Biography of the Brothers Grimm and their fairy tales. True fairy tales from the Brothers Grimm

20.04.2019

One evening a young drummer walked alone across a field. He approaches the lake and sees three pieces of white linen lying on the shore. “What a thin linen,” he said and put one piece in his pocket. He came home, forgot to think about his find and went to bed. But as soon as he fell asleep, it seemed to him as if someone was calling him by name. He began to listen and heard a quiet voice that said to him: “Drummer, wake up, drummer!” And the night was dark, he could not see anyone, but it seemed to him as if some figure was rushing in front of his bed, first rising up, then falling down.

What do you want? - he asked.

Once upon a time there lived a poor shepherd boy. His father and mother died, then his superiors sent him to the house of a rich man, so that he would feed and raise him. But the rich man and his wife had an evil heart, and with all their wealth they were very stingy and unkind to people and were always angry if anyone took advantage of even a piece of their bread. And no matter how hard the poor boy tried to work, they fed him little, but beat him a lot.

Once upon a time there lived an old miller at the mill; He had neither a wife nor children, and he had three servants. They stayed with him for several years, so he said to them one day:

I have already become old, I should now sit on the stove, and you go wander around the world; and whoever brings me home the best horse, I will give the mill to him, and he will feed me until I die.

The third worker was a filler at the mill, and they all considered him a fool and did not assign the mill to him; Yes, he himself didn’t want that at all. And all three of them left, and, approaching the village, they said to Hans the Fool:

In ancient times, when the Lord God was still walking the earth, it happened that one evening he was tired, night overtook him, and he had nowhere to spend the night. And there were two houses along the road, one opposite the other; There was one big and beautiful, and the other was small and unsightly in appearance. The big house belonged to the rich man, and the small one to the poor man. The Lord thought: “I won’t bother the rich man, I’ll spend the night with him.” The rich man heard them knocking on his door, opened the window and asked the stranger what he needed.

A long time ago there lived a king in the world, and he was famous throughout the entire earth for his wisdom. Everything was known to him, as if someone was sending him news about the most secret things through the air. But he had strange custom: every noon, when everything was cleared from the table and no one else remained, a reliable servant brought him another dish. But it was covered, and even the servant did not know what was on this dish; and not a single person knew about it, for the king opened the dish and began to eat only when he was completely alone.

This went on for a long time, but one day curiosity overcame the servant, he could not control himself and took the dish to his room. He closed the doors properly, lifted the lid from the dish, and saw a white snake lying there. He looked at her and could not resist trying her; he cut off a piece and put it in his mouth.

Once a woman with her daughter and stepdaughter went out into the field to cut grass, and the Lord God appeared to them in the form of a beggar and asked:

How can I get closer to the village?

“If you want to know the way,” the mother answered, “look for it yourself.”

And if you are worried that you won’t be able to find your way, then take a guide.

A poor widow lived alone in her hut, and in front of the hut she had a garden; There were two rose trees growing in that garden, and white roses were blooming on one, and scarlet ones on the other; and she had two children, similar to these pink trees, one was called Snow White, and the other was Scarlet Flower. They were so modest and kind, so hard-working and obedient, that there were never others like them in the world; only Snow White was even quieter and more gentle than Scarlet Flower. Alotsvetik jumped and ran more and more through the meadows and fields, picking flowers and catching butterflies; and Snow White - she mostly sat at home near her mother, helped her with the housework, and when there was no work, read something out loud to her. Both sisters loved each other so much that if they went somewhere, they always held hands, and if Snow White used to say: “We will always be together,” then Scarlet Flower would answer her: “Yes, while we are alive, we will never let’s part” - and the mother added: “Whatever one of you has, let him share it with the other.”

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful queen. One day she was sewing by the window, accidentally pricked her finger with a needle and a drop of blood fell on the snow lying on the windowsill.

The scarlet color of blood on the snow-white cover seemed so beautiful to her that the queen sighed and said:

Oh, how I would like to have a child with a face as white as snow, with lips as scarlet as blood and curls as black as pitch.

