A Brief Introduction to Grimm's Fairy Tale 1: Three Dwarfs in the Forest
Once upon a time, a man lost his wife and a woman lost her husband. This man has a daughter and this woman has a daughter. The two little girls know each other and often go out for a walk together. One day, they came to the woman's house together after a walk. The woman said to the man's daughter, "Listen, tell your father that I am willing to marry him. From now on, you can wash your face with milk and drink wine every morning, while my own daughter can only wash her face with water and drink clear water. "
The little girl came home and told her father what the woman said. The man said, "What should I do? Marriage is a happy event, but it also brings pain. " He hesitated, finally took off a boot and said, "There is a hole in the bottom of this boot. You move it to the attic, hang it on a big nail and fill it with water. If the water hadn't leaked out, I would have married another wife; But if the water leaks out, I won't marry. "
The girl did as her father said. But the water swollen the hole, and the boots were full of water and didn't leak out. She told her father the result, and his father came to see it himself. Seeing that it was true, he proposed to the widow and then held a wedding.
On the first morning, after the two girls got up, there was milk and wine to wash their faces in front of the man's daughter, and only water to wash their faces and drink in front of the woman's daughter. The next morning, both the man's daughter and the woman's daughter had clean water to wash their faces and drink. On the third morning, the man put clean water and drinking water in front of his daughter, and the woman's daughter put milk and drinking water in front of her daughter. It happens every day. That woman has become her stepdaughter's sworn enemy, getting worse every day. She is also extremely jealous of her stepdaughter, because her stepdaughter is beautiful and lovely, while her daughter is ugly and annoying.
When winter comes, everything is as hard as a stone, and the mountains and plains are covered with heavy snow. One day, a woman made a dress out of paper, called her stepdaughter and said, "Listen, you put on this dress and go to the forest to pick a basket of strawberries for me. I really want to eat. "
"My God!" The girl said, "How can there be strawberries in winter?" The ground froze and the heavy snow covered everything. Besides, how can I go out in this paper dress? It's so cold outside that even the exhaled air will freeze. The wind will blow into this dress, and thorns will hang it up. "
"How dare you talk back to me?" Stepmother said, "Let's go! If you don't pick a basket of strawberries, you can't come back! " Then she gave the girl a piece of hard bread and said, "This is your daily ration." I thought to myself, "You won't freeze to death or starve to death outside. Don't bother me again. "
The girl had to put on paper clothes and go out with a basket. It's snowing heavily outside, and even a piece of green grass can't be found. When she came to the forest, she saw a small house with three dwarfs looking out. She said hello to them and then tapped on the door. When they called "Come in", she went into the room, sat on a bench by the fire to keep warm and have breakfast.
The dwarfs said, "Give us some, too."
"ok." She broke the bread in half and gave them half.
They asked, "What are you doing in the forest in such thin clothes in winter?"
"Well," she replied, "I have to pick a basket of strawberries, or I can't go home."
When she finished eating the bread, they handed her a broom and said, "Go and help us sweep the snow from the back door."
But after she went out, the three dwarfs discussed it: "She was so cute that she gave us the bread. What should we give her? "
The first dwarf said, "My gift to her is that she is more beautiful every day."
The second dwarf said, "My gift to her is that as soon as she opens her mouth, she will spit out gold."
The third dwarf said, "My gift to her is that a king will marry her as queen."
The girl is cleaning the snow behind the hut with a broom according to their orders. What did she see? There are red strawberries under the snow! She was so happy that she quickly filled a basket, thanked the dwarfs, shook hands with them one by one, and then ran home with what her stepmother dreamed of. Who knows, she just said "good evening" when she entered the door, and a piece of gold fell out of her mouth! So, she told the story of what happened in the forest. Every time she said it, a piece of gold fell from her mouth, which quickly filled her home with gold.
"Look at her virtue!" The stepmother's daughter shouted, "Just throw gold!" She is very jealous and eager to pick strawberries in the forest.
Her mother said, "no, my good daughter, it's too cold outside." You will freeze to death. "
But her daughter kept pestering her, and she finally had to give in. She sewed a fur coat for her daughter and forced her to put it on; Then she gave her buttered bread and cake to take with her on the road.
After entering the forest, the girl went straight to the hut. The three dwarfs looked out of the room again, but she didn't say hello to them at all, didn't look at them or talk to them. She swaggered into the room, sat by the fire and ate her own bread and cake.
"Give us some," said the dwarfs.
