Image: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (1916) (14596023960)

Description: Identifier: fairytalesofbrot00grim (find matches) Title: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm Year: 1916 (1910s) Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page Contributing Library: New York Public Library Digitizing Sponsor: MSN View Book Page: Book Viewer About This Book: Catalog Entry View All Images: All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: stuffing itself; it should have been roasted long ago. So she killed it, and cut it open, and there, sure enough, was the Queen's ring. The Servant had now no difficulty in proving his innocence, and the King, to make up for his injustice, gave the Servant leave to ask any favour he liked, and promised him the highest post about the Court which he might desire. The Servant, however, declined everything but a horse, and some money to travel with, as he wanted to wander about for a while, to see the world. His request being granted, he set off on his travels, and one day came to a pond, where he saw three Fishes caught among the reeds, and gasping for breath. Although it is said that fishes are dumb, he understood their complaint at perishing thus miserably. As he had a compassionate heart, he got off his horse and put the three captives back into the water. They wriggled in their joy, stretched up their heads above the water, and cried — We will remember that you saved us, and reward you for it. 198 Text Appearing After Image: THE WHITE SNAKE He rode on again, and after a time he seemed to hear a voice in the sand at his feet. He listened, and heard an Ant-King complain : I wish these human beings and their animals would keep out of our way. A clumsy horse has just put his hoof down upon a number of my people in the most heartless way. He turned his horse into a side path, and the Ant-King cried : We will remember and reward you. The road now ran through a forest, and he saw a pair of Ravens standing by their nest throwing out their young. Away with you, you gallows birds, they were saying. We can't feed you any longer. You are old enough to look after yourselves. The poor little nestlings lay on the ground, fluttering and flapping their wings, and crying : We, poor helpless children, to feed ourselves, and we cant even fly ! We shall die of hunger, there is nothing else for it. The good Youth dismounted, killed his horse with his sword, and left the carcase as food for the young Ravens.They hopped along to it, and cried Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.
Title: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm (1916) (14596023960)
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