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Fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm list

(Der Froschk?nig oder der eiserne Heinrich)
(Katze und Maus in Gesellschaft)
Child of Mary (Marienkind)
The Tale of the One Who Went to Learn from Fear (M?rchen von einem, der auszog das F?rchten zu lernen)
The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats (Der Wolf und die sieben jungen Gei?lein)
Faithful Johannes (Der treue Johannes)
Successful trade / Profitable business (Der gute Handel)
The Extraordinary Musician / The Eccentric Musician (Der wunderliche Spielmann)
Twelve Brothers (Die zw?lf Br?der)
The Ragged Rabble (Das Lumpengesindel)
Brother and Sister (Br?derchen und Schwesterchen)
Rapunzel (Bell)
Three men in the forest / Three little forest men (Die drei M?nnlein im Walde)
Three spinners (Die drei Spinnerinnen)
Hansel and Gretel
Three snake leaves (Die drei Schlangenbl?tter)
White snake (Die weisse Schlange)
Straw, coal and bean (Strohhalm, Kohle und Bohne)
About a fisherman and his wife (Vom Fischer und seiner Frau)
The Brave Little Tailor (Das tapfere Schneiderlein)
Cinderella (Aschenputtel)
Riddle (Das R?tsel)
About the mouse, the bird and the fried sausage (Von dem M?uschen, V?gelchen und der Bratwurst)
Mrs. Blizzard (Frau Holle)
The Seven Ravens (Die sieben Raben)
Little Red Riding Hood (Rotk?ppchen)
The Bremen Town Musicians(Die Bremer Stadtmusikanten)
The Singing Bone (Der singende Knochen)
The Devil with the Three Golden Hairs (Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren)
Louse and flea beetle (L?uschen und Fl?hchen)
The Girl Without Arms (Das M?dchen ohne H?nde)
Intelligent Hans / Clever Hans (Der gescheite Hans)
Three languages (Die drei Sprachen)
Smart Elsa (Die kluge Else)
The Tailor in Paradise (Der Schneider im Himmel)
Set yourself a table, a golden donkey and a club from a sack (Tischchen deck dich, Goldesel und Kn?ppel aus dem Sack)
Thumb Boy (Daumesdick)
The Wedding of the Lady Fox (Die Hochzeit der Frau F?chsin)
Brownies (Die Wichtelm?nner)
The Robber Groom (Der Rüberbrüutigam)
Mr. Korbes
Mr Godfather (Der Herr Gevatter)
Mrs. Trude / Frau Trude
Death of the godfather / Death in the godfathers (Der Gevatter Tod)
Thumb Boy's Journey (Daumerlings Wanderschaft)
Strange Bird (Fitchers Vogel)
About the Enchanted Tree (Von dem Machandelboom)
Old Sultan (Der alte Sultan)
Six swans (Die sechs Schw?ne)
Briar Rose / Sleeping Beauty (Dornr?schen)
Foundling / Foundbird (Fundevogel)
King Thrushbeard (K?nig Drosselbart)
Snow Maiden / Snow White (Schneewittchen)
Knapsack, hat and horn (Der Ranzen, das H?tlein und das H?rnlein)
Junk (Rumpelstilzchen)
Dear Roland (Der liebste Roland)
Golden Bird (Der goldene Vogel)
The Dog and the Sparrow / The Dog and the Sparrow (Der Hund und der Sperling)
Frieder and Katherlieschen
Two Brothers (Die zwei Br?der)
Little Man (Das B?rle)
Queen Bee / Queen Bee (Die Bienenk?nigin)
Three feathers (Die drei Federn)
Golden Goose (Die goldene Gans)
Variegated Pelt (Allerleirauh)
Bunny's Bride/Hare's Bride (H?sichenbraut)
Twelve Hunters (Die zw?lf J?ger)
The Thief and His Teacher (De Gaudeif un sien Meester)
Jorinda and Joringel
Three lucky ones / Three lucky ones
Six of us will go around the whole world / Six of us, we will go around the whole world (Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt)
The Wolf and the Man (Der Wolf und der Mensch)
The Wolf and the Fox (Der Wolf und der Fuchs)
The Fox and the Lady Godmother (Der Fuchs und die Frau Gevatterin)
The Fox and the Cat (Der Fuchs und die Katze)
Carnation (Die Nelke)
Resourceful Gretel (Die kluge Gretel)
Old grandfather and granddaughter (Der alte Gro?vater und der Enkel)
The Little Mermaid / Ondine (Die Wassernixe)
About the death of a chicken (Von dem Tode des H?hnchens)
Brother Veselchak (Bruder Lustig)
Hansl the Player (De Spielhansl)
Lucky Hans (Hans im Gl?ck)
Hans gets married (Hans heiratet)
Golden Children (Die Goldkinder)
The Fox and the Geese (Der Fuchs und die G?nse)
The poor man and the rich man (Der Arme und der Reiche)
The whining and leaping lion lark (Das singende springende L?weneckerchen)
Goose house (Die G?nsemagd)
The Young Giant (Der junge Riese)
Underground Man (Dat Erdm?nneken)
