POLAND 229 SLOVENIA 345 CZECH REPUBLIC 359

Transcription

1 CONTENTS GERMANY 15 THE MAN WITHOUT A HEART 17 THE STARLING 23 THE SEVEN SWANS 26 ALYS AND HER DOG 31 GAFFER DEATH 34 THE NUT BOUGH 37 TWO HEAVILY DRESSED MILLERS 42 SEVEN WAYWARD SONS 44 A MOTHER S TEARS 48 THE THREE WEDDING GUESTS 49 THE FOX AND THE HARE 51 CHARLEMAGNE AND THE ROBBER 53 CHARLEMAGNE, THE SNAKE AND THE MAGIC RING 58 THE BRAVE FLUTE PLAYER 61 THE TURNIP PRINCESS 65 THE OLD WIZARD AND THE CHILDREN 67 FOUR TRAVELLING COMPANIONS 71 THE DWARF S CAP 77 THE KING OF THE GOLDEN MOUNTAIN 84

2 THE SNAKE CROWN 92 THE THREE FEATHERS 97 HOP-O -MY-THUMB 100 THE THREE PRESENTS 105 THE HARE KEEPER 107 THE KITTEN AND THE KNITTING NEEDLES 111 THE GOLDEN HEN 113 AS PRETTY AS SEVEN 117 THE DREAM OF GOING TO SPAIN 121 THE MILLER AND THE WATER SPRITE 126 THE JOURNEYMAN 131 KING GOLDEN HAIR 139 THE MONEY MILL 143 THE MAGIC FEATHER 144 THE MIRACLE BIRD 147 THE RED SILK RIBBON 151 CINDERELLA 156 THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 163 THE NOSE TREE 172 THE JEW IN THE BUSH 180 THE FROG KING 184 RAPUNZEL 188 TWELVE BROTHERS 192 MERMAID LOVE 198 THE HERD OF GOLDEN SHEEP 202 GOLD-MARIA AND PITCH-MARIA 208 THE UNJUST JUDGE 212 MILLET THIEF 215 THE GOLDEN ROEBUCK 219 THE CHANGELING 223

3 POLAND 229 THE WIND RIDER 231 THE STOLEN HEART 235 THE GHOST 238 THE GLASS MOUNTAIN 243 THE THREE BROTHERS 248 THE CROW 252 THE THREE PRINCESSES 255 THE PALE MAIDEN 258 THE WAGONER 261 TAILOR ZWIRBEL 264 PRINCESS MARVEL 270 THE FLUTE PLAYER 278 FARMER VEIT 282 JANOSIK 291 THE HORSE DEALER 293 THE MAGIC PEAS 298 MOTHER ILSE 301 THE JOURNEYMAN 313 GLUCKSMANNLEIN 317 THE PLAGUE SWARM 321 ISKRZYCKI 323 THE WHIRLWIND 325 THE DEVIL S DANCE 327 PRINCE UNEXPECTED 330 THE SPIRIT OF A BURIED MAN 341 SLOVENIA 345 THE GOLDEN APPLES AND THE NINE PEAHENS 347 CZECH REPUBLIC 359 THE ROOSTER AND THE LITTLE HEN 361

4 THE TERRIBLE KURATKO 363 THE BEAR, THE EAGLE AND THE FISH 366 SILLY JURA 370 THE THREE ROSES 374 THE WATERNICK 377 THE MAN WHO MET MISERY 380 NINE AT A BLOW 383 THE KNIGHT BAMBUS 386 FRANCIS AND MARTIN 389 THE SHOEMAKER S APRON 391 THE SEVEN RAVENS 396 THE DOG AND THE YELLOW HAMMER 399 THE THREE WONDROUS FISH 402 THE DOG AND THE WOLF 404 THE NINE BIRDS 408 THE SHEPHERD AND THE DWARFS 410 THE GOAT AND THE ANT 416 THE OUTCAST SON 418 PIPING HANS 421 THE PRESENT OF THE WIND 424 LONGSHANKS, GIRTH AND KEEN 427 PRINCE BAYAYA 438 KATCHA AND THE DEVIL 450 ROMANIA 459 WHY IS THE BEE BUSY AND THE SPIDER SULLEN? 461 WHY ARE THE LOCUSTS VORACIOUS? 463 ANOTHER STORY OF THE GRASSHOPPER 465 WHY IS THE WASP THE GIPSIES BEE? 466 WHY HAS THE WOODPECKER SUCH A LONG BEAK AND WHY DOES IT PECK AT THE TREES? 468

