Reading Part B

I finished up LibriVox section of the Grimm Tales. I enjoyed this unit overall. I was familiar with several stories, thanks to Disney, so it was interesting to see where they started and ended up. 

The Queen Bee

• Three sons and a king. The youngest son (Simpleton) continually mocked. 
• Simpleton prevented his brothers from hurting ants and ducks and a beehive. 
• They find a castle with an old man inside. 
• The old man gave them tasks to do and if the succeeded, they would free the castle. 
• The two oldest failed, but the ants, ducks and bees helped the youngest complete the tasks. 
• The queen bee helped the prince figure out which princess was the youngest.
• They married the princesses and freed the castle. 

Caption: The youngest by the end of this story. Obtained from giphy.com

The Twelve Hunstman 

• A prince was engaged to a maiden, but his father told him to marry a princess instead. 
• The maiden gathered twelve women who looked like her, dressed them all as huntsmen and rode into the king's court. 
• They were put to the test by a lion and passed all the tests. 
• The main maiden was able to win back the prince.

The Fox and the Horse

• A man kicked a very old horse out of his stable. 
• He told the horse if he wanted to stay to fetch him a lion
• The horse told this to a fox who told the horse to play dead
• The fox went to a lion and told him about a dead horse he could eat 
• The fox brought the lion to the horse and tied the lion's legs together and tied him to the horse. 
• The horse pulled the lion very fast to his master. 
• He got to stay in the stable. 

All of these seemed like possible stories to re-envision. 

bibliography: Grimm (LibriVox)