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1  The same thing happened the second and third night: so the king ordered his head to be cut off.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
2  The king became very angry at this, and ordered the gardener to keep watch all night under the tree.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
3  Then the second son was ordered to watch; and at midnight he too fell asleep, and in the morning another apple was gone.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
4  During the cat's absence the mouse cleaned the house, and put it in order, but the greedy cat entirely emptied the pot of fat.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP
5  The two elder brothers would have pulled it down, in order to see how the poor ants in their fright would run about and carry off their eggs.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE QUEEN BEE
6  There he was to sit and watch where they went to dance; and, in order that nothing might pass without his hearing it, the door of his chamber was left open.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
7  He was as well received as the others had been, and the king ordered fine royal robes to be given him; and when the evening came he was led to the outer chamber.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
8  The guest, however, thought no otherwise than that he was to give up one of his ears, and ran as if fire were burning under him, in order to take them both with him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In CLEVER GRETEL
9  However, the king hoped still to save his dear child altogether from the threatened evil; so he ordered that all the spindles in the kingdom should be bought up and burnt.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In BRIAR ROSE
10  He gave the order that if the knight who caught the apple, should go away again they should pursue him, and if he would not come back willingly, they were to cut him down and stab him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In IRON HANS
11  The old woman had only pretended to be so kind; she was in reality a wicked witch, who lay in wait for children, and had only built the little house of bread in order to entice them there.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
12  When the peasants heard that, they too wished to enjoy this great profit, and ran home, killed all their cows, and stripped off their skins in order to sell them in the town to the greatest advantage.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE LITTLE PEASANT
13  It happened that the eldest wanted to go into the forest to hew wood, and before he went his mother gave him a beautiful sweet cake and a bottle of wine in order that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN GOOSE
14  In the morning Snowdrop told them all her story; and they pitied her, and said if she would keep all things in order, and cook and wash and knit and spin for them, she might stay where she was, and they would take good care of her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOWDROP
15  Finding everything still, he marched into the kitchen, and groped about till he found a match in order to light a candle; and then, espying the glittering fiery eyes of the cat, he mistook them for live coals, and held the match to them to light it.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TRAVELLING MUSICIANS
16  Everything was spruce and neat in the cottage: on the table was spread a white cloth, and there were seven little plates, seven little loaves, and seven little glasses with wine in them; and seven knives and forks laid in order; and by the wall stood seven little beds.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOWDROP
17  Some time after, three grand embassies came to the old king's court, with rich gifts of gold and precious stones for his youngest son; now all these were sent from the three kings to whom he had lent his sword and loaf of bread, in order to rid them of their enemy and feed their people.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE WATER OF LIFE
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