The Little Match Girl

In an old apron she carried a number of matches, and had a bundle of them in her hands. Shivering with
cold and hunger, she crept along. She had drawn her little feet under her, but she could not keep off the cold.
And she dare to go home, for she had sold no matches. And could not take home even a penny of money. Her
father would certainly beat him.

Her little hands were almost frozen with the cold. “Ah! Perhaps a burning match might be some good,”
If she could take a stick from the bundle and strike it against the wall, just to warm her fingers.

She took one out–“stratch!” it sputtered as it burned! It gave a warm, bright light, like a little candle, as
she held her hands over it. It seemed that she was sitting by a large iron stove.

Jack and The Beanstalk

Once upon a time there lived a poor widow and her son Jack. One day, Jack’s mother told him to sell
their only cow. Jack went to the market and on the way he met a man who wanted to buy his cow. Jack asked,
“What will you give me in return for my cow?” The man answered, “I will give you five magic beans!” Jack
took the magic beans and gave the man the cow. But when he reached home, Jack’s mother was very angry. She
said, “You fool! He took away your cow and gave you some beans!” She threw the beans out of the window.
Jack was very sad and went to sleep without dinner.

The next day, when Jack woke up in the morning and looked out of the window, he saw that a huge
beanstalk had grown from his magic beans! He climbed up the beanstalk and reached a kingdom in the sky.
There lived a giant and his wife.

The Little Mermaid

"I know exactly what you want," said the sea witch. "It is very foolish of you, for it will bring you to
grief, my proud princess. You want to get rid of your fish tail and have two props instead, so that you can walk
about like a human creature, and have the young Prince fall in love with you,”

At this, the witch gave such a loud cackling laugh that the toad and the snakes were shaken to the
ground, where they lay writhing.

“Then your tail will divide and shrink until it becomes a pair of shapely legs. But it will hurt; it will feel
as if a sharp sword slashed through you. But every step you take will feel as if you were treading upon knife
blades so sharp that blood must flow. I am willing to help you, but are you willing to suffer all this?"

"Yes," the little mermaid said in a trembling voice, as she thought of the Prince and of gaining a human
soul.

"Remember!" said the witch. "Once you have taken a human form, you can never be a mermaid again.
You can never come back through the waters to your sisters, or to your father's palace. And if you do not win
the love of the Prince and if he married someone else, your heart will break on the very next morning, and you
will become foam of the sea."

"I shall take that risk," said the little mermaid, but she turned as pale as death.

The Ant and Grasshoper

 Once upon a time, in one summer’s day there was a grasshopper that was hopping about, cheeping and
singing to its heart’s content In a field. An ant passed by, bearing along with huge toil an ear of corn he was
saving to the nest.
 “Why don’t you come and enjoy the day with me?” said the Grasshopper, “Instead of working all the
times?”
“I am going to lay up food for the next winter,” said the Ant, “and recommend you to do the same with
me.”
 “Why should we care about winter?” said the Grasshopper; “We have had a lot of foods now.” Yet the
ant kept walking on its way and continued its toil.
 When the winter came The Grasshopper didn’t have any food and found itself dying of hunger – while
it saw the ant delivering every day, corn and grain from the stores they had collected before. Then the
grasshopper recognized: It is best to prepare well for days of something we need in the future.

Goldilocks and The Three Bears

Once upon a time there was a little girl. Her name was Goldilocks. She had golden hair.

One day Goldilocks was walking in the forest. She saw a house and knocked on the door. She went
inside. Nobody was there.

Goldilocks saw three bowls on the table. She was hungry. “This porridge is too hot! This porridge is too
cold! This porridge is just right!” Goldilocks ate all the porridge.

Goldilocks was tired now. “The chair is too big! This chair is too big, too! This chair is just right!’ But
the chair broke! Goldilocks was very tired. She went upstairs. “This bed is too hard! This bed is too soft! This
bed is just right!”

Soon, the bears came home.

The Sleeping Beauty

“Good day, old dame," said the King's daughter; "what are you doing there?" "I am spinning," said the old
woman, and nodded her head. "What sort of thing is that, that rattles round so merrily?" said the girl, and she
took the spindle and wanted to spin too. But scarcely had she touched the spindle when the magic decree was
fulfilled, and she pricked her finger with it.

And, in the very moment when she felt the prick, she fell down upon the bed that stood there, and lay in a deep
sleep. And this sleep extended over the whole palace.

The Fox and The Crow

 One day there was a fox that saw a Crow flying off with a piece of cheese in its beak and settle
comfortably on a branch of a tree.

“Good day, Mistress Crow,” he greeted. “How beautiful you are looking today: how glossy your softy
feathers; how bright your sharp eye. I feel sure your voice must surpass that all of other birds, just as your figure
does; let me enjoy one song from you that I may greet you as the Queen of Birds.”

The Crow lifted up her head and croaked her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of
cheese fell down to the ground, and directly snapped up by Master Fox.

“That will do,” he said. “That was all I really wanted. As the substitution for your cheese I will give you
a piece of wise advice for the future: “Do not trust liars.”

The Legend Of Situ Bagendit

One day an old beggar came.
"Excuse me, Nyai, can I have some food. I'm so hungry," said the beggar.
"Food? You asked for food? This is my house ! Not a restaurant. Go now! I don't want to see you here!
She then said, "Nyai Bagedit, I know you are the richest person in the village. You are not grateful to
God.  You will be punished!"
"Ha ha ha! You are right. I'm the richest person here. So no one can punish me, not even God can punish
me!"
Not long after that, an earthquake happened. Her house shakes.
"Help me! Somebody please help me!" But nobody listened her.
Nobody in the village felt the earthquake. Amazingly, the earthquake only happened in Nyai Bagendit's
house.