5 WHY IS THE NIGHTINGALE THE SONGSTER OF THE KING? 470 WHY DOES THE CUCKOO LEAD A RESTLESS LIFE? 472 WHY IS THERE ENMITY BETWEEN THE CROW AND THE HAWK? 475 WHY DO CATS EAT MICE? 478 THE WONDERFUL BIRD 481 THE LITTLE PURSE WITH TWO HALFPENNIES 491 MOGARZEA AND HIS SON 495 THE PRINCESS AND THE FISHERMAN 501 THE VOICE OF DEATH 506 THE MORNING STAR AND THE EVENING STAR 509 WHY IS THE BEE BLACK AND WHY IS IT MAKING HONEY? 516 WHY DID NOAH GET DRUNK? 520 WHY DOES THE CUCKOO CALL CUCKOO? 523 WHY DOES THE ARMENIAN LOVE THE DIRTY HOOPOE? 526 THE STORY OF THE PARTRIDGE, THE FOX AND THE HOUND 528 THE STORY OF THE PARTRIDGE AND HER YOUNG 531 THE STORY OF THE LARK AND THE TAMING OF WOMEN 533 THE STORY OF THE TURTLEDOVE AND ITS LOVE FOR ITS MATE 536 THE STORY OF MAN AND HIS YEARS 537 THE JUDGEMENT OF THE SOUL OF MAN, ACCUSED AND DEFENDED BY BEAST AND BIRDS 540 WHY DOES THE FLY EAT THE CHERRY? 542 HAS THE BUTTERFLY RINGS ON ITS WINGS? 543

6 WHY DOES THE CRICKET CHIRP? 544 WHY DO THE ANTS FEED THE CRICKET? 545 THE STORY OF GOD, ST. PETER AND THE DEVIL 547 THE STORY OF ST. MARY AND THE MISERLY FARMER 550 THE STORY OF GOD, ST. PETER AND THE LAZY SHEPHERD 552 THE STORY OF GOD AND THE DISOBEDIENT MAN 555 WHY DOES THE TITMOUSE GET INTO THE PUMPKIN? 558 THE STORY OF THE CROW AND ITS UGLY FLEDGLINGS 560 WHY IS THE CUCKOO SILENT IN THE WINTER? 562 WHY SHOULD THE OAK TREE NOT BOAST? 564 CHARMS AGAINST THE SPARROW 566 WHY HAS THE HOOPOE A TUFT? 568 THE STORY OF THE BEWITCHED BROTHERS 570 THE STORY OF THE YOUNG MAIDEN AND HER HUSBAND, THE DEMON 575 THE STORY OF THE PEASANT, THE SNAKE AND KING SOLOMON 580 THE STORY OF THE DOG AND THE SNAKE, AND THE CURE OF HEADACHE 582 THE STORY OF THE HORSE, THE LION AND THE WOLF 584 WHY IS THE FLY CALLED THE DEVIL S HORSE? 586 THE STORY OF GOD, THE SUN AND THE BULLS 588 THE STORY OF GOD AND THE FALSE TEACHERS 590 THE STORY OF JESUS AND THE UNKIND REAPER 592 THE STORY OF ST. PETER AND THE GIRL MESSENGER 594 THE STORY OF THE HOOPOE AND ITS GREED 597

