Bilingual fairy tales to accompany your child's sweet dreams
A dismissed soldier makes a seven-year pact with the Devil: no washing, no grooming, no prayers, in exchange for endless wealth. Wearing a bearskin, he wanders the world doing good deeds, eventually winning the heart of a kind young woman. When the seven years end, he is restored to his human form and reunited with his faithful bride, while her two vain sisters meet tragic ends through their own jealousy.
Three women transformed into flowers, how does the husband recognize his wife through a clever clue?
A fairy tale about a maiden and a rabbit. The rabbit invites the maiden to his hutch three times, and eventually the maiden escapes wisely and returns to her mother.
A golden-haired princess escapes her father's incestuous desires by fleeing in a mantle of a thousand furs. She works in another King's kitchen and secretly attends three festivals in her magical dresses. Through a golden ring, spinning-wheel, and reel, the King discovers her true identity, and they live happily ever after.
A mocked Simpleton kindly shares his food with a little grey man and is rewarded with a golden goose. The goose sticks everyone who tries to pluck its feathers, forming a comical procession that makes the serious princess laugh. The Simpleton completes the king's three challenges, marries the princess, and inherits the kingdom.
Twin brothers gain the power to find gold daily after eating a golden bird's heart and liver. Framed by their evil uncle, they are adopted by a huntsman and grow into skilled hunters with loyal animal companions. The younger brother slays a seven-headed dragon to save a princess, but is betrayed by a wicked marshal. Revived by his faithful animals, he ultimately exposes the lie and lives happily with the princess.