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Fairy Tales
FairyTale-Cottage brings you the full texts of fairy tales for your reading pleasure.
Starting with the most popular fairy tale classics, as well as some of the
less well known tales.
Fairy Tales
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Cinderella
One of the most popular fairy tales of all time, Cinderella is the story
of a young girl whose life is transformed from hardship to glamour, with the
help of her fairy godmother. The story of Cinderella is presented here
for your reading pleasure, followed by information about the Cinderella story
and the Disney Cinderella movie.
Hansel and
Gretel
Once upon a time, there dwelt near a large wood a poor woodcutter, with
his wife and two children by his former marriage, a little boy called Hansel,
and a girl named Gretel...
The Pied Piper
A VERY long time ago the town of Hamelin in Germany was invaded by bands of rats, the like of which had never been seen before nor will ever be
again...
Rapunzel
There were once a man and a woman who had long in in vain wished for a
child. At length the woman hoped that God was about to grant her desire...
Little Red
Riding Hood
Many years ago there lived a dear little girl who was beloved by every one
who knew her; but her grand-mother was so very fond of her that she never
felt she could think and do enough to please this dear grand-daughter, and
she presented the little girl with a red silk hood, which suited her so well,
that she would never wear anything else, and so was called Little Red Riding
Hood...
Rumpelstiltskin
There was once a poor Miller who had a beautiful daughter, and one day,
having to go to speak with the King, he said, in order to make himself appear
of consequence, that he had a daughter who could spin straw into gold....
Thanksgiving Tales
A small collection of tales for
Thanksgiving, with links to more
Thanksgiving stories.
Christmas Tales
Christmas just wouldn't be the same without those special stories. To
celebrate the Christmas season, FairyTale cottage brings you a small
selection of Christmas Fairy Tales.
also see:
Index
of Fairy Tales
Fairy Tales: Their Origin and Meaning
is a work of non-fiction about
fairy tales, rather than a simple collection of the tales themselves, but it does
include a number of fairy tales and myths from around the world. These
tales are listed, with links to the actual tale, so that if you prefer, you
can just read the fairy tales, without the analysis and commentary.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Once upon a time, in
the middle of winter when the snow-flakes were falling like white feathers on
the earth, a Queen sat sewing at a window framed in black ebony. And as she
sewed and gazed out to the white landscape, she pricked her finger with the
needle, and three drops of blood fell on the snow outside...
Snow White and Rose Red
Once upon a time, there was a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In
front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which
bore white and the other red roses. She had two children who were like the
two rose-trees, and one was called Snow-white, and the other Rose-red...
White
Fairy Tales
Fairy tales often use white as a symbol
of purity and innocence. This collection of fairy tales only gives you
the 'white' ones! Of course, ghosts are white too, so there are some
ghost stories as well.
Flower Fables
A collection of stories about flower fairies, by Louisa May Allcott, author
of 'Little Women'.
Cat
Tales
A collection of fairy tales about cats. Includes old
favorites like Puss in Boots, as well as some less well known tales.
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