But she replied, "This is not enough for me to eat. How can I share it with others? "
When she finished eating, they said, "Here is a broom. Sweep the snow through the back door. "
She replied, "I am not your servant."
Seeing that they didn't give her any presents, she rushed out of the house by herself.
The three dwarfs discussed, "A heartless little slacker like her refuses to give anything to others. What should we give her?"
The first dwarf said, "I make her uglier every day!" " "
The second dwarf said, "I told her to jump out of her mouth as soon as she spoke!" " "
The third dwarf said, "I let her die of natural causes!" " "
The girl looked for strawberries outside the house, but she couldn't find them, so she had to go home angrily. She opened her mouth to tell her mother what had happened to her in the forest, but every time she said a word, a toad popped out of her mouth, which frightened everyone.
The stepmother was even more angry and tried to torture her husband's daughter, but the girl became more beautiful every day. Finally, the stepmother took out a pot, put it on the fire, and cooked thread balls in it. When the ball was cooked, she fished it out and put it on the girl's shoulder. Then, she gave the girl an axe, told her to go to the frozen river, cut a hole in the ice, and then washed the thread ball in the hole. The girl obediently came to the river and went to the middle of the river to cut ice.
While she was chiseling, a magnificent carriage came to the shore, in which sat the king. The carriage stopped and the king asked, "Girl, who are you?" ? What are you doing here? "
"I am a poor girl, washing thread balls here."
The king felt sorry for her. Seeing that she was so beautiful, he said to her, "Would you like to go with me?"
"Of course." She answered because she was happy to leave her stepmother and her stepmother's daughter.
The girl sat in the king's carriage and returned to the palace with the king. They got married at once, just as the three dwarfs promised. A year later, the young queen gave birth to a son. Her stepmother had already heard that she had made good luck, and at this time she also came to the palace with her daughter, pretending to be visiting the queen. But seeing that the king had just gone out and no one else was around, the vicious woman grabbed the queen's head, and her daughter grabbed the queen's feet, lifted her out of bed and threw her into the big river outside through the window. Then, the ugly stepmother was lying on the bed, and the old woman covered her from head to toe.
When the king returned to his room and wanted to talk to his wife, the old woman shouted, "Shh, shh, don't disturb her, she is sweating now." Don't disturb her today. "
The king didn't doubt it until the next morning. He talked to his wife, but as soon as she spoke, a toad jumped out of her mouth instead of falling out of the gold as before. The king asked what was going on, and the old woman said that she was sweating, and she would be fine soon. But that night, the little helper in the palace saw a duck swimming out of the sewer and heard it say, "King, what are you doing?" Are you asleep or awake? "
Seeing that the little helper didn't answer, he said, "What are my two guests doing?"
The little helper said, "They are fast asleep."
The duck asks again, "What is my baby doing?"
The little helper replied, "He slept well in the cradle."
The duck became a queen, went up to nurse the baby, shook his cot, tucked him in, then became a duck and swam out of the sewer. She came here for two nights in a row. On the third night, she said to the little helper, "Go and tell the king to pick up his sword, stand on the threshold and wave it over my head three times."
The little helper hurried to tell the king that the king had come with a sword and waved it on the ghost's head three times. No sooner had he finished dancing for the third time than his wife stood in front of him, as healthy and strong as before. The king was very happy, but he still hid the queen in the secret room and waited for the baby to be baptized on Sunday. After the baptism, he said, "If someone drags someone out of bed and throws him into the river, what kind of punishment should he receive?"
The old woman said, "The best punishment for such a cruel man is to put him in a wooden bucket full of nails and roll him from the hillside into the river."
"Then," said the king, "you have made a judgment for yourself."
The king ordered a wooden bucket like this to be brought in, put the old woman and her daughter in, nailed the lid of the bucket, and the bucket rolled down the hillside until it reached the middle of the river.
Grimm's Fairy Tale 2: Children of the Virgin Mary
There lived a woodcutter and his wife next to the big forest. They only have one child, a three-year-old girl. But they are so poor that they don't even eat bread every day, and they don't know what to feed their children.
One morning, the woodcutter sadly went to the forest to cut wood. Suddenly, a tall and beautiful woman appeared in front of him, wearing a crown decorated with twinkling stars on her head. She said to the woodcutter, "I am the mother of Jesus, the virgin Mary." You are poor and need help. Give me your baby. I am willing to take her away, be her mother and take good care of her. "
The woodcutter listened to her words and brought the child to the virgin Mary.
