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1  One day she wanted to go into the forest and fetch some food.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE KIDS
2  Then good food was set before them, milk and pancakes, with sugar, apples, and nuts.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
3  And now the best food was cooked for poor Hansel, but Gretel got nothing but crab-shells.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
4  The next day at noon, the old woman came to him again with food and drink which he at first refused.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE RAVEN
5  As he himself would have it so, they gave him some food for the wild animals, and led him down to the tower.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE THREE LANGUAGES
6  The little bit of food that we people get is immediately burnt up with heavy logs; we do not swallow so much as you coarse, greedy folk.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
7  They gave him plenty of food, yet for all they could do he never grew bigger, but kept just the same size as he had been when he was born.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In TOM THUMB
8  But God sent two angels from heaven in the shape of white doves, which flew to her twice a day, and carried her food until the seven years were over.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE PINK
9  But she put down the dish of food and the glass of wine in front of him, and when he smelt the wine, he was unable to resist the temptation, and took a deep draught.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE RAVEN
10  Once when it so happened that no one else was at hand, the cook ordered him to carry the food to the royal table, but as he did not like to let his golden hair be seen, he kept his little cap on.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In IRON HANS
11  And now the little peasant and his wife had the cow for which they had so long wished, and they were heartily glad, but they had no food for it, and could give it nothing to eat, so it soon had to be killed.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE LITTLE PEASANT
12  She lived three days more, and then died happily, and when she was buried, the two white doves which had brought her food to the tower, and were angels of heaven, followed her body and seated themselves on her grave.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE PINK
13  'That is not done quite as you seem to think,' said the wolf; 'you must wait until the Queen comes,' Soon afterwards, the Queen arrived with some food in her beak, and the lord King came too, and they began to feed their young ones.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
14  She replied, 'Go farther into the wood until you come to a house, wherein lives an old woman; she will offer you food and drink, but you must not take of either; if you do, you will fall into a deep sleep, and will not be able to help me.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE RAVEN
15  The sausage had only to watch the pot to see that the food was properly cooked, and when it was near dinner-time, he just threw himself into the broth, or rolled in and out among the vegetables three or four times, and there they were, buttered, and salted, and ready to be served.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
16  So now the bird set the table, and the mouse looked after the food and, wishing to prepare it in the same way as the sausage, by rolling in and out among the vegetables to salt and butter them, she jumped into the pot; but she stopped short long before she reached the bottom, having already parted not only with her skin and hair, but also with life.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE MOUSE, THE BIRD, AND THE SAUSAGE
17  Now the little dwarf was getting their dinner ready, and he brought their food upon seven little plates, and their drink in seven little glasses, and set them upon the table, and out of each little plate their sister ate a small piece, and out of each little glass she drank a small drop; but she let the ring that she had brought with her fall into the last glass.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE SEVEN RAVENS
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