Du Phoenix: 1059 books

There was once a poor man and a poor woman who had nothing but a little cottage, and who earned their bread by fishing, and always lived from hand to mouth...

"Where do you like best to feed your flocks?" said a man to an old cow-herd...

A king and queen long lamented their childlessness until the queen gave birth to a son who was a donkey. The queen was grieved, but the king had him raised as a prince...

A shoemaker, by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut out the shoes which he wished to begin to make the next morning, and as he had a good conscience, he lay down quietly in his bed, commended himself to God...

A forester found a baby in a bird's nest and brought him back to be raised with his daughter Lenchen. They called the child  Foundling-Bird, and he and Lenchen loved each other...

There were once a man and a woman who had an only child, and lived quite alone in a solitary valley...

Three soldiers could not live on their pay, and so attempted to desert by hiding in a cornfield. When the army did not march away, they were soon caught between starving or emerging to face execution. A dragon flew by,offered to save them if they served him for seven years....

There was once on a time a shepherd boy whose fame spread far and wide because of the wise answers which he gave to every question...

Three women were changed to identical flowers...

East India was besieged by an enemy who would not retire until he had received six hundred dollars...

There once was a prince who decided to go on a journey with his servant. In a dark forest, they came to a small house, where a maiden warned them that her stepmother was a witch who disliked strangers, but unfortunately there was nowhere else for shelter...

A wealthy but childless merchant wishes he had a child, even a hedgehog. He comes home to find that his wife has given birth to a baby boy that is a hedgehog from the waist up. After eight years, the merchant goes to a fair and asks everyone in the household what they want... 

There was one on a time a great war, and when it came to an end, many soldiers were discharged. Then Brother Lustig also received his dismissal, and besides that, nothing but a small loaf of contract-bread, and four kreuzers in money...

A certain King had three sons who were all equally dear to him, and he did not know which of them to appoint as his successor...