Classic Tales

The Princess and The Pea

There was, once upon a time, a prince who wanted to marry a princess, but she must be a true princess. So he travelled through the whole world to find one, but there was always something against each. There were plenty of princesses, but he could not find out if they were true princesses. In every case there was some little defect, which showed the genuine article was not yet found. So he came home again in very low spirits, for he had wanted very much to have a true princess. One night there was a dreadful storm; it thundered and lightened, and the rain streamed down in torrents. It was fearful! There was a knocking heard at the palace gate, and the old king went to open it.

There stood a princess outside the gate; but oh! What a sad plight she was in from the rain and the storm! The water was running down from her hair and her dress into the points of her shoes and out at the heels again. Yet she said she was a true princess.

"Well, we shall soon find that out!" Thought the old queen. But she said nothing, and went into the sleeping room, took off all the bedclothes, and laid a pea on the bottom of the bed. Then she put twenty mattresses on top of the pea, and twenty eiderdown quilts on the top of the mattresses. This was the bed in which the princess was to sleep.

The next morning she was asked how she had slept.

"Oh, very badly!" Said the princess. "I scarcely closed my eyes all night! I am sure I don’t know what was in the bed. I laid on something so hard that my whole body is black and blue. It was dreadful!"

Now they perceived that she was a true princess, because she had felt the pea through the twenty mattresses and the twenty eiderdown quilts. No one but a true princess could be so sensitive.

So the prince married her, for now he knew that at last he had gotten hold of a true princess. The pea was put into the Royal Museum, where it is still to be seen, if no one has stolen it. Now this is a true story.

Cinderella

Once upon a time,in a village there lived a beautiful girl named Cinderella with her wicked stepmother and two step sisters. She worked hard all day. One day, they all went to a ball in the palace, leaving Cinderella behind. Cinderella was feeling sad. Suddenly there was a burst of light and the fairy godmother appeared. 

With a flick of the magic she turned Cinderella into a beautiful princess with glass slippers and a horse carriage appeared at the door. The fairy godmother warned Cinderella to return before midnight. Cinderella arrived at the ball, the prince saw her and fell in love with her. 

They danced together all night. as the clock struck twelve, Cinderella rushed out to her carriage leaving one of her slippers behind. 

The prince went to every house in the town with the slipper until he found Cinderella. The prince and Cinderella lived happily ever after

The Frog Prince

Once upon a time, there was a beautiful princess in a big castle. One day her father the king gave her a golden ball as a birthday present. 

One evening she went out with her ball and started to play with it. While she was tossing the ball in the garden near the pond it fell into the pond and stink it to deep waters. 

The princess sat next to the pond and started to cry. Suddenly she heard the voice "Ribbit! My beautiful princess why are you crying. Ribbit!". She looked around and saw a frog. The princess told the frog about the ball. 

The frog came next to her feet and made an offer, "Maybe I will bring back the ball, but in return, I will need you to do me a favor". She asked, "What's the favor?". The frog said,"If you accept me as your friend and allow me to live with you in your castle, I will get your ball". The princess thought about it and accepted the offer. So, the frog jumped into the water and brought the golden ball and threw it to the princess. 

The princess took the ball and started to walk back to the castle. The frog asked about its promise. "How can an ugly frog like you even imagine living with a beautiful princess like me?" said the princess and walked back to the castle. 

In the Night, the princess sat down at the dinner table with The King and The Queen. When they were about to eat, the maid told them that a frog had arrived and told them that he was invited by the princess and asked permission to come in. The princess told everything that happened to the King. The king said that she should keep her promise and ordered maid to welcome the frog inside.

The frog came and sat next to the princess plate and started to eat from her plate. 

After the dinner, the frog followed the princess to her bedroom and demanded to sleep next to her in the bed. Afraid to upset her father the princess had to say yes. The frog jumped to the bed and slept next to the princess. 

Next morning the frog wake the princess up and said he has another wish, if she does it he will leave her. The princess was happy and asked what is the wish. The frog said," I want you to kiss me, my princess". The princess was shocked. Then she thought its just a kiss and evidently she won't see him ever again, and so she gave him a kiss. 

As soon as she kissed the frog a bright white light covered the room, a while later she saw a handsome prince standing in front of her. 

She couldn't believe her eyes, and so she asked "who are you? What happened to the frog?". The prince said, "My beautiful princess I am the prince of a land far away, the evil witch cast a spell on me and turned me into a frog to break the spell I have to spent one night next to a princess and get a kiss from her". 

Both went to the king and explained everything. The prince asked the princess to marry her, they got married and lived happily ever after.

Sleeping Beauty

Once upon a time, a king and a queen had a beautiful baby daughter. They gave a wonderful party for the new princess.

All the important men, women and fairies came with presents. Everybody gave presents to the baby princess. The seven good fairies gave the princess magic presents.

"You will be Beautiful and clever," said the first and second fairy. "You will be Kind hearten," said the third fairy. "You will Sing and Dance," said the fourth and fifth fairy. "You will always be Happy," said the sixth fairy.

Suddenly a bad evil fairy appeared, she was very angry because the king didn't invite her to the party. She gave a curse as the present for the princess. she said, "when the princess is fifteen she will prick her finger on the spinning wheel and die".