The King from the Golden Mountain (Der K?nig vom goldenen Berg)
Crow (Die Rabe)
The Clever Daughter of a Peasant (Die kluge Bauerntochter)
Three birds (De drei V?gelkens)
Living Water (Das Wasser des Lebens)
Doctor Allwissend
The Spirit in a Bottle (Der Geist im Glas)
The devil's grimy brother (Des Teufels ru?iger Bruder)
The Bugbear (Der B?renh?uter)
The Kinglet and the Bear (Der Zaunk?nig und der B?r)
Smart people (Die klugen Leute)
Tales of already / M?rchen von der Unke (M?rchen von der Unke)
The poor farmhand at the mill and the cat (Der arme M?llersbursch und das K?tzchen)
Two Wanderers (Die beiden Wanderer)
Hans is my hedgehog (Hans mein Igel)
Small Shroud (Das Totenhemdchen)
The Jew in the Thorn Bush (Der Jude im Dorn)
The learned huntsman (Der gelernte J?ger)
The Flail from Heaven / The Flail from Heaven (Der Dreschflegel vom Himmel)
Two Royal Children (De beiden K?nigeskinner)
About the resourceful little tailor (Vom klugen Schneiderlein)
The clear sun will reveal the whole truth (Die klare Sonne bringt’s an den Tag)
Blue candle (Das blaue Licht)
Three paramedics (Die drei Feldscherer)
The Seven Brave Men (Die sieben Schwaben)
Three apprentices (Die drei Handwerksburschen)
The king's son, who was not afraid of anything (Der K?nigssohn, der sich vor nichts f?rchtete)
Were-Donkey (Der Krautesel)
The Old Lady in the Forest (Die Alte im Wald)
Three Brothers (Die drei Br?der)
The Devil and His Grandmother (Der Teufel und seine Gro?mutter)
Ferenand the Faithful and Ferenand the Unfaithful (Ferenand getr? und Ferenand ungetr?)
Iron stove (Der Eisenofen)
The lazy spinner (Die faule spinnerin)
The Four Skillful Brothers (Die vier kunstreichen Br?der)
One-Eyed, Two-Eyed and Three-Eyed (Ein?uglein, Zwei?uglein und Drei?uglein)
Beautiful Katrinel and Nif-Nasr-Podtri (Die sch?ne Katrinelje und Pif Paf Poltrie)
The Fox and the Horse (Der Fuchs und das Pferd)
Shoes trampled in dancing (Die zertanzten Schuhe)
Six Servants (Die sechs Diener)
White and black brides (Die wei?e und die schwarze Braut)
Iron Hans (Der Eisenhans)
Three Black Princesses (De drei schwatten Prinzessinnen)
Lamb and Fish (Das L?mmchen und Fischchen)
Mount Simeliberg
On the way (Up Reisen gohn)
Donkey (Das Eselein)
The Ungrateful Son (Der undankbare Sohn)
Turnip (Die R?be)
The Newly Forged Man (Das junggegl?hte M?nnlein)
The Rooster Log (Der Hahnenbalken)
The Old Beggar Woman
Three Lazy Men (Die drei Faulen)
The Twelve Lazy Servants (Die zw?lf faulen Knechte)
The Shepherd Boy (Das Hirtenb?blein)
Thaler stars (Die Sterntaler)
The Hidden Heller (Der gestohlene Heller)
Bride (Die Brautschau)
Garbage (Die Schlickerlinge)
Sparrow and his four children (Der Sperling und seine vier Kinder)
The Tale of an Unprecedented Land (Das M?rchen vom Schlaraffenland)
Dietmar's fairy tale (Das dietmarsische L?genm?rchen)
Tale-riddle (R?tselm?rchen)
Snow White and Little Red (Schneewei?chen und Rosenrot)
The Clever Servant (Der kluge Knecht)
Glass coffin (Der gl?serne Sarg)
Lazy Heinz (Der faule Heinz)
Bird vulture (Der Vogel Greif)
Mighty Hans (Der starke Hans)
Skinny Lisa (Die hagere Liese)
Forest House (Das Waldhaus)
Joy and sorrow in half (Lieb und Leid teilen)
Kinglet (Der Zaunk?nig)
Flounder (Die Scholle)
Bittern and Hoopoe (Rohrdommel und Wiedehopf)
Owl (Die Eule)
Lifetime (Die Lebenszeit)
Harbingers of Death (Die Boten des Todes)
Goose house at the well (Die G?nsehirtin am Brunnen)
The Unequal Children of Eve (Die ungleichen Kinder Evas)
The Mermaid in the Pond (Die Nixe im Teich)
Gifts from Little People (Die Geschenke des kleinen Volkes)
The Giant and the Tailor (Der Riese und der Schneider)
Nail (Der Nagel)
The poor boy in the grave (Der arme Junge im Grab)
The Real Bride (Die wahre Braut)
The Hare and the Hedgehog (Der Hase und der Igel)
Spindle, weaving shuttle and needle (Spindel, Weberschiffchen und Nadel)
The Man and the Devil (Der Bauer und der Teufel)
Guinea pig (Das Meerh?schen)
The Master Thief (Der Meisterdieb)
Drummer (Der Trommler)
Ear of bread (Die Korn?hre)
Grave Hill (Der Grabh?gel)
Old Rinkrank
Crystal ball (Die Kristallkugel)
Maid Maleen (Jungfrau Maleen)
Buffalo Boot (Der Stiefel von B?ffelleder)
The Golden Key (Der goldene Schl?ssel)

