| The Dwarfs, when they came in the evening, found Snowdrop lying on the ground | [Frontispiece] |
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| The King could not contain himself for joy | [18] |
| The young Prince said, ‘I am not afraid; I am determined to go and look upon the lovely Briar Rose’ | [20] |
| Ashenputtel goes to the ball | [30] |
| The Fishes, in their joy, stretched up their heads above the water, and promised to reward him | [38] |
| The Seven Kids and their mother capered and danced round the spring in their joy | [44] |
| The Ducks, which he had once saved, dived and brought up the key from the depths | [48] |
| So the four Brothers took their sticks in their hands, bade their Father good-bye, and passed out of the town gate | [68] |
| The King’s only daughter had been carried off by a Dragon | [72] |
| She went away accompanied by the Lions | [76] |
| Alas! dear Falada, there thou hangest | [92] |
| Blow, blow, little breeze, And Conrad’s hat seize | [96] |
| Good Dwarf, can you not tell me where my brothers are? | [106] |
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Then he ran after him, still holding the carving-knife, and cried, ‘Only one, only one!’ | [112] |
| The Son made a circle, and his Father and he took their places within it, and the little black Mannikin appeared | [116] |
| Once upon a time a poor Peasant, named Crabb, was taking a load of wood drawn by two oxen to the town for sale | [120] |
| The good little Sister cut off her own tiny finger, fitted it into the lock, and succeeded in opening it | [124] |
| But they said one after another: ‘Halloa! who has been eating off my plate? Who has been drinking out of my cup?’ | [126] |
| Then the Youth took the axe and split the anvil with one blow, catching in the Old Man’s beard at the same time | [150] |
| The Beggar took her by the hand and led her away | [154] |
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| Headpiece | [1] |
| ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, Who is fairest of us all?’ | [2] |
| In the evening the seven Dwarfs came back | [4] |
| The scullions brought live coals, which he had to eat until the flames poured out of his mouth | [13] |
| ‘The Thirteenth Fairy’ | [18] |
| But round the castle a hedge of briar roses began to grow up | [20] |
| The Jew was forced to spring up and begin to dance | [24] |
| Dancing as hard as he could | [26] |
| The Three Sleeping Princesses | [48] |
| So the rich Brother had to put his Brother’s Turnip into a cart, and have it taken home | [54] |
| When he got home he had the rope in his hand, but there was nothing at the end of it | [61] |
| On the way he passed a swamp, in which a number of Frogs were croaking | [64] |
| The Cat crept stealthily up to the topmost branch | [67] |
| They found the Princess still on the rock, but the Dragon was asleep with his head on her lap | [73] |
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The poor Horse was very sad, and went into the forest to get a little shelter from the wind and weather | [82] |
| Then the Horse sprang up, and dragged the Lion away behind him | [83] |
| Before long the Witch came by riding at a furious pace on a tom cat | [86] |
| There stands an old tree; cut it down, and you will find something at the roots | [98] |
| So now there were seven people running behind Simpleton and his Goose | [99] |
| And so they followed up hill and down dale after Simpleton and his Goose | [100] |
| The King could no longer withhold his daughter | [105] |
| When she entered she met a Dwarf | [126] |
| The Ravens coming home | [127] |
| Does the gentleman wear red breeches, and has he a pointed muzzle? | [131] |
| But the Old Woman was a witch | [133] |
| He tied them all together and drove them along till he came to a mill | [138] |
| Crowds of black cats and dogs swarmed out of every corner | [146] |
| She immediately clutched at his cap to pull it off; but he held it on with both hands | [161] |
| He called three times, ‘Iron Hans,’ as loud as he could | [162] |