The air is still cold outside, but already the rain and sun are tickling the snowdrop, who is still nice and warm in her bulb under the earth and snow. The snowdrop would like the ...

"From my father, I received the best part of my inheritance... a cheerful temper." And who was his father? The hearse driver! And his son is just as willing as his father and loves ...

"In thousands of years they will come on wings of steam, through the air, across the Atlantic! The young inhabitants of America will visit old Europe. They will see the monuments a ...

One hundred years ago, a lord lived happily in his castle. Alcohol flowed freely and the festivities were endless. One day, while he was out hunting, he jostled a young goose herde ...

The new year had begun and January was already nearing its end, but it was still very cold. The sparrows found it strange, that the men had declared that it was the new year, as ev ...

There is an old house near the ramparts of Copenhagen. From its window, an old maid looks down on the children playing, who know nothing of the history of this place.Hans Christian ...

One mother put her child to sleep and decided to go to the woods and fetch some strawberries. She found a magically beautiful bush with strawberries and just as she was going to ga ...

The boy in our story wanted to go to Heaven. Not right away but still he would prefer Heaven to Hell. And when you think about it, who wouldn’t? He heard one priest saying that who ...

Once lived a poor old lady who was so lonely and sad that she wished she could join her family up in Heaven. Why did the Lord let her sons die so early, why did not he protect them ...

A waggoner’s carriage got stuck. He could not take it out on his own but suddenly Our Lady showed up. She was willing to help the poor man if he was willing to share some of his wi ...

Once lived a hermit who was so religious that he spent most of his time praying. However one day he saw a poor sinner who was about to be hung and unconsciously the hermit said to ...

Once lived two sisters. The one became rich but had no children. The other one was a poor widow with five small children. They were so hungry and so desperate that the poor mother ...

One prince wanted to get to Heaven after his death. But he did not know how. He met an old man who gave him some advises. But they sound a bit strange. The prince had to go in rags ...

A mother had two children. They lived in poverty but they were there for each other every day. The mother would send her youngest child to the forest to fetch wood. One day the poo ...

Can a master thief change for better after he returns to his parents or the old habits will catch by? Will he right his wrongs or he will get himself in great trouble? If you want ...

What if someone tempts you to do something you know is forbidden and then you get in trouble? Who is responsible? You or the person who has allured you? "The Crumbs on the Table" i ...

Can the king and queen’s child be a donkey? Why not? This donkey is however more special than any other donkeys. So special that it even gets engaged to a princess from another kin ...

A peasant found a golden mortar and as an honest and loyal man, he decided to give it to the king. The king was however not pleased. He wanted the pestle as well. He thought that t ...

A fisherman caught a golden fish. And you know what follows. The golden fish gave one wish to the fisherman in return for him letting her go. And so he did. He wished for a castle ...

A golden bird steals the king’s golden apples and he is determined to catch her. He sends his three sons out in the world with the only task to catch the bird. The three boys meet ...

Kun kertoja tapaa Haakon Puron, väistämättä hän ajattelee Dorian Graytä. Haakon Puro ei vanhene, vaan säilyy siloposkisena ja vetreänä vuosien vieriessä hänen ohitseen – aivan kuin ...

Pieni Liisa on menettänyt äitinsä. Tämän takia Liisan isä kertoo hänelle asioita aivan kuin Liisa olisi jo aikuinen. Ylpeänä siitä että hänet on vihitty aikuisten asioihin, Liisa y ...

Pietarilaisen parturi Jakovlevitšin aamu alkaa ikävällä yllätyksellä. Hän nimittäin löytää aamiaisleipänsä sisältä nenän. Nenä kuuluu kollegioasessori Kovaljoville, joka tuntee olo ...

Nyt on kunnon riita käynnissä. Eläimille on nimittäin järjestetty juoksukilpailut, mutta miten on mahdollista, että toiseksi tuli etana? Tuloksissa on pakko olla jotain pielessä – ...

Aikoinaan eräällä tietyllä kööpenhaminalaisella kadulla työskenteli yllin kyllin vanhoja saksalaisia miehiä myymässä mausteita. Vanha Anton oli yksi näistä miehistä, joista käytett ...