The virgin Mary took her children to heaven. The child lived comfortably in heaven, eating candy cakes, drinking sweet milk, wearing golden clothes and playing with the little angels. When she was fourteen years old, the Virgin Mary called her to her one day and said to her, "Dear child, I'm going on a long trip. This is the key to the thirteen doors of the kingdom of heaven, and you keep it. You can open twelve of them and see the beautiful scenery inside. This little key can open the thirteenth door, but you must never open that door, or you will be very unfortunate. "
The little girl promised to listen to the virgin Mary. After the Virgin Mary left, she began to visit the houses in heaven. She opens one door every day until twelve doors are opened by her. She saw a disciple of Jesus sitting at every door, surrounded by light. This splendid sight makes her extremely happy, and also makes the little angels who accompany her day and night extremely happy. Now there are only doors that are forbidden to open.
She wanted to know what was hidden behind this door, so she said to the angels, "I won't open all the doors and I won't go in." I just want to open a crack so that we can all see what's inside. "
"Oh, no," said the little angels, "that's a sin. The Virgin Mary forbids you to open it. If you don't obey, you may suffer misfortune. "
Hearing this, she was silent, but the desire in her heart did not disappear, but kept torturing her and making her restless for a moment.
Once, all the angels went out, and she thought, "I'm alone now, so I can go in and have a look." I don't think anyone will know. "
She found the key, held it in her hand and inserted it into the lock hole. As soon as she inserted it into the keyhole, she turned it and the door opened at once. She saw the Trinity sitting in the firelight. She stood there, looking at everything in surprise, and then touched the fire with her finger, which immediately turned golden. She was so scared that she slammed the door and ran away.
But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't dispel her fears. Her heart is always pounding, she can't calm down, and she can't get the gold off her finger. Whether it is wiped or washed, it is still there.
The virgin Mary will return from her trip soon. She called the little girl to her side and asked her for the key to heaven.
When she handed the key, the virgin Mary looked her in the eye and asked, "You didn't open the thirteenth door, did you?"
"No." The little girl replied.
The virgin put her hand on the little girl's heart and felt her heart beating badly. She knew at once that she had not obeyed, and she opened the door. Then the virgin asked, "have you really never opened that door?"
"No." The little girl answered for the second time.
At this time, the virgin saw that the little girl's finger turned into gold because she touched skyfire. Knowing that she had committed a crime, she asked her for the third time, "Are you sure?"
"No." The little girl said for the third time.
The virgin Mary said, "you don't listen to me, you lie." You don't deserve to live in heaven anymore. "
The little girl fell asleep in a daze. When she woke up, she found herself lying in a wilderness on the earth. She wanted to shout, but she couldn't make a sound. She stood up and tried to escape, only to find that no matter which direction she went, there were always many thorns blocking her way and she couldn't get through.
On the wasteland around her stood a hollow old tree, which became her home. When night fell, she climbed into the tree hole and slept in it. When it's windy and rainy, she also hides in it.
This kind of life is miserable. Whenever she thinks of the happy life in heaven and the scene of playing with the little angels, she will cry bitterly.
Grass roots and wild fruits are her only food, and she still has to work hard to find them. When autumn came, she picked up walnuts and leaves that had fallen to the ground and moved them into the hole. These walnuts are her food in winter. On snowy and freezing days, she can only climb into the leaves like a poor little animal to avoid freezing to death. Soon, her clothes were torn and fell off one by one.
When the sun shone warmly on the earth again, she climbed out and sat in front of the tree. Her long hair is like a cloak, covering her whole body tightly. She just sat there year after year, feeling the bitterness and misfortune of the world.
When winter goes and spring comes, the trees turn green again.
One day, the king hunted in the forest and chased a roe deer, but the roe deer got into the bushes around the forest. The king got off his horse, brushed aside the bushes and cut a path for himself with his sword. When he finally passed through the bushes, he saw a very beautiful girl sitting under the tree. I saw her sitting there, her long blond hair hanging down to her heels, covering her whole body.
The king just stood there, looked at her in great surprise, and then asked her, "Who are you?" ? Why are you sitting in this wilderness? "
But she can't talk, because she can't open her mouth.
The king asked again, "Would you like to go back to the palace with me?"
She just nodded slightly. The king picked her up, put her on horseback and rode her back to the palace. When he arrived at the palace, he dressed her in the most beautiful clothes and gave her all kinds of things. Although she can't speak, she is beautiful and gentle. The king fell in love with her sincerely and married her soon.
