"It happened that the cat met the fox in a forest, and as she thought to herself, 'He is clever and full of experience, and much esteemed in the world,' she spoke to him in a friendly way. 'Good day, dear Mr. Fox, how are you? How is all with you? How are you going … Continue reading Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: The Fox and the Cat

"A peasant had a faithful horse which had grown old and could do no more work, so his master would no longer give him anything to eat and said, 'I can certainly make no more use of you, but still I mean well by you; if you prove yourself still strong enough to bring me … Continue reading Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: The Fox and the Horse

"The fox once came to a meadow in which was a flock of fine fat geese, on which he smiled and said, 'I come at the nick of time, you are sitting together quite beautifully, so that I can eat you up one after the other.'" This is quite a short tale in which not … Continue reading Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: The Fox and the Geese

"There was once an old fox with nine tails, who wished to put his wife's affection to proof." This tale, [which I first thought was] separated into two sections, is not the most spectacular tale in the Grimm collection, but the rhyming sequences at least make parts of it fun to read. We begin with … Continue reading Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: How Mrs. Fox Married Again

"There was once a sweet little maid, much beloved by everybody, but most of all by her grandmother, who never knew how to make enough of her. Once she sent her a little riding hood of red velvet, and as it was very becoming to her, and she never wore anything else, people called her … Continue reading Grimm’s Complete Fairy Tales: Little Red Riding Hood