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THE STORY OF ALADDIN AND HIS MAGICAL LAMP There once lived, in one of the large and rich cities of China, a tailor, named Mustapha. He was very poor. He could hardly, by his daily labor, maintain himself and his family, which consisted only of his wife and a son. His son, who was called …

The Little Red Hen – This is the read online version of the classic children story about the little red hen an Old English Folk Tale. Retold and Illustrated by FLORENCE WHITE WILLIAMS     The Little Red Hen Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about …

The classic folk tale of the little red hen, retold by Florence White Williams. Excerpt from the Little Red Hen: Little Red Hen lived in a barnyard. She spent almost all of her time walking about the barnyard in her picketty-pecketty fashion, scratching everywhere for worms. She dearly loved fat, delicious worms and felt they …

THE BROTHERS GRIMM FAIRY TALES   RAPUNZEL SNOW WHITE HANSEL AND GRETEL THE ELVES AND THE SHOE MAKER LITTLE RED CAP (LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD) RUMPELSTILTSKIN SLEEPING BEAUTY THE BREMEN TOWN MUSICIANS THE GOLDEN BIRD Hans In Luck Jorinda and Jorindel The Travelling Musicians Old Sultan The Straw, The Coal, and The Bean Briar Rose …

THE STRAW, THE COAL, AND THE BEAN – In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them. So she made a fire on her hearth, and that it might burn the quicker, she lighted it with a handful of straw. When she was …

Briar Rose –  A king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies. Now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty of fine clothes to wear, and plenty of good things to eat and drink, and a coach to …

The Dog and The Sparrow – A shepherd’s dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger. At last he could bear it no longer; so he took to his heels, and off he ran in a very sad and sorrowful mood. On the road he met …

This is a collection of popular children stories and tale from Hans Christian Andersen’s Classic Fairy Tales. This is the read online text only version. Andersen’s Classic Fairy Tales CONTENTS THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES THE SWINEHERD THE REAL PRINCESS THE SHOES OF FORTUNE THE FIR TREE THE SNOW QUEEN THE LEAP-FROG THE ELDERBUSH THE BELL …