Publisher's Synopsis
Grimms' Fairy Tales The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales Complete 62 Story Version The Golden Bird Hans In Luck Jorinda And Jorindel The Travelling Musicians Old Sultan The Straw, The Coal, And The Bean Briar Rose The Dog And The Sparrow The Twelve Dancing Princesses The Fisherman And His Wife The Willow-Wren And The Bear The Frog-Prince Cat And Mouse In Partnership The Goose-Girl The Adventures Of Chanticleer And Partlet Rapunzel Fundevogel The Valiant Little Tailor Hansel And Gretel The Mouse, The Bird, And The Sausage Mother Holle Little Red-Cap [Little Red Riding Hood] The Robber Bridegroom Tom Thumb Rumpelstiltskin Clever Gretel The Old Man And His Grandson The Little Peasant Frederick And Catherine Sweetheart Roland Snowdrop The Pink Clever Elsie The Miser In The Bush Ashputtel The White Snake The Wolf And The Seven Little Kids The Queen Bee The Elves And The Shoemaker The Juniper-Tree The Turnip Clever Hans The Three Languages The Fox And The Cat The Four Clever Brothers Lily And The Lion The Fox And The Horse The Blue Light The Raven The Golden Goose The Water Of Life The Twelve Huntsmen The King Of The Golden Mountain Doctor Knowall The Seven Ravens The Wedding Of Mrs Fox The Salad The Story Of The Youth Who Went Forth To Learn What Fear Was King Grisly-Beard Iron Hans Cat-Skin Snow-White And Rose-Red A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and about the time when they began to grow ripe it was found that every night one of them was gone. The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree. The gardener set his eldest son to watch; but about twelve o'clock he fell asleep, and in the morning another of the apples was missing. Then the second son was ordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep, and in the morning another apple was gone. Then the third son offered to keep watch; but the gardener at first would not let him, for fear some harm should come to him: however, at last he consented, and the young man laid himself under the tree to watch. As the clock struck twelve he heard a rustling noise in the air, and a bird came flying that was of pure gold; and as it was snapping at one of the apples with its beak, the gardener's son jumped up and shot an arrow at it. But the arrow did the bird no harm; only it dropped a golden feather from its tail, and then flew away. The golden feather was brought to the king in the morning, and all the council was called together. Everyone agreed that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom: but the king said, 'One feather is of no use to me, I must have the whole bird.'
