Episode 63: 62. The Queen Bee
After a simple prince keeps his two older brothers from harming ants, ducks, and bees, the animals re-pay his kindness when they find a kingdom where everyone has been turned to stone.
Mar 23, 2012•7 min
The Brothers Grimm Lunch Break: The Complete Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
A few times a week, over my lunch break, I will record, edit, and publish one of the original 250 fairy tales collected by the Brothers Grimm and translated to English by Dr. Jack Zipes.
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Episode 62: 61. Little Farmer
The poorest farmer in the village becomes the town's richest, and only, resident.
Mar 22, 2012•14 min
Episode 61: 60. The Two Brothers
This is the longest fairy tale in the collection. Two young twin brothers eat the magical heart and liver of a golden bird, which bestows upon them the gift of a gold coin under their pillow each monring. Their father believes it to be the work of the devil, so he abandons them in the forest. A huntsman finds them, adopts them as his own, and teches them to be huntsmen as well. When they set out as young adults to make their way in the world, they collect a menageria of talking animals. Eventual...
Mar 20, 2012•49 min
Episode 60: 59. Freddy and Katy
A young groom is vexed by the not-so-bright actions of his wife. This is essentially a longer version of the tale presented in Episode 34: Clever Else.
Mar 14, 2012•16 min
Episode 59: 58. The Dog and the Sparrow
A merchant runs over a dog in the road, and the dog's friend, a sparrow, gets revenge.
Mar 07, 2012•9 min
Episode 58: 57. The Golden Bird
A young prince manages to, despite ignoring almost all of the consistently correct advice given by a talking fox, obtain a golden bird, a golden horse, a beautiful princess, and a kingdom.
Mar 06, 2012•19 min
Episode 57: 56. Sweetheart Roland
A beutiful maiden barely escapes with her life and her sweetheart from her stepmother, who is a real witch. They must outwit her several times thereafter, but along the way the maiden nearly loses everything she holds dear.
Mar 01, 2012•10 min
Episode 56: 55. Rumplestiltskin
A miller's daughter is locked in rooms full of straw by a greedy king after her father brags that she can spin straw into gold. She can't, of course, but along comes a strangely named little man who can.
Feb 29, 2012•8 min
Episode 55: 54. The Knapsack, the Hat, and the Horn
A down on his luck traveller finds a magical tablecloth. He uses that to trick three others and steal a knapsack, a hat, and a horn. All three have magical military powers. He uses them to overthrow a king and seize the kingdom for himself.
Feb 28, 2012•15 min
Episode 54: 53. Snow White
The classic story of a witch queen's jeolousy of her beautiful step daughter princess. Also, seven dwarfs.
Feb 22, 2012•21 min
Episode 53: 52. King Thrushbeard
A princess is overly critical and disrespectful of all of her potential suitors. In a fit of anger, her father marries her off to the first beggar who comes along, a travelling minstrel. The minstrel teaches her humility.
Feb 21, 2012•11 min
Episode 52: 51. The Foundling
A wood cutter finds a child lost in the woods, and raises him as his own.
Feb 15, 2012•7 min
Episode 51: 50. Brier Rose
An offended witch curses a young princess to die from pricking her finger on a spindle on her 15th birthday. A good witch blunts the curse by instead having her fall asleep for 100 years.
Feb 10, 2012•9 min
Episode 50: 49. The Six Swans
A king is tricked by a witch into losing his six sons and his daughter. Through the witch's magic, the boys are turned into swans. The young princess sets out to undo the magic, though it takes seven years and nearly costs her her life.
Feb 09, 2012•12 min
Episode 49: 48. Old Sultan
A farmer decides his old dog is too useless to keep around any longer. The dog, along with his frind the wolf, come up with a plan to convince him otherwise. The pair later get into a feud, and at a duel, a bear and a cat are their seconds.
Feb 08, 2012•6 min
Episode 48: 47. The Juniper Tree
An evil stepmother kills her step-son, cooks him into a stew, and serves the stew to the boy's father. Her daughter witnesses the whole thing, and buries the boy's bones beneath a juniper tree. The boy returns as an enchanted bird, and the stepmother finds justice.
Feb 06, 2012•19 min
Episode 47: 46. Fitcher's Bird
An evil warlock has a long history of kidnapping and murdering beutiful young women. One of his intended victims manages to escape and exact revenge.
Feb 01, 2012•9 min
Episode 46: 45. Thumbling's Travels
A little man, no bigger than a thumb, goes out into the wide world.
Jan 30, 2012•11 min
Episode 45: 44. Godfather Death
A man chooses Death to be godfather of his 13th child. When he grows older, Death grants the child the power to heal the sick, under certain conditions. Trouble happens when those conditions are broken.
Jan 28, 2012•9 min
Episode 44: 43. Mother Trudy
A young girl disobeys her parents' instructions not to go visit the home of an evil witch, and comes to a bad end.
Jan 19, 2012•4 min
Episode 43: 42. The Godfather
A mysterious man grants a poor man the power to heal the sick or tell when their death is inevitable.
Jan 18, 2012•5 min
Episode 42: 41. Herr Korbes
A hen and a rooster go visit Herr Korbes. Along the way, they're joined by several other animals and ordinarily inanimate objects who also want to go visit the man.
Jan 16, 2012•4 min
Episode 41: 40. The Robber Bridegroom
A miller promises his daughter to the first semmingly nice man who come courting, but he turns out to be a robber and murderer. The bride to be is able to escape the terrible plans he has in store.
Jan 13, 2012•9 min
Episode 40: 39. The Elves
Three short stories of the elves interacting with our world, including the story of elves helping the poor shoemaker while he sleeps.
Jan 12, 2012•8 min
Episode 39: 38. The Wedding of Mrs. Fox
Two tales of Mrs. Fox remarrying after her beloved Mr. Fox passes away. The first time, though, he was only pretending to have died.
Jan 10, 2012•6 min
Episode 38: 37. Thumbling
A farmer and his wife have a son perfect in every way, but no bigger than a thumb.
Jan 06, 2012•14 min
Episode 37: 36. The Magic Table, the Golden Donkey, and the Club in the Sack
A tailor's three sons go out into the world and acquire three useful magical items. The main story is bookended with another story about an ornery goat.
Jan 04, 2012•24 min
Episode 36: 35. The Tailor in Heaven
A tailor bluffs his way into heaven, where he causes trouble.
Jan 03, 2012•6 min
Episode 35: 34. Clever Else
A husband and wife have a clever daughter who must prove how smart she is before her suitor will marry her.
Jan 02, 2012•9 min
Episode 34: 33. The Three Languages
A count's son has trouble learning anything of use, but he does learn how to talk to dogs, frogs, and birds. Those skills end up coming in handy for the fellow.
Dec 28, 2011•7 min
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