About a year later, the queen gave birth to a son. That night, when she was lying alone in bed, the virgin Mary appeared in front of her and said to her, "If you tell the truth and admit that you opened the forbidden door, I will open your mouth and let you talk;" But if you insist on denying your sins, I will take your newborn baby. "
The virgin allowed the queen to speak at this moment, but the queen stubbornly said, "no, I didn't open the forbidden door."
The virgin Mary snatched the newborn baby from her arms and disappeared with him.
The next morning, the child disappeared, and people whispered that the queen was a demon who ate people and killed her own child. She heard all these words, but she couldn't say anything. Fortunately, the king loved her so much that he didn't believe what everyone said.
A year later, the queen gave birth to another son. In the evening, the Virgin Mary came to her again and said, "If you admit that you opened the forbidden door, I will give you your child back and let you talk." But if you continue to deny it, I will take your newborn child away. "
The queen still replied, "No, I didn't open that door."
The virgin had to take the child from her arms again and take him back to heaven.
The next morning, when people saw that the child was gone again, they openly said that the child must have been swallowed by the queen. The king's ministers demanded that she be tried, but because the king loved the queen deeply, he not only refused to believe what others said, but also prohibited the ministers from talking about it, and all offenders were put to death.
Another year passed and the queen gave birth to a very beautiful daughter.
In the evening, the Virgin Mary appeared in front of her for the third time and said to her, "Come with me."
She took the queen by the hand and took her to heaven to show her two sons. The two brothers smiled at her and played with the globe. This scene made the queen very happy. The Virgin Mary said, "Haven't your heart softened yet?" If you admit that you opened the forbidden door, I will return your two sons to you. "
But the queen answered for the third time, "No, I didn't open that door."
So the Virgin sent her back to the ground and took her third child.
The next morning, the news of the child's disappearance spread, and everyone shouted: "The queen is a demon who eats people! We must judge her! "
This time, even the king could not stop the ministers. She was put on trial. Because she could not speak and defend herself, she was sentenced to the stake. Firewood piled up, she was tied tightly to the stake, and the fire began to burn around her. At this time, the ice of pride began to melt, and her heart was full of regret. She thought, "if only I could admit that I opened that door before I died!" " "
Suddenly, her voice recovered and she shouted, "Yes, Mom, I opened that door!" " "
As soon as the voice fell, heavy rain fell from the sky and put out the flame. There was a light above her head, and the virgin Mary held the newborn princess and landed beside her with two princes. She kindly said to the queen, "As long as a person admits his sins and repents for them, he will be forgiven."
She gave her three children to the queen so that she could speak again and make her happy all her life.
Brief Grimm's Fairy Tale 3: Little Red Riding Hood
Once upon a time, there was a lovely little girl. She liked everyone, but her grandmother was the one who liked her best. She just gave her everything she wanted. Once, grandma gave the little girl a little red riding hood made of velvet, which was just right to wear on her head. From then on, the girl didn't want to wear any other hats, so everyone called her "Little Red Riding Hood".
One day, mother said to Little Red Riding Hood, "Come, Little Red Riding Hood, here is a cake and a bottle of wine. Send it to grandma quickly. Grandma is ill and weak. She will get better after eating these. " Let's get started before it gets hot. Walk well on the road, don't run and don't leave the road, or you will fall down, so grandma can't eat anything. Don't forget to tell me when you get to grandma's house, okay? Good morning? Don't look around as soon as you enter the room. "
"I'll be careful." Little Red Riding Hood said to her mother, holding her hand as a pledge.
Grandma lives in the forest outside the village, far from Little Red Riding Hood's home. Little Red Little Red Riding Hood just walked into the forest when she met a wolf. Little Red Riding Hood doesn't know that the wolf is a bad person, so she is not afraid of it at all.
"Hello, Little Red Riding Hood," said the wolf.
"Thank you, Mr. Wolf."
"Little Red Riding Hood, where are you going so early?"
"I'm going to grandma's house."
"What's under your apron?"
"Cake and wine. Yesterday, our family baked some cakes. My poor grandmother is ill and has to eat something good to recover. "
"Little Red Riding Hood, where does your grandmother live?"
"There is still a long way to go into the woods. Her house is under three big oak trees, and the lower part is surrounded by a walnut fence. You must know. " Little red and little red riding hood said.
