1880-1889
- Tale Summary There was once a king who was deeply in love with a princess, who was under a spell that prevented her from marrying anyone. A fairy told him that whoever was able to step on her cat鈥檚 tail would be the one to marry her, so he spent
- Tale Summary The world was ruled by a fairy who had three children named Susano, Ama, and Moon-boy. Susano was given the sea, Ama was given the sun, and Moon-boy had the moon. However, Susano got tired of living in the cold sea and burst into the
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor Miller had an audience with the King, and, trying to make himself seem important, said that his beautiful daughter could spin straw into gold. The King demanded her presence, and locked her away in a room full
- Tale Summary There was once a young girl who was doted on by her mother and grandmother, who had made for her a red hood, which is how she gets her nickname 鈥楲ittle Red Riding-Hood鈥. Hearing that Little Red's grandmother has been ill, her mother
- Tale Summary After her father鈥檚 remarriage, Cinderella endures the oppression of her stepmother and stepsisters and became their servant. Her Godmother helps her out of her misery by telling her to gather some lizards and mice for a carriage and
- Tale Summary A merchant and father of 12, the youngest girl of which is Beauty, falls into ruin. The merchant hears that one of his vessels has returned and says he will bring back presents for his family, but Beauty only requests a rose. He finds
- Tale Summary This simplified version of Charles Perrault鈥檚 Cinderella includes a fairy godmother who transforms a pumpkin into a coach, mice into horses, and rats into coachmen. Cinderella receives the beautiful gown and glass slippers and attends
- Tale Summary A king and queen have a daughter and invite all the fairies to come and bestow a gift on the princess. There is one old fairy who has not been invited and shows up to the gathering unannounced saying that the princess will die when she
- Tale Summary A childless, elderly couple living in the mountains is blessed with a miraculous child. He appears in the form of a peach floating in a stream where the old woman goes to bathe, and turns into a boy just as she brings it home to her