Tales from the Brothers Grimm - Music Free
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Mysteries at Midnight - Mystery Stories read in the soothing style of a bedtime story
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In fact. Hello and welcome to Sleep Cove, the podcast and YouTube channel to get a great night's sleep. Tonight I'm reading some more grim fairy tales that were taken from their first book which was published in 1812. The stories include The Straw, the Coal and the Bean, The Turnip, the old man and his grandson, and the fox and the horse. I really hope you enjoy it, and let's begin.
The
Fox and the Horse A farmer had a horse. that had an excellent faithful servant to him. But he was now grown too old to work, so the farmer would give him nothing more to eat and said, I want you no longer, so take yourself out of my stable. I shall not take you back again until you are stronger than a lion. Then he opened the door and turned him adrift. The poor horse was very melancholy and wandered up and down in the wood, seeking some little shelter from the cold wind and rain. Presently a fox met him. What's the matter, my friend? said he. Why do you hang down your head and look so lonely and woe-begone? Ah, replied the horse, justice and avarice never dwell in one house. My master has forgotten all that I have done for him so many years, and because I can work no longer, he has turned me adrift, and says, unless I become stronger than a lion.
He will not take me back again. What chance can I have of that? He knows I have none, or he would not talk so. However, the fox bid him be of good cheer and said, I will help you. Lie down there, stretch yourself out quite stiff, and pretend to be dead. The horse did as he was told, and the fox went straight to the lion who lived in a cave close by and said to him, A little way off lies a dead horse. Come with me and you may make an excellent meal of his carcass. The lion was greatly pleased and set off immediately. And when they came to the horse, the fox said, You will not be able to eat him comfortably here. I'll tell you what, I will tie you fast to his tail, and then you can draw him to your den and eat him at your leisure.
The advice pleased the lion, so he laid himself quietly for the fox to make him fast to the horse. But the fox managed to tie his legs together and bound him so hard and fast that with all his strength he could not set himself free. When the work was done, the fox clapped the horse on the shoulder and said, "'Jip, Dobbin, jip!' Then up he sprang and moved off, dragging the lion behind him. The beast began to roar and bellow till all the birds of the wood flew away for fright. But the horse let him sing on and made his way quietly over the fields to his master's house. Here he is, master, said he, I have got the better of him. And when the farmer saw his old servant, his heart relented, and he said, Thou shalt stay in thy stable, and be well taken care of.
And so the poor horse had plenty to eat, and lived happily to the end of his days. the old man and his grandson. There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at the table he could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth upon the tablecloth. or let it run out of his mouth. His son and his son's wife were disgusted at 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 table with his eyes full of tears, Once, too, his trembling hands could not hold the bowl, and it fell to the ground and broke.
The young wife scolded him, but he said nothing and only sighed. They brought him a wooden bowl for a few halfpence, out of which he had to eat. Meanwhile, once, sitting thus when their little grandson, of four years old, began to gather together some bits of wood upon the ground.
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