Reading Notes: Grimm (LibriVox Part A)

The first story was about a Prince who had been turned frog by a fairy. The princess was down near the water where he Prince had been staying when she dropped a ball of gold into the water. She said she would give everything to have that ball back. The frog retrived the ball and told her he just wanted her to take care of him. After she was told by the king since she had given the Frog her word she had to follow through the frog stayed with her for 3 days. The morning after the third night the Prince had changed back into human form and they were married.

The second story was about Rapunzel. The queen needed  rampion or else she would die and the king went to get some for her. While he was there he was caught by the enchcantress and promised her their first child for some rampion. She then took the girl and locked here in a tower where only she could get up. The king's son heard the song of Rapunzel and went to see her. He followed the way he had seen the enchantress asscend the tower. One day Rapunzel let it slip that the son was coming to see her. The enchantress took her to a dessert and decieved the boy to where he was blinded. He wondered around for years until he wondered into Rapunzel.

The third story was about a bean, a straw, and a coal escaping their deaths. They were adventuring out to find new land when they came to a brook. The straw stretched himselve out and the coal started to cross but stopped because it was scared and burnt a whole and the straw and coal ended up in the water. The bean burst from laughter. A traveler came and sewed the bean back together and that is why beans have seems.

The next story was about a mouse, bird and a sausage. The bird got greedy and thought he did all the work, so he told the sausage and mouse they were going to switch jobs. While the sausage was out doing the brids job a dog ate him. When the mouse was cooking it got into the pot like the sausage and died. The bird caught the house on fire and went to get water, but dropped the bucket down the well. When he went to get it he got stuck and drowned.

The next story was about a donkey, cat, dog. and crow. They were all old and being threatened about being put down. They all ran away. They came across a house that was being robbed and scared the robbers off. One of the robbers came back, but again they scared the robbers off.

The next story is about Elise who was so clever that Han's decided to marry her. One day Han's asked her to go out into the field and do some work. Instead of doing work, she ate and slept. Han's went to check on her and found her asleep. He put a net with bells on it around her and she went through town trying to figure out who she was.

The last story was about Briar Rose, who's parent's had not invited one of the thirteen faires to the baby shower. This caused a spell to be placed on the castle and when the princess turned 15 everything stood still for 100 years. Princes tried to come and free her but would be killed. On the day of her 115 birthday a prince came and set them free. She then married the prince.


Bibliography
Grimm by the Grimm Brothers
The Frog Prince
Rapunzel
The Straw, the Coal, and the Bean
The Mouse, The Bird, and The Sausage
The Travelling Musicians
Clever Elsie
Briar Rose

By R.Anning Bell

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