A peasant’s wife is so lazy that she always comes up with excuses for not getting some work done. She has to spin but she does it so reluctantly that there is often something quite ...

One day a huntsman was wandering around in the woods. He stumbled upon an old lady and his good, kind heart could let the woman go without him helping her. What she gave him in ret ...

There lived three apprentices who always worked in the same town and always travelled together. Once they stumbled upon a rich man who wanted their help in return for a lot of mone ...

Three army surgeons show off their skills. The first cuts off his hand, the other tears off his heart and the third takes out his eye. And this is only to impress one innkeeper. Th ...

Once lived a stubborn little child who would not hear her mother’s words. The child was actually so willful that even the Lord’s patience would run out. So he let the girl get sick ...

A tailor’s poverty made him commit a crime. He was travelling around searching for work but there was nowhere to be found. He was so desperate that when he saw a Jew he decided to ...

A poor mother and her daughter are starved to death. One day the miserable girl meets an old lady in the woods who gifts her with a small magical pot which fills with sweet porridg ...

Hans’ uncle wanted to marry his nephew to a rich man’s daughter. Hans’ fortune was however not that big so the uncle had to come up with a trick. He went to the neighbor village wh ...

Brother Lustig was a soldier who got dismissed from the army. He wandered around when he one day stumbled upon a beggar who he shared his food with. Surprisingly the beggar turned ...

One night the master in our story was going to have guests so he asked his cook Grethel to prepare one chicken for him and one for the guests. And so she did. But she prepared them ...

Have you heard of a strong friendship between a fox and a wolf? We neither. However the fox and the wolf in our tale meant to be so close, that they called each other cousins. But ...

A father leaves his three sons three simple and seemingly useless things. The first one gets a cock, the second one – a scythe and the third one a cat. He leaves them something mor ...

A father wanted his son to learn something that would be advantageous for him. And so he decided that theft would be a great trade. He sent his son to a master thief and they agree ...

A prince and a princess are in love but the prince’s father wants his son to marry another girl. The devastated princess comes up with a plan. She gathers a group of eleven more la ...

"The Hare’s Bride" is a tale about one ambitious and courageous hare who would not take "no" for an answer. He was cheeky enough to eat all the cabbage in the garden, but he also w ...

Can a small bee help you win the princess’s heart and become the next king? Probably yes if you are kind enough to all the animals. Which the prince in our story apparently was. Bu ...

Once lived a little peasant who had a cow which he could not feed. So he killed it. And he headed out to the city to sell its skin. On the way there a storm caught him and he begge ...

The poor dog in our story is so badly treated by his master, that he decides to leave home. He meets a sparrow, who convinces him to head out to the city. His life however changes ...

Once lived an evil witch who wanted to kill her step-daughter. The girl was however not only kind and beautiful, but smart as well. She changed places with her step-sister so the w ...

Do you think it is smart to exchange a magical table cloth which fills with food every time it is spread out with a simple sack with seven soldiers inside? Well the youngest brothe ...

Do you expect something in return when you offer somebody your help? Well, you should not. The wolf in our story however did. He helped his poor old friend, the dog Sultan, by plot ...

A word has it that Frau Trude was a wicked witch so people were doing everything they could to avoid her. A girl was however not willing to obey so she went to Frau Trude’s home. D ...

Once lived a father who had to decide on a godfather for his child. He could not come up with a better plan, so he chose the Death. It sounds like the stupidest decision ever but i ...

A hen and a rooster are about to pay a visit to Herr Korbes. They travel with a carriage and they stumble upon some other adventurers on the way. They pick all of them up. And by a ...

There was once a tailor who wanted to be admitted to Heaven. He was so exhausted and he was begging St. Peter so badly, that St. Peter took pity of him and let the tailor in. He ha ...