Phoenix D Or: 1049 books

There was once on a time a King who had three sons, of whom two were clever and wise, but the third did not speak much, and was simple, and was called the Simpleton. When the King had become old and weak, and was thinking of his end, he did not know which of his sons should inherit the kingdom after him... 

A widowed queen sends her daughter - who is betrothed to a prince in a far-off land - to her bridegroom. She sends her with a waiting maid. The princess's horse is named Falada, and he is magical for he can speak. The princess is given a special charm by her mother that will protect her as long as she wears it....

A man apprenticed his son to a master-thief, who said he should pay nothing for the education, but if he could not recognize him, then he would have to pay. When he returned after a year, a dwarf advised him to bring bread, and that the little bird peeping from the basket he finds there is his son....

A woman, her daughter, and her stepdaughter were cutting fodder when the Lord came up to them and asked the way to the village. The woman and the daughter refused, and the stepdaughter offered to show him. So the woman and daughter became as black and ugly as sin, but the stepdaughter was...

In order to make himself appear more important, a miller lies to the king, telling him that his daughter can spin straw into gold (Some versions make the miller's daughter blonde and describe the "straw-into-gold" claim as a careless boast the miller makes about...

A farmer's dog named Sultan had grown old. One day the farmer told his wife he would shoot Sultan. The dog heard. A wolf told him that they would take their child haying the next day, and the wolf would carry him off. Sultan could chase him, and he would free the child. They would be grateful and not shoot Sultan...

A King sends a huntsman into a forest nearby, and the huntsman never returns. The King sends more men into the forest, each meeting with the same fate. The King sends all his remaining huntsmen out as a group, but again, none return. The king proclaims the woods as dangerous and off-limits to all...

At the beginning of the story, a queen sits sewing at an open window during a winter snowfall when she pricks her finger with her needle, causing three drops of red blood to drip onto the freshly fallen white snow on the black windowsill. Admiring the beauty of the resulting color combination,...

Caliph Chasid, of Bagdad, was resting comfortably on his divan one fine afternoon. He was smoking a long pipe, and from time to time he sipped a little coffee which a slave handed to him, and after each sip he stroked his long beard with an air of enjoyment. In short, anyone could see that the...

Mail Henri Fontal to Rev. Fr. Louis Ennemare in which he asks the abbot to intervene with his cousin Gilberte which he was engaged Henri Fontal . This young girl very devout , broke the engagement after a joke he did. Named for an amputation in Cologne, Gilberte asked a souvenir of Cologne. Two days...

Next walk a road bordering the Mediterranean, the narrator discovers a beautiful villa owned by Julie Romain, a former actress. He decides to visit him ...

Theodule Sabot is a carpenter and freethinker . It "eats" the priest every day. He is careful to work on Sunday and kill the pig Easter Monday . His opponent is the pastor of Martinville, which, with the approach of municipal elections where Theodule must report , informed the village the church choir should be redone in wood, and all the benches of the church.  

This year, it leaves behind the old and the young Gaspard Hari Ulrich Kunsi with Sam guide, a large dog mountain. They are responsible for monitoring the inn during the winter. But the heart split because of its separation from the young Louise Hauser Ulrich is hardly pleased with having to spend...

In the middle of a meeting , Mr. Bermutier , judge tells an inexplicable case. He exercised in Ajaccio and had to care for vendetta. One day an Englishman comes to town and becomes the subject of rumors : it would be a character on the run for a political case . Every person has an opinion about...