this," said he; "wait till I find the right man to help me, and the king shall give me all the treasures of his kingdom before he has done with me."

Then, full of wrath, he went into the forest, and he saw one standing there by six trees which he had rooted up as if they had been stalks of corn. And he said to him,

"Will you be my man, and come along with me?"

"All right," answered he; "I must just take this bit of wood home to my father and mother." And taking one of the trees, he bound it round the other five, and putting the faggot on his shoulder, he carried it off; then soon coming back, he went along with his leader, who said,

"Two such as we can stand against the whole world."

And when they had gone on a little while, they came to a huntsman who was kneeling on one knee and taking careful aim with his rifle.

"Huntsman," said the leader, "what are you aiming at?"

"Two miles

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