Reading Notes Part B: Grimm

The first story was about three brothers. The two older brothers wanted to kill the ants, Cook 2 ducks, and burn the ants. The youngest brother saved the ants, duck, and ants from his older brothers. They were given a task to find 1000 pearls by night and the two older brothers failed so they turned to stone. The youngest brother was helped by the ants, ducks, and queen bee to finish the tasks.

The second story was about a king who was engaged to a girl, but on his father's death bed he promised to marry another Princess. The first fiance was so upset she had eleven girls that looked like her rounded up. They dressed like huntsman and decived the king for a while. One day the fiance couldn't stand the bride and fainted. The prince went over and took her glove off and figured out who she was. He then married her.

The third story was about a fairy who lived in a castle who turned girls into birds, and guys were frozen until they promised not to come back to the castle. One day Jorinda was turned into a bird, Jorindel wept. He went to a near by town because he was too ashamed to go home. One night he had a dream of how to save his love, he follwed the steps in the dream and set all the girls free.

The forth story was about a horse who had turned old and was told he would no longer be taken care of so he had to leave. He came across a fox who helped him get his master to let the horse live ther and be taken care of.

The fifth story was about 12 princesses who would be out all night dancing and wore holes in their shoes. The king wanted to figure out why this was happening. Many Prince's tried to figure out this mystery, but none of them could. Then one day a dame told an older solider no to drink the wine and gave him an invisibility cloak. He found out where they went and married the eldest princess.

This sixth story was about two brothers, one who was rich, and one who was poor. The poor brother became friends with the king and the give gave him more riches than the other brother could compare with. This made the rich brother mad. He set up a plan to kill his brother, but when it was taking action someone came along and ruined the plan.

The last story was about a bear that had hurt the Wren's feelings. The Wren's decided there would be a war against all flying creatures, against all land walking creatures. The flying creatures won, and the bear had to come beg the children for a pardon
Bibliography
Grimm  by Grimm Brothers
The Queen Bee
The Twelve Huntsmen
Jorinda and Jorindel
The Fox and the Horse
The Twelve Dancing Princesses
The Turnip
The Willow-Wren and the Bear

The Bear

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