German Fairy Tales

• About How the Chief of the Salt Guard Kept His Oath
• About How the Schildburgers Decided to Build a New Town Hall
• About How the Wives of Schildburgers Decided to Get Their Husbands Back
• About the Petition Submitted by the Schildburgers to the Emperor and How He Responded to Them
• Briar Rose
• Hansel and Gretel
• How a Schildbürger Saved the Honor of the Town of Schilda and Lost His Mare in the Process
• How Eulenspiegel convinced a peasant that his green scarf was blue
• How Eulenspiegel Taught a Donkey to Read a Book in Erfurt
• How Eulenspiegel Tricked the Riesenburg Priest Out of a Horse
• How Salt Grew in the Field Near the Town of Schilda and How the Schildbürgers Tried to Harvest It
• How the Schildburgers Bought the Fearsome Beast, the Mouse-Catcher, and Along with It, Sealed Their Doom
• How the Schildburgers Built a New Town Hall and What They Forgot in the Process
• How the Schildburgers Delivered Logs for the New Town Hall
• How the Schildburgers Had Breakfast with the Emperor and What Riddle He Gave Them
• How the Schildburgers Hid the Bells
• How the Schildburgers Lifted a Cow onto the Fortress Wall
• How the Schildburgers Prepared Chambers in Their Town Hall
• How the Schildbürgers Sowed Salt
• How the Schildbürgers Welcomed the Emperor
• How the Schildburghers Figured Out Why It Was Dark in Their Town Hall and What They Did After That
• How Two Schildbürgers Swapped Houses
• King Thrushbeard
• The Bremen Town Musicians
• The Old Sultan
• The Runaway Pie
• The Shoemaker and the Elves
• The Silver Bell
• The Thick, Fat Pancake
• What Gift the Schildburgers Presented to the Emperor
• What Lesson the Emperor Gave to the Schildburgers
• Where the Schildbürgers Came From and What They Turned Into
• Why the Schildburgers Decided to Save Themselves from Their Great Wisdom with Foolishness