【正文】 se from my brothers. In her dreams that night, a fairy appeared and said, Make mantles for your brothers with hemp and have them wear the mantles. However, you should not speak at all until those mantles are made pletely.The Princes thought that Elisa, who did not speak and merely kept knitting, had bee strange. One day, a Prince from a neighboring kingdom saw the knitting Princess when he was out hunting. The Prince took Elisa to his palace saying to himself, She is a really beautiful lady. I am going to make her happy.But Elisa did not say anything, and only kept knitting eagerly. At nightfall of the next day, the hemp was all used up. Elisa picked some more hemp near a grave but was caught by the Prince. The Prince said, You dared to go to a grave at night? You must be a witch. Take this witch and burn her at the stake!Princess Elisa was unable to say anything and was imprisoned. Princess Elisa continued knitting without taking rest even in the prison. Princess Elisa was finally knitting the eleventh mantle, while being carried on a cart going to the burning place. The villagers threw stones at her while shouting, That witch is still knitting. Burn her at the stake!At that precise moment, the eleven swans flew in. Princess Elisa threw the finished mantles to the swans. Only then, Princess Elisa opened her mouth. I now can speak. I am not a witch.They donned the knitted hoods they were turned back into Princes. The Princess told the Prince what had happened up to that time. Thereafter, the Prince and Princess Elisa lived happily together in their kingdom.007 The Unwise HansIn the countryside, there lived three brothers. The first and second brothers were very wise. But the third was not very wise. People called him unwise Hans. All three of the brothers wanted to marry the princess. The princess had said that she wanted to marry the wisest man on the land. We only have one week.So in order to marry the princess, they hurried off on their way. The father of the three brothers gave horses to only two of the sons. The first brother got a brown horse and the second brother got a white horse. But, no horse was given to Hans. The unwise Hans left on a goat, instead of a horse.The older brothers laughed at Hans. Still, Hans left with his brothers. After sometime, Hans picked up a dead crow on the road. Brothers, look at this. What are you going to do with that? I39。re not right. Please go.The first brother had forgotten everything that he had memorized. So, he could not say one word. Next the second brother went in. The princess told him to leave, as well. The second brother could not understand the princess’ question. Hans was the last person to go in.The room is hot. The rooster is being roasted. Then roast my crow, as well, please. What should we do? There is no plate. Here it is.Hans showed the old wooden clog that he had hidden. The princess made a smile on her face. Then where can we get the sauce?Hans showed her the mud that he had picked up on the road, too. Ha, Ha, Ha this is really fun.The unwise Hans gave the princess the wisest answers. That39。s wish was that all the people would shake in fear at the sound of his name. The terrible king made the lives of the people in the neighbor land horrible. Here! Take everything!The Terrible KingThe terrible king viciously took away all the belongings of the neighbor land. He even scared the poor women and children. The king was not even sorry to the children and women. The terrible king bothered the people of the neighbor land worse and worse everyday. The palace became more and more magnificent.Put up a statue in the church! Now the terrible king was ordering the church to place a statue of himself there. However, the ministers could not do that. Your majesty may be great, but God is even greater.The terrible king was being angry. It was because he thought that he was the greatest in the whole world. Then the king was angry. What! He is greater? Then I will defeat God.In a loud voice, the terrible king said that he would win against God. That39。s ship sank.
The terrible king became angry, again. Build a more stronger ship. The terrible king wanted a better ship, so he ordered all the workers in his kingdom to build it. I will defeat God for sure!The terrible king went up to heaven, once more. God sent mosquitoes to the terrible king. The terrible king just laughed at the mosquitoes. Go and bring me the best carpet.The king made another mand. He thought that if he wrapped the carpet around his body the mosquitoes would not be able to bite him. But one mosquito went inside of the carpet. Because of that one mosquito, the terrible king was rolling around screaming. The terrible king that couldn39。t we? The oak tree and the mayfly kept on talking to each other.Eventually, the mayfly leaned on the oak tree and fell asleep. Mayfly! The oak tree called the mayfly, but the mayfly did not respond.It had died. Mayfly, have a happy dream. The oak tree blessed the mayfly for the last time.Many weeks then passed. Spring, summer and fall went by, and winter came. Finally, the longawaited day of Christmas came. The oak tree wanted to rest now.The oak tree had a dream on Christmas day. In it, pretty flowers were abundant and butterflies were flying in a green forest. In this dream, the oak tree met the mayfly. The mayfly said, Come play here. It is such a happy place. The oak tree was very pleased indeed to see the mayfly.While the oak tree was sleeping, its roots were cut. It was time for the oak tree to die. The oak tree went to a happy world, dreaming.011 The Happy CoupleA long time ago, there was a happy prince and princess in a country. They took care of and loved each other very much, and their country was happy, too. Therefore they didn39。t have any children.They had to find an absolutely happy couple, so they continued their journey. They visited a happy coup