7 HUNGARY 599 STEPHEN THE MURDERER 601 THE LAMB WITH THE GOLDEN FLEECE 607 LUCK AND BLISS 610 THE LAZY CAT 611 THE TRAVELS OF TRUTH AND FALSEHOOD 613 THE LAZY SPINNING-GIRL WHO BECAME A QUEEN 617 KNIGHT ROSE 621 THE STUDENT WHO WAS FORCIBLY MADE KING 626 THE CHILDREN OF TWO RICH MEN 630 THE HUSSAR AND THE SERVANT GIRL 634 MY FATHER S WEDDING 637 THE BAA-LAMBS 642 THE DEVIL AND THE THREE SLOVAK LADS 647 THE YOUNGEST PRINCE AND THE YOUNGEST PRINCESS 649 THE INVISIBLE SHEPHERD LAD 654 CINDER JACK 657 THE THREE BROTHERS 660 THE THREE VALUABLE THINGS 663 THE LITTLE MAGIC PONY 666 THE WISHES 668 THE TWO ORPHANS 671 THE WONDERFUL FROG 676 THE DEVIL AND THE RED CAP 679 JACK DREADNOUGHT 681 THE LOVER S GHOST 686 WOMAN S CURIOSITY 691 JESUS CHRIST AND ST. PETER 692

8 WOLF AND FOX 694 THAT S NOT TRUE 696 THE SUITORS OF THE PRINCESS FIREFLY 699 THE SUN-HORSE 705 THE GOLDEN SPINSTER 712 FAIRY ELIZABETH 718 THE THREE PRINCES 732 THE THREE DREAMS 739 CSABOR UR 745 PRINCE CSIHAN 748 THE SPEAKING GRAPES, THE SMILING APPLE AND THE TINKLING APRICOT 754 THE THREE ORANGES 757 SWITZERLAND 761 THE CHAMOIS HUNTER 763 THE REJECTED GIFT 765 THE WONDERFUL LITTLE POUCH 767 AID AND PUNISHMENT 768 THE DWARF IN SEARCH OF LODGING 769 STURDY HANS 771 HOW THE DEVIL CRUSHED HIS FOOT 776 WHO GETS THE HOUSE? 778 THE SNAKE CROWN 781 THE DEVIL AS PARTNER 786 THE CHEESE TEST 789 THE HORSE EGG 790 THE GRAINS 793 THE GOLDEN COAL 795 A THIRSTY TREE 798 THE FAIRY GROTTO 799

9 BELGIUM 803 THE RICH WOMAN AND THE POOR WOMAN 805 THE STORY OF SEPPY WHO WISHED TO MANAGE HIS OWN HOUSE 808 THE CONVENT FREE FROM CARE 812 HOP-O -MY-THUMB 815 THE EMPEROR S PARROT 819 BALTEN AND THE WOLF 822 THE MERMAID 826 THE STORY OF THE LITTLE HALF-COCK 830 SIMPLE JOHN 833 THE TWO CHICKENS OR THE TWO EARS 837 UPS AND DOWNS 839 THE THREE MONKEYS 841 HOW THE GOLDFINCH GOT HIS COLOURS 844 THE MOST CUNNING ANIMAL 846 WHY CATS ALWAYS WASH AFTER EATING 849 THE MAGIC CAP 850 SUGAR CANDY HOUSE 856 POOR PETER 859 THE PEASANT AND HIS ASS 864 THE KING OF THE BIRDS 868 THE END OF THE WORLD 873 ONE BAD TURN BEGETS ANOTHER 878 THE PEASANT AND THE SATYRS 882 THE TWO FRIENDS AND THE BARREL OF GREASE 884 THE WITCH S CAT 888 THE LITTLE BLACKSMITH VERHOLEN 893 THE WONDERFUL FISH 905

10 THE COCK AND THE FOX 911 SPONSKEN AND THE GIANT 914 THE CHORISTERS OF ST. GUDULE 927 A DRUM FULL OF BEES 933 THE DRUNKEN ROOKS 943 THE BATTLE OF THE BIRDS AND BEASTS 945 THE REWARD OF THE WORLD 949 WHY THE BEAR HAS A STUMPY TAIL 953 AUSTRIA 957 HONDIDDLEDO AND HIS FIDDLE 959 KRUZIMUGELI 963 THE WISHING RAG, THE GOLDEN GOAT AND THE HAT SOLDIERS 966 MARTIN S EVE 970 THE LITTLE TAILOR 972 THE THREE BOXES 976 FOR ONE KREUZER A HUNDRED 978 THE THREE EGGS 981 THE WONDROUS TREE 983 THE SOUNDING TREE 986 HANS GUESSES RIDDLES 990 THE KING DOES NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING 993 THE MOUTH-CURE 995 THEY DANCE TO THE PIPE 997 STUPID PETER 1000 THE TWO SISTERS 1005