Reading Diary Week 13: Grimm (LibriVox)

This week I read stories from the unit Grimm (LibriVox).

In The Frog Prince there is a princess that has lost her golden ball in the river. She is so upset and asks the frog to fetch it for her. He agrees only if he can live with her. She feels its joke so she says yes. The frog comes in and lives in her home then he becomes a prince. She finds out she has broken the curse and they live happily ever after.

In Rapunzel there is a husband and wife that see some rampion in a garden on the other side of their fence. The wife exclaims that she needs it so the husband goes to get her some. The next night she requests the same; he heads out but is caught. He promises his child to her so she will allow him to leave. Rapunzel gets locked away in a tower in the woods on her 12^th birthday. The king’s son who figured out how to save her then rescues her.

In The Straw, The Coal and The Bean there was a woman cooking beans using coal and straw. There was one bean, one coal and one piece of straw that escaped the cookout. They ran off and stayed together, until they faced a river and had to decide how to get across. The straw stretched out and the coal walked out but got nervous and burned the straw and they both fell in to the river and died. The bean laughed at this and then burst. A seamstress walked by and sewed the bean back together.

In The Mouse, the Bird and the Sausage there was a mouse, bird and sausage that lived in a house together. They each had a separate role when it came to the cooking situation. The bird grew tired of always having to do the most work so he changed the roles around. A dog then ate the sausage while he was out looking for wood.

In The Traveling Musicians there is an ass, a god, a cat and a cock. They are all unwanted by their current owners so they escape, meet up and then venture off to the city. They find a house full of robbers on the way though. They scare the robbers out and then make it their own home.

In Clever Elise there is a girl named Elise who is about to marry a man named Hans. He vows that he will only marry her if he she is smart. He is at her parents home enjoying dinner and they send Elise to fetch beer from the cellar. They all end up following and crying that her child may die.

In Briar Rose there is a queen who helps a fish get back in to the water and he feels that he owes her so he grants her a wish. She then has the most beautiful daughter in all of the land. They invite all the fairies except one to give blessings to the girl. The one that is not invited comes anyway and casts a spell upon the girl for her 15^th birthday.  

In The Queen Bee there are three brothers that are all together. The two older ones are normal size but the third in a dwarf. They begin their travels and the two older brothers make fun of the dwarf brother. They also are looking to roast ducks and kill the bees in order to get their honey.

In The Twelve Huntsman there is a young man who is in love with a young woman. His father is the king and grows to be very ill so he calls him to come see him one more time. The young man agrees to marry whoever the father wants him to and forgets about his woman back home. The girl is devastated and she gathers up eleven other women and they pretend to be huntsman.

In Jorinda and Jorindel there was a fairy that placed a spell on any young man that walked past her. They would be stuck in place until a young maiden came and set them free. Young women would get changed in to birds however and the fairy would put them in to cages. Jorindel was changed in to being stuck in place and jordina was changed in to a nightingale.

In The Fox and the Horse there was a horse who’s master no longer wanted him because he had grown old. The horse sought out a fox and the fox helped him show his master that he was still strong. The horse captured a lion and the master was so impressed that he told the horse he would live in the stable and be well taken care of for the rest of their lives.

In The Twelve Dancing Princesses there is a king who is wondering where his twelve daughters go dance in the night. A soldier is traveling and receives a cloak that will make him invisible from an old woman. He follows them to their destination and wins the challenge. Then becomes the next king and marries the eldest daughter.

In The Turnip there were two brothers, one very wealthy and the other very poor. The poor one grew the largest turnip in the kingdom and presented it to the king. The king loved it and gave him all the riches he could ever think of. The other brother grew very jealous and angry of him.