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THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON

Then she was terribly angry, and took him up and threw him with all her might against the wall. "Now, thou wilt be quiet, odious frog," said she.

One eye, for which she was continually reproached,

You shall tie the marriage knot with the ropemaker's daughter and the cawing of the crows will be your wedding song.

He who is too well off is always longing for something new.

He who says A must say B too; and he who consents the first time must also the second.

his head to be cut off

How often when we are comfortable, we begin to long for something new!

Once upon a time...

And tell him I want power over the sun

The ring-dove sang from the willow spray, Well-a-day! Well-a-day! He mourn'd for the fate of his darling mate, Well-a-day!

Wonder. At last one took the other aside, and said, 'That little urchin

A good friend doesn't let you do stupid things ... alone.

window, and every year bore the most beautiful roses, white and red.

Sing, and princess left off weeping. Then he went

Sweep me the room as clean as you can, Up with the window, fling out my old man!

To-day I bake, to-morrow brew, The next I'll have the young Queen's child. Ha! glad am I that no one knew That Rumpelstiltskin I am styled.

Hansel took his little sister by the hand, and followed the pebbles which shone like newly-coined silver pieces, and showed them the way.

He who helped thee when thou wert in trouble ought not afterwards to be despised by thee.

They were indeed great rascals, and belonged to that class of people who find things before they are lost.

I'm Death, and I make sure that everyone is equal.

I shall eat anyone who tries to steal my singing, springing lark!

and then everyone was dead.

Before the castle gate all was as the fox had said: so the son went in and found the chamber where the golden bird hung in a wooden cage, and below

The tailor put on the girdle, and resolved to go forth into the world, because he thought his workshop was too small for his valor.

You are mine, and I am thine, and no power on earth shall make it otherwise.

THE DOG AND THE SPARROW

I know everything,' said the boy, 'and what I don't know, I can find out.

gate, the guards, who

My love for her is so great, that if all the leaves on all the trees were tongues, they could not declare it.

"Turn and peep, turn and peep, There's blood within the shoe The shoe it is too small for her, The true bride waits for you.

Jorinda and Jorindel

The Lord God had created all animals, and had chosen out the wolf to be his dog.

Then he sat down by the grave, and wept and mourned, till at last he died too; and so all were dead.

You are mine, and I am yours, and no one in the world can alter that.

The true poet, is like a man who's happy anywhere, in endless measure, if he's allowed to look at leaves and grass, to see the sun rise and set.

Chemistry is a gibberish of Latin and German; but in Leibig's hands it becomes a powerful language.

She'll sting you one day, Oh, ever so gently, so you hardly ever feel it. 'til you fall dead.

Come, take these two wicked girls, they are tender morsels for you, fat as young quails; for mercy's sake eat them!' The

The fat off. Then she took a walk upon the roofs of the town, looked out

This is why whoever is not afraid of the devil can tear out his hair and win the entire world.

Skin white as snow, lips red as blood, and hair black as ebony.

Lie down there in the shade and sleep, and I will soon build the castle for you. If it would be a pleasure to you, you can live in it yourself.

No care and no sorrow,

don't trust somebody who can't trust you

Turn back, turn back,thou pretty bride,
Within this house thou must not abide.
For here do evil things betide.

How They Went to the Mountains to Eat Nuts

And then her envious heart was glad, and as happy as such a heart could be.

Husband down the steps so that he broke his leg. Take the good-for-nothing

Only preserve the love of God in thy heart, and all will go well with thee.

cudgel! That's worth thy trouble,

When people are too well off they always begin to long for something new.

Evil is also not anything small or close to home, and not the worst; otherwise one could grow accustomed to it.

But we're never content with living well if we think we can live better.

Do not shoot me, for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird.

Fox, you are the most cunning of all animals, you shall be general and lead us.