THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON - GRIMM’S FAIRY TALES

... this, so the old grandfather at last had to sit in the corner behind the stove, and they gave him his food in an earthenware bowl, and not even enough of it. And he used to look towards the ... to me?’ said the miller. ‘Why not?’ answered the peasant: ‘but he only says four things, THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSON There was once a very old man, whose eyes h...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 05:15

... went into the castle together, and found a great many servants there, and the rooms all richly furnished, and full of golden chairs and tables; and behind the castle was a garden, and around ... to the shore the wind was raging and the sea was tossed up and down in boiling waves, and the ships were in trouble, and rolled fearfully upon the tops of the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 05:15

... in the garden.’ Then Chanticleer ran to the garden, and took the garland from the bough where it hung, and brought it to the bride; and then the bride gave him the silken cord, and he took the ... to draw you.’ Then the fox got up behind; and presently the wolf, the bear, the goat, and all the beasts of the wood, came and climbed upon the hears...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 06:15

... box and be coachman, if into the landlord’s easy chair and the other into his handkerchief; and, having done this, they crept away as softly as possible. However, the duck, who slept in the ... awakened his wife, and, fetching the egg, they pecked a hole in it, ate it up, and threw the shells into the fireplace: they then went to the pin and needle, who wer...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 07:15

... it thoroughly, so that the feathers fly about; then they say, down there in the world, that it is snowing; for I am Mother Holle.’ The old woman they became uneasy, and the bird flew out to meet ... and sit by the well and spin, and the girl pricked her finger and thrust her hand into a thorn-bush, so that she might drop some blood on to the spindle; then she thre...

Ngày tải lên: 20/10/2013, 07:15

... and perched on the head of the second horse, and pecked at him too. The carter ran up and struck at her again with his hatchet; but away she flew, and the blow fell upon the second horse and ... cried, ‘Wife, strike at the bird and kill her in my hand.’ And the wife struck; but she missed her aim, and hit her husband on the head so that he fell down dead,...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 05:15

... slept in the stables, and the dogs in the court, the pigeons on the house-top, and the very flies slept upon the walls. Even the fire on the hearth left off blazing, and went to sleep; the jack ... palace. This, however, none of them could ever do; for the thorns and bushes laid hold of them, as it were with hands; and there they stuck fast, and died wret...

Ngày tải lên: 07/11/2013, 05:15

... boy left him there and when he came back the old man was still asleep. “Wake up old man, ” the boy said and put his hand on one of the old man s knees. The old man opened his eyes and for a moment ... nodded and the boy took his trousers from the chair by the bed and, sitting on the bed, pulled them on. The old man went out the door and...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 09:20

... fishermen of the town about it, he just went home and fell asleep. Landing the fish did not matter to the old man only to get it as far as the side of the boat. The Old Man And The Sea portrays ... 3outside of polite conversation. His perseverence to catch his prey implicates the importance of his relationship with it. Santiago's humility in The Old...

Ngày tải lên: 21/03/2014, 22:50

... killed, and took her heart and tongue, and laid them on a plate, and when she saw the old man coming, she said to the boy: ‘Lie down in your bed, and draw the clothes over you.’ Then the wicked ... So he went out and took the maiden aside, and said: ‘Tonight when the boy is asleep, go to his bed and plunge this knife into his heart, and bring me his...

Ngày tải lên: 24/10/2013, 05:15