The Fisherman and His Wife
- A fisherman went fishing one morning and caught a flounder
- The flounder claimed to be an enchanted prince and asked to be released
- The fisherman released him and went home
- When he told his wife she asked why he didn't wish for anything
- She sent him back to the flounder to ask for a cottage because she was tired of the old hovel they were living in
- The fish granted it and sent the fisherman home
- He returned to his wife and she sent him back because she wanted a castle
- The flounder granted the wish again and sent him home
- His wife sent him back again because she wanted to be king
- The flounder granted it and sent him home
- She sent him back again because she wanted to be emperor
- The flounder granted it and sent him home
- She sent him back once more because she wanted to be pope
- The flounder granted it and sent him home
- She sent him back again because she wanted to have power over the sun/moon
- The flounder told him to go home and find his wife in the old hovel
- There they sit to this day
- There was a young girl and her mother died
- Her father remarried and the woman had two daughters of her own
- They treated Aschenputtel horribly
- The father asked them all one day what they wanted from town and all Aschenputtel asked for was the first twig to strike his hat
- He brought her back a hazel twig and she planted in on her mothers grave and wept
- A tree grew and every time she would return and weep a dove would appear from the tree and grant any wish she had
- One day the king ordered all of the beautiful women of the kingdom should attend a ball in which his son could choose a wife
- She asked her step-mother to go and her step-mother told her if she could pick up a dish full of lentils from the ashes in two hours she could go
- She called for the birds to help her and they finished the task in an hour
- Her step-mother said no and then told her if she could pick two full dishes of lentils from the ashes then she could go
- She called the birds to help her again and they finished in half an hour
- Her step-mother told her she couldn't go, she didn't have nice clothes and couldn't dance
- She went to the hazel tree on her mothers grave and wept and called out to the tree to let silver and gold fall over her
- The dove brought a beautiful silver and gold dress and shoes
- She went to the ball and her family didn't recognize her because she was so beautiful
- The prince wouldn't let her leave without going with her so she hopped in a pigeon-house
- They cut the house open but no one was inside
- She had snuck out and returned the dress and was in the kitchen
- The next day she returned to the tree with the same plea
- The dove brought down an even more beautiful dress
- She returned to the festival and the prince again wouldn't let her leave without going with her
- She ran and hopped into a pear tree in the garden
- They chopped the pear tree down but no one was in it
- She had snuck down the other side, returned the dress, and was in the kitchen where she belonged
- She did it for a third time but this time the prince had the steps covered in pitch so her left shoe would stick when she ran off
- He began searching for his bride that the shoe fit
- The eldest step sister tried it but couldn't get her big toe to fit
- Her mother told her to chop it off, she wouldn't need it when she was queen
- She did and crammed her foot into the shoe
- The prince took her and then realized the shoe was bloody, so he returned her
- He made the younger sister try on the shoe, but her heel was too large
- Her mother told her to cut off a piece of her heel, she wouldn't walk when she was queen
- The prince took her but too realized the shoe was bloody, so he returned her
- He asked if there was another daughter and they said no, only poor Aschenputtel from his first wife
- He ordered for her and she cleaned herself up, tried on the shoe, and it fit
- He took her off and they were married
- During the bridal procession the birds pecked the two step-sisters eyes out and they were blind because of their wickedness and falsehood
- The was a man who had a daughter that said he would give her to any man who seemed worthy
- He met a nice man and decided he was worthy
- The daughter never felt right about the man and didn't know why
- One day the man asked why they had never met, they were to be married
- He convinced her to come visit him at his house deep in the woods
- She went and when she arrived no one was there and a bird inside gave her a warning
- She went into the cellar and there was an old woman
- The old woman told her that her soon to be husband was a robber and would kill her and eat her
- She hid her and told her to wait until the night and she would sneak her out
- The robbers returned with a young girl and begin to cut her up
- They cut one of her fingers with a gold ring off and it fell in the daughter's lap
- One of the robbers began to look for it but the old woman called them to eat and told them to resume tomorrow
- She put sleeping aids in their wine and they soon fell asleep
- The daughter and the old woman escaped
- When the robber came to their wedding the girl told them of her "dream" and then showed the finger with the ring
- The family and friends caught the robbers and executed them
(Grimm)
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