Written by: Flora Annie Steel Once upon a time, there was a farmer and his wife, who had only one child. A young boy who had returned home from his travels pursued her. Every evening, he'd stop at the farmhouse for supper, and the daughter would go down into the basement to get the apple juice for supper. One day, when she looked up at the ceiling, she noticed a large wooden hammer stuck in one of the beams. Then she imagined what would happen if her future son came down one day and the hammer fell on his head, killing him. With that thought, she began to cry. One by one, the mother and fath ..read more

A great ruler had a granddaughter, but he never took care of her. She was neglected as a child, and her torn clothing earned her the nickname "Tattercoats." She spent her days out in the fields, accompanied by a gooseherd. Once, her grandfather was invited to a royal ball, but he refused to bring Tattercoats. But eventually, she arrived at the ball with the gooseherd. On the way, they met a young man who turned out to be the prince.    He accompanied them on their walk and proposed to Tattercoats. He asked her at the ball and invited her to dance with him. Everyone looked as she walk ..read more

Once upon a time a woman baked five pies and asked her daughter to keep it aside as they would come again. The peasant girl thought that the pies would come up again magically, so she ate them all. At dinner when the mother had nothing to eat, she took to spinning at the door singing songs about how stupid her girl was.  A king who was passing nearby, heard the voice and came to her place. The old lady changed the words to say she was singing about how well her daughter can spin. The impressed king took the village girl as his wife on the condition that after one year of marriage, the gir ..read more

A Classic English Story For Kids written by The Brothers Grimm. Once there was a couple who wished for a baby for a long time. They lived behind the beautiful house and garden that belonged to a witch. The couple was expecting their first child. One day the woman noticed rampion salad leaves in the garden and wanted to eat them. The man sneaked into the garden to get the salad but was caught by the witch. The witch kept a condition in order to let him go. She demanded him to give his baby to her and she would take care of the baby as a mother. The baby turned out to be a very beautiful girl wh ..read more

Author: Gabrielle-Suzanne de Villeneuve. Once lived a merchant who had a lavish life but due to misfortune, all his fortunes were lost. Everyone in the family was sad but only Beauty, the youngest daughter of the merchant was positive and cheerful. When one day, the merchant got the news that maybe one of his lost ships has been found, he went on to the town to check but ends up as prisoners of a beast in his castle. He had to agree to trade his daughter Beauty for his freedom. Beauty starts to live with the Beast in his castle and is slowly and steadily falls into love with him after seeing t ..read more