Popular Fairy Tales
The fairy stories are fascinating introduction to the constant human pursues of the chain of cause and effect. Human imagination, curiously and attention are predicting future discoveries, trace out various links till the great intelligent cause of all is uncovered and some type of control is obtained.
"Among all nations the mixture of joy and pain, of exquisite delight and intense misery in the present state, has led the imagination to the conception of regions of unmixed bliss destined for the repose of the good after the toils of this life, and of climes where happiness prevails, the abode of beings superior to man." ~ Thomas Keightley
Fascinating tremendous forces which work in earth and air and unexplainable unusual phenomena are usually ascribed to the intervention of some of the superior beings recognised and connected with the history or religion, ancient or modern, customs of the country, and not unfrequently varying with a change of faith.
In a word, the fairy stories have come true; they are historical in the sense that they faithfully report a stage of spiritual growth and predict a higher order of realities through a deeper knowledge of actualities. They were poetic renderings of facts which science is fast verifying, chiefly by the use of the same faculty which enriched early literature with the myth and the fairy tale. The scientist has turned poet in these later days, and the imagination which once expressed itself in a free handling of facts so as to make them answer the needs and demands of the human spirit, now expresses itself in that breadth of vision which reconstructs an extinct animal from a bone and analyzes the light of a sun flaming on the outermost boundaries of space.
Click on the links below to read popular fairy tales from our FREE Collection:
ONE EYE, TWO EYES, THREE EYES (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA (From the tale by Hans Christian Andersen)
THE MAGIC MIRROR (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
THE STORY OF ALADDIN or THE WONDERFUL LAMP ("Arabian Nights' Entertainments")
THE WHITE CAT (From the tale by the Comtesse d'Aulnoy)
THE ENCHANTED STAG (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
THE HISTORY OF ALI BABA & OF THE 40 ROBBERS ("Arabian Nights' Entertainments")
HANSEL AND GRETHEL (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD (Tale by Charles Perrault)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (Tale by Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve)
CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER (From the French tale by Charles Perrault)
THE UGLY DUCKLING (From the tale by Hans Christian Andersen)
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD (From the French tale by Charles Perrault)
TOM THUMB (First written in prose in 1621 by Richard Johnson)
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK (Tale by Charles Perrault)
THE GOLDEN GOOSE (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
THE FAIR ONE WITH THE GOLDEN LOCKS (Tale by Comtesse d'Aulnoy)
THE LIGHT PRINCESS (From George MacDonald)
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (From the French tale by Madame Gabrielle de Villeneuve)
THE TWELVE BROTHERS (From Grimm's Fairy Tales)
Browse Aesop's Fables...
The Tortoise and the Ducks
Foolish curiosity and vanity often lead to misfortune.
The Wolf and the Kid
Do not let anything turn you from your purpose.
The Dog, Rooster & the Fox
Those who try to deceive may expect to be paid in their own...
Belling the Cat
It is one thing to say that something should be done...
The Ants and Grasshopper
Always try to be prepared for the days of necessity.
The Sick Stag
Good will is worth nothing unless it is accompanied...
The Crab and Its Mother
Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good...
The Mule
Every truth has two sides.
Great Craft Creations
Surprise your loved ones with great craft creations, decorate your house, or make unique gifts...Did You Know?
If you need some dry material instantly you can use your microwave oven for making what you need. To dry herbs or flowers in the microwave oven instantly you will need SILICA GEL. Silica gel is a substance used to dry delicate flowers too, such as roses or calendula, as it preserves their forms and colors well. Silica gel can usually be found in craft stores.
It is very simple to dry flowers with a silica crystals, just use microwave safe container with a 1" (2,5 cm) thick layer of the silica crystals and place your flowers on the top allowing about 1-inch of space around the sides and between each flowers. Put another 1-inch layer on the top of flowers and then microwave on cca 50 % power for approximately 2-3 minutes, depending on the type of your microwave and flowers. It is better to check the material progress an add some more times if needed. Flowers and leaves often have different drying times, microwave them separately for better result.
Never use silica gel containers for preparing food after you use them for drying flowers, because they often absorbs pesticides from plants as they dry.