All the fairies who were invited blessed the new-born princess, but the wicked fairy cursed that the princess would die on her sixteenth birthday, pricked by a spindle! One good fairy, however, said that the princess would fall asleep for a hundred years and wake up when a prince kissed her. The king ordered that […]
The royal painter had been called to paint a picture of Prince Lionel. No one knew that the painter had a set of magic brushes. Any portrait painted using them would talk! When the picture was complete, it was hung up in the king’s picture gallery. Visitors to the palace were always shown the palace
Prince Percival was disliked by everyone because he was very cruel and wicked. He got people punished and beaten for petty faults and killed animals. One day in the forest, he saw a beautiful doe and began to chase her. The doe ran swiftly and entered a hut. Prince Percival knocked at the door. It
No one knew his name. He was simply called Junior. He always sat on the back bench in school and spent the day dreaming of finding a fairy! He was always getting into trouble over it, because when he had to do some class-work, the teacher always found the drawings of fairies in the books!
When Princess Priscilla wanted something, she would create such a scene, shouting and crying and screaming, that the king and the queen finally had to give in. One day, the princess created a rumpus because she wanted a pet goat! All efforts to persuade her that a goat in the palace would be a headache
The prince was a very vain and foolish man. He loved wearing new clothes and showing them off. A pair of rogues, who knew this, decided to cheat him, saying they could weave gold cloth for a regal dress out of golden coins. “But the dress can only be seen by intelligent people!” they added.
The frogs in the pond wanted to have a princess but the fish said that they were more beautiful, so the princess of the pond should be a fish. The argument went on and on. Soon ducks, crabs, turtles, cranes and even the creatures on the bank got drawn into the fight. Everyone wanted a
“Catherine is a very dignified name, but it just doesn’t suit the princess!” said many people in the palace. “Dignified!” said the palace cook, “Yesterday she was climbing up a tree and was stuck in it!” “Yes,” said the stable groom, “We brought her down! And today she was chased by the goat because she
Everyone said that a witch lived in the dark forest. One day, Prince Felix got lost in the forest. Seeing a hut he rode to it. The door was opened by a wrinkled old woman. She welcomed the prince with food and a bed to rest on. At dawn, the prince awoke. He saw that
The prince had lost his way in the forest. Finding a hut, he knocked at the door. A very old man opened it and welcomed him with a toothless grin. “Welcome,” said the old man. The prince saw three cats, two dogs and a thin pretty girl inside. She was stirring a large cauldron. “Come
Hans was considered a fool and was very poor. He went off to earn a living. He received a golden goose after working hard. He was going home and stopped at an inn to rest at night. The innkeeper’s three daughters longed to steal some golden feathers at night. But they got stuck as soon
A poor merchant had to sell his wife’s pearl necklace. But when he went out to sell it, he was arrested and taken to the king. The soldiers said that he had stolen the princess’ necklace! The merchant’s wife heard of her husband’s arrest and ran to the palace. “He hasn’t stolen anything!” she said,
The princess was playing with her golden ball when the ball fell into a well. A frog brought it out but gave it on condition that the princess would feed him from her plate and let him sleep in her bed. The princess agreed, but she was disgusted when the frog came into the palace
No one knew that a snake lived in the hollow of a large tree. But one day, when Princess Beatrice was playing near the tree, she saw two eyes watching her. She didn’t know that the eyes belonged to a snake. So, she said, “Hello! I’m Princess Beatrice. Will you play with me?” “I will,”
“The princess will marry anyone who has seen her face a hundred times,” it was proclaimed. But princess Alicia was very shy and wouldn’t meet anybody, when princes and nobles came. The king was very worried and told the queen, “She will never marry if things go on like this!” But a soldier had come