Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm

The Project Gutenberg EBook of Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm, by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org 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 Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HOUSEHOLD STORIES *** Produced by Suzanne Shell, Melissa Er-Raqabi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net HOUSEHOLD STORIES GRIMM [Illustration: 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 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 THE RABBIT'S BRIDE 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