The Red Shoes
Little Karen loves her shiny red shoes more than anything, even in church.
Classic fairy tales
These classic fairy tales bring together enchanted winters, clever children, talking animals, and surprising turns of fortune. Read The Snow Queen, Hansel and Grethel, or The Emperor’s New Clothes, and enjoy the old stories at your own pace; every story on Pagehush is free to read or listen to.
The Snow Queen
A splinter of a demon's mirror lodges in little Kay's eye and heart, and the Snow Queen carries him off to her frozen palace.
The Steadfast Tin Soldier
One of twenty-five tin soldiers has only one leg, but stands as firmly as the rest.
Beauty and the Beast
To save her father, Beauty goes to live in the palace of a terrible Beast.
Hansel and Grethel
Two children left in the forest find a house made of bread and cake, and the old woman who lives in it.
Jack and the Beanstalk
Jack swaps the family cow for five magic beans. His mother throws them out of the window, and by morning a beanstalk reaches the sky, and the castle of a giant who…
Little Red Cap
A little girl in a red cap takes cake and wine to her grandmother in the wood and meets a wolf on the way.
The Brave Little Tailor
A little tailor kills seven flies with one blow and stitches "Seven at one blow!"
The Bremen Town Musicians
An old donkey, a dog, a cat and a rooster, all thrown out by their masters for being too old, set off together to become town musicians in Bremen.
The Elves and the Shoemaker
A poor shoemaker has leather for just one more pair of shoes.
The Emperor's New Clothes
Two swindlers promise a vain emperor a suit of cloth so fine that fools can't see it.
The Princess and the Pea
A prince searches the world for a real princess. On a stormy night, a soaking-wet girl knocks at the palace gate, and the queen has a clever way to test her: a single…
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
Every night the king locks his twelve daughters in their room, and every morning their shoes are worn through with dancing.
Cinderella
Made to sit in the cinders by her proud stepsisters, Cinderella is left at home on the night of the prince's ball.
King Thrushbeard
A proud princess mocks every suitor, so her angry father the king promises her to the first beggar who comes to the door.
Puss in Boots
A miller's youngest son inherits nothing but a cat. But give this cat a bag and a pair of boots, and he will talk, trick and bluff his master all the way to a castle…
Rumpelstiltskin
A miller boasts that his daughter can spin straw into gold, and the king locks her in a room full of straw.
Sleeping Beauty
An angry old fairy curses a baby princess: one day she will prick her hand on a spindle and die.
Snow-White
A queen asks her magic mirror who is fairest of all, and one day it names her stepdaughter.
The Almond Tree
A cruel stepmother kills her stepson, and his little sister buries his bones under the almond tree in the garden.
The Fir Tree
A little fir tree in the forest wants only to be tall, and then to be chosen as a Christmas tree.
The Frog Prince
A princess drops her golden ball into a well, and a frog brings it back for a promise she has no intention of keeping.
The Golden Goose
Simpleton shares his food with a little grey man in the forest and is given a goose with feathers of pure gold.
The Goose Girl
A princess travelling far to be married is betrayed on the road by her maid, who takes her place as the bride and sends her to mind the geese.
The Little Match Girl
On a freezing New Year's Eve, a poor little girl tries to sell matches in the snowy street.
The Little Mermaid
Deep under the sea, the youngest mermaid princess falls in love with a human prince.
The Nightingale
The Emperor of China learns that the most wonderful thing in his empire is the song of a little grey nightingale.
The Shadow
A scholar from the cold north loses his shadow in the hot south, and years later it comes back, richer than he is, and ready to take his place.
The Swineherd
A poor prince who wants to marry the emperor's daughter sends her a rose and a nightingale, and she refuses both.
The Ugly Duckling
Mocked and chased away by every creature in the farmyard for being big, grey and ugly, a lonely young bird survives a hard winter, and in spring discovers what he…
The Young King
The night before his coronation, a young king raised as a goatherd dreams of the weavers, divers and miners who suffered to make his robe, his pearls and his crown,…
Thumbelina
A tiny girl, no bigger than a thumb, is born from a flower. Carried off by a toad, then a beetle, then promised to a mole, she longs for the sunshine, until she saves…
जूते पहनी बिल्ली
एक चक्की वाले का सबसे छोटा बेटा, जिसे विरासत में सिर्फ़ एक बिल्ली मिली है। पर इस बिल्ली को एक थैला और जूतों की जोड़ी दे दो, तो वह अपने मालिक को राजकुमारी का दूल्हा…
जैक और जादुई लोबिया
जैक अपनी गाय को पाँच जादुई फलियों के बदले बेच देता है। उसकी माँ फलियाँ खिड़की से बाहर फेंक देती है, और सुबह तक एक लोबिया की बेल आसमान तक पहुँच जाती है।
तीन छोटे सूअर
तीन छोटे सूअर अपनी क़िस्मत आज़माने निकलते हैं और भूसे, लकड़ी और ईंटों के घर बनाते हैं। फिर भेड़िया आता है, जो फूँक मारकर किसी भी घर को उड़ा सकता है।
बदसूरत बत्तख़
बत्तख़ों के बीच पैदा हुआ एक बड़ा, भूरा और बेढंगा बच्चा हर किसी की दुत्कार सहता है। बहुत सर्द सर्दी के बाद, बसंत में उसे पता चलता है कि वह असल में कौन है।
रम्पलस्टिल्टस्किन
एक चक्कीवाला शेख़ी मारता है कि उसकी बेटी भूसे से सोना कात सकती है। राजा उसे भूसे के कमरे में बंद कर देता है, और एक अजीब-सा बौना मदद की पेशकश करता है, पर एक क़ीमत पर।
राजकुमारी और मटर
एक राजकुमार असली राजकुमारी की तलाश में पूरी दुनिया घूम आया है। एक तूफ़ानी रात भीगी हुई एक लड़की महल पर दस्तक देती है, और रानी के पास उसे परखने का एक होशियार तरीक़ा है।
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