The bad fairy disappeared. The seventh fairy didn't give princess her present. She said "Don't worry. Here's my present. 

The Princess won't die. She will sleep for hundred years. Then a prince will kiss her and she will wake up. The whole kingdom will sleep with her". The King wanted the people to burn all the spinning wheels. 

It was princess fifteenth birthday. All the men, women and fairies were invited. While wandering the castle princess saw stairs. She got curious and followed it. The stairs led her to a room in the top of the tower.

The princess opened the door. She saw an old woman with a spinning wheel. The old women asked the princess to try spinning. She went to the spinning wheel and pricked her finger.

The princess fell into a deep, deep sleep. The fairies took her to the bed and laid her on it. 

Everyone in the kingdom also fell in sleep. A magic forest of thick thrones grew around the castle. A hundred years went by. The Sleeping Princess was just a story. One day, a prince came by to find the sleeping princess.

The prince cut down the thick forest. He went into the castle. He found the sleeping princess. She was so beautiful that he fell in love with her. The prince kissed the princess.

It was a magic kiss. The princesses wake up. She saw the prince. He was very handsome. She fell in love with the prince. when the princess woke up, everyone in the kingdom woke up. The king and queen were very happy when they saw the handsome prince. 

The prince and princess married and lived happily ever after.

Thumbelina

A kind women planted a seed given by a wizard to have children. A little girl came out of its flower. She named her Thumbelina.

One night, a toad carried away Thumbelina as a bride for her son.

Thumbelina did not want to marry the ugly toad and escaped with the help of a beetle.

It was winter. Thumbelina took shelter in the house of a mouse. The mouse suggested her to marry his rich neighbour, the mole. But Thumbelina refused. 

One day, she found an injured swallow and nursed him back to health.

The swallow heard her story. He asked Thumbelina to sit on hos back and flew away to the warm land.

The swallow flew over to a huge white flower and set Thumbelina down upon it. There, Thumbelina saw a tiny flower fairy, the son of flower king.

They both fell in love with each other and got married.

Little Red Riding Hood 

Red Riding Hood left her home to visit her sick Grandmother through a forest. Mother warned her not to speak to strangers. 

On her way, a wolf appeared and asked her, "Where are you going?". Little Red Riding Hood told him about her grandmother. 

The wicked wolf ran fast and reached her grandmother's house before her. He pretended to be Red Riding Hood and asked the grandmother to open the door. He entered the house and pushed the grandmother into a cupboard and locked it. Then, he disguised as her grandmother and waited for Red Riding Hood. 

Just as she entered the house, the wolf pounced upon her. She screamed as loudly as she could and ran. She found a door at the back of the room and opened the cupboard near it. Inside was her real Grandmother. Little Red Riding Hood unlocked her grandmother and escaped out the front door. Red Riding Hood promised never to speak to strangers again.

Hansel and Gretel 

Long, long ago, the two children of a woodcutter, Hansel and Gretel, were lost in a forest. 

The Children wandered around and found a strange house made of chocolates, candies, bread and cake in the middle of the forest. The hungry children grabbed a piece of house and started eating. Suddenly, an old witch appeared and caught the children. 

She locked Hansel in a cage and made Gretel do all the housework. 

One day, the witch told Gretel to heat the oven. When the oven was hot, Gretel asked the witch to check the temperature. Just as the witch bent over the oven, Gretel pushed her into the oven.

Then, She rescued Hansel out of the cage and hugged him.

Before Leaving, they took the witch's treasure and a basket full of food. Finally, the children found their way back to the house and their father.

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

Once upon a time, there was a bear family living in a forest. One morning mama bear prepared porridge for breakfast. As it was hot papa bear decided to take mama bear and baby bear for a walk in the forest. Near the forest, there lived a beautiful girl named Goldilocks. As she had beautiful golden hair she was called so. 

One morning she was walking in the forest and lost her way. She saw a cottage and knocked on the door. But nobody was there, so she went inside. 

The cottage belonged to three-bears. Goldilocks was very hungry. She saw three-bowls of porridge on the dining table. 

First, she tried a spoonful from papa bears big bowl and said: "This is too hot". Next, she tried from Mama bears medium bowl, and said: "This porridge is also too cold". Finally, she tried from baby bears a small bowl, and said: "This porridge is just right". And she ate the whole bowl. 

After eating, she saw three-chairs in that room. She sat on papa and mama bears chair, It was too big. She sat on baby bears chair and said that it was just right to sit.

While rocking the chair it broke down, and she fell down. 

Goldilocks felt very tired, so she went upstairs to the bedroom. She saw three-beds in the bedroom. She lied on the first bed and felt that the bed was too hard. The second bed was too soft. But the third bed felt just right and slept in it. 

Soon the three bears came home.

"What's this? Someone has been having my porridge" said the papa bear. "Someone has been my porridge too", said the mama bear. "Someone has finished all my porridge: cried baby bear. 

Papa and mama bear said that someone was sitting in their chair too. "Someone has broken my chair" cried the baby bear. 

They rushed to the bedroom. Both papa and mama bear said that there was someone who slept in their bed too. "Oh! Mama papa someone is sleeping in my bed" said the baby bear. 

Goldilocks woke up and ran into the forest. She never returned.