The wolf thought, "This little thing is tender and tender. It must taste better than that old woman." I want to pay attention to strategy so that neither of them can escape from my palm. So it followed Little Red Riding Hood for a while, and then said, "Little Red Riding Hood, look how beautiful these flowers are around!" " ! Why not look back? These birds, how beautifully they sing! You probably didn't hear it at all. Did you see that everything in the Woods is so beautiful, but you just go ahead as if you were going to school. "
Little Red Little Red Riding Hood looked up and saw the sunshine jumping back and forth among the trees and beautiful flowers blooming around. She thought, "maybe I should pick a handful of flowers for grandma to make her happy." It's still early, I won't be late. " So she left the road and went into the Woods to pick flowers. Every time she picks a flower, she always feels that there is a more beautiful flower ahead, so she goes straight ahead until she reaches the depths of the forest.
Just then, the wolf went straight to grandma's house and knocked at the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's Little Red Riding Hood." The wolf replied, "I brought you cake and wine." Open the door. "
"Just pull the latch," grandma said loudly. "I don't have the strength. I can't get up. "
Hardly had the wolf pulled up the latch when the door opened. Without saying anything, the wolf rushed to grandma's bed and swallowed her. Then she put on grandma's clothes, put on her hat, lay in bed and closed the curtains.
But little red riding hood is still running around picking flowers. It was not until she picked a lot that she felt that she couldn't take it anymore. She thought of her grandmother and went back to her home.
She was surprised to see grandma's door open. As soon as she entered the room, she had a strange feeling and thought to herself, "My God! I usually like to come to my grandmother's house. Why am I so scared today? " She shouted, "Good morning!" , but didn't hear the answer. She went to the bed and opened the curtains, only to see her grandmother lying on the bed, her hat pulled low and her face covered, looking very strange.
"Hey, Grandma," she said, "why are your ears so big?"
"To listen to you better, dear."
"But grandma, why are your eyes so big?" Little red and little red riding hood asked again.
"To see you more clearly, dear."
"Grandma, why are your hands so big?"
"I can hold you better."
"Grandma, why is your mouth so big and scary?"
"I can eat you in one bite!"
As soon as the wolf finished speaking, he jumped out of bed and swallowed Little Red Riding Hood. The wolf was full and went to bed again, snoring loudly.
A hunter happened to pass by the house and thought, "This old lady snores so loudly! I'm going in to see if something happened to her. " The hunter went into the house and came to the bed, only to find a wolf lying there.
"You old rascal, I've been looking for you for so long. I didn't expect to find you here! " He said.
He was about to shoot the wolf when it suddenly occurred to him that the wolf might have swallowed his grandmother and she might still be alive. Instead of shooting, the hunter picked up a pair of scissors and began to cut open the sleeping wolf's stomach. He had just cut it twice before he saw Little Red Riding Hood. He cut it twice again, and the little girl jumped out and cried, "You scared me to death! The wolf's belly is black. " Then, grandma came out alive, too, just a little out of breath.
Little Red Little Red Riding Hood ran to find some big stones and stuffed them into the wolf's stomach. The wolf woke up and tried to run away, but the stone was too heavy. As soon as he stood up, he fell to the ground and died.
Three people are very happy. The hunter skinned the wolf and went home. Grandma ate the cake and wine brought by Little Red Riding Hood, and her spirit was much better. But Little Red Riding Hood was thinking, "If my mother doesn't allow me, I will never leave the road and run into the forest alone."
It is also said that Little Red Riding Hood gave the cake to her grandmother again. On the way, a wolf talked to her and tried to trick her into leaving the road. But little red riding hood raised her vigilance this time and walked forward without looking back. She told her grandmother that she had met a wolf. Although the guy greeted her, his eyes were fierce. If he is not on the road, he will eat her.
"Well," grandma said, "let's close the door and don't let it in."
After a while, the wolf really knocked at the door and shouted, "Grandma, open the door quickly." I'm Little Red Riding Hood. I brought you a cake. "
But they don't talk or open the door. The gray-haired guy walked around the house two or three times, and finally jumped on the roof, intending to sneak up behind her when Little Red Riding Hood came home at night and eat her while it was dark. But grandma saw through this guy's bad mind. She remembered that there was a big stone trough in front of the house, so she said to the little girl, "Little Red Riding Hood, bring the bucket. I made some sausages yesterday, took some water for boiling sausages and poured it into the stone trough. "
Little red riding hood carried a lot of water and filled the big stone trough. The smell of sausage wafted into the wolf's nostrils. He sniffed and sniffed hard, then lowered his head. Finally, he stretched his neck too long and began to slide down. It slipped off the roof and landed in a big stone trough and drowned.
Little Red Riding Hood went home happily, and no one hurt her anymore.
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