Grimm's Fairy Tales

Author: Brothers Grimm
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Publish Date: 2002-12-01
Features: Popular Edition of World Literary Classics. Classic selections, complete versions, and first-class translations. In today's world, it can be said that wherever there are children, there are "Grimms' Fairy Tales." Young parents and kindergarten teachers tell their children the stories of "Grimms' Fairy Tales." "Grimms' Fairy Tales" are the most widely circulated literary works in the world. Why is this? Because "Grimms' Fairy Tales" are world literary classics, beloved reading materials for generations of children. They have inspired children's hearts with their rich imagination, beautiful dreams, and noble sentiments. Since their publication in 1815, "Grimms' Fairy Tales" have been translated into over one hundred forty languages worldwide. Among them, such renowned tales as "The Frog Prince," "Cinderella," "Snow White," "The Musician of Bremen," and "The Sleeping Beauty" are household names and have been adapted into various dramas, operas, ballets, films, and television series. It can be said that "Grimms' Fairy Tales" have spread to every corner of the world as a unique literary work; their influence has transcended their national boundaries and their era. From this, it is clear how beautiful and moving their stories are, and how captivating they are! This book collects sixty of the most brilliant stories from "Grimms' Fairy Tales." When no one else was in the room, Cinderella cried uncontrollably under the hazel tree at her mother's grave: "Wag, shake, little hazel tree, throw me your clothes woven with gold and silver threads." At that moment, a bird threw down a dress woven with gold and silver threads and a pair of satin shoes embroidered with real silk and silver threads. She quickly put on the clothes and shoes and went to the ball. Her stepmother and two stepsisters did not recognize her, thinking she must be a princess from abroad, how beautiful she looked in the clothes woven with gold and silver threads. They never imagined it was Cinderella. They thought Cinderella was still sitting among the household refuse, picking lentils from the ashes? But the prince walked toward her, took her hand, and began to dance. The prince no longer wanted to dance with anyone else, which meant he held her hand and refused to let go. If anyone else asked to dance with her, the prince would say, "This is my dance partner." They danced until the evening, and Cinderella wanted to go home. But the prince said, "I will go with you, I will accompany you." Because he wanted to see whose girl she was. But in the end, she slipped away from him and ran into the pigeon coop. The prince waited nearby until Cinderella's father returned. The prince told her father that the foreign princess had jumped into the pigeon coop. Her father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?" He ordered someone to bring an axe and a shovel. He used these tools to split the pigeon coop in half, but there was no one inside. When the stepmother and her two stepsisters returned home, Cinderella was already dressed in dirty clothes and lying among the ashes, with a dim oil lamp lit in the hearth. It turned out that after Cinderella had climbed into the pigeon coop, she quickly jumped down from behind the coop and ran to the hazel tree. She took off her beautiful clothes and shoes and placed them on the grave. The bird took them back, and then she put on her gray old tunic and sat among the ashes in the kitchen. The next day, when the banquet resumed, Cinderella's father, stepmother, and two stepsisters left again. Cinderella ran to the hazel tree and said, "Wag, shake, little hazel tree, throw me your clothes woven with gold and silver threads." The bird threw down even more splendid clothes than the day before. When Cinderella appeared at the ball in this new outfit, everyone was amazed at her beauty. The prince was already waiting for her, and as soon as he saw her, he took her hand and only wanted to dance with her, no longer willing to dance with any other girl. If someone else asked to dance with her, the prince would say, "This is my dance partner." As evening approached, Cinderella wanted to leave, and the prince followed her to see which house she would enter. But Cinderella ran so fast that she left him behind. She ran into the garden behind her house, where there was a beautiful tree full of golden pears. Cinderella climbed the tree and moved through the branches as quickly and agilely as a squirrel. The prince, however, did not know where she had gone. The prince waited there until her father arrived. The prince said, "That strange girl ran away from me. I believe she jumped onto the pear tree." Her father thought, "Could it be Cinderella?" He ordered someone to bring an axe to cut down the tree, but by then...