The Brothers Grimm were born into the family of an official in the city of Hanau (Hanau). Their father was first a lawyer in Hanau, and then dealt with legal issues for the Prince of Hanau. The elder brother, Jacob Grimm (01/04/1785 - 09/20/1863), was born on January 4, 1785, and the younger brother - Wilhelm Grimm (02/24/1786 - 12/16/1859) - on February 24, 1786. As linguists, they were one of the founders of scientific German studies and compiled the etymological “German Dictionary” (in fact, all-German). Issue started in 1852 German dictionary was completed only in 1961, but has since been regularly reworked.

From the early childhood The Brothers Grimm were united by a friendship that lasted to the grave. After the death of their father, in 1796, they had to go into the care of their aunt on their mother’s side and only thanks to her, they graduated from the educational institution. Perhaps it was precisely being left without parents early that brought them together into brotherly bonds for the rest of their lives.

The Brothers Grimm were always distinguished by their desire to study, they even entered the University of Marburg to study law, following the example of their father. But fate decreed otherwise and she truly found her calling in the study of literature.

The most famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are “The Town Musicians of Bremen”, “The Boy - Thumb”, “ Brave Tailor", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". The Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales list will provide you with a complete collection of all fairy tales. Each of us worried about the difficult fate of the boys, left alone in the forest, looking for their way home. And “smart Elsa” - all the girls wanted to be like her.

Almost seventy percent of all adults on Earth love to read fairy tales. Reading fairy tales, you seem to be immersed in another magical world, moving away from real realities. Each storyteller had his own style of writing fairy tales: Charles Perrault wrote in a romantic style, Andersen wrote about life and everyday life common people, and the Brothers Grimm had a slight mysticism in their fairy tales, and some of their fairy tales can confidently be called frightening. Let's talk today about the Brothers Grimm: folklorists, linguists, researchers of German folk culture, and then the storytellers from Germany Jacob and Wilhelm.

Briefly about the life and choice of profession of the Brothers Grimm

Brothers Jacob (1785-1863) and Wilhelm (1786-1859) Grimm were born eight years apart ordinary family in the German city of Hanau. The brother storytellers' love for folklore manifested itself in childhood, when their mother told them old legends and tales, and in adolescence their interest grew first into a hobby, and then into the meaning of their lives. The strange brothers traveled all over the country in search of surviving witnesses of ancient folklore, collected eyewitnesses and recorded information valuable to them from their words. Throughout my life and creative activity, Jacob and Wilhelm created and published several collections called “Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm,” which very quickly became popular and reached our ears. Now let's remember the most famous, most interesting and most terrible fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm.

"The Tale of the Frog King, or Iron Henry"

This tale is the very first story in the first volume of their collection of fairy tales and legends. The story is about an ungrateful princess and a kind frog, who took pity on the crying girl and believed her promises of eternal friendship, and took her golden ball from the bottom of a deep well. But as soon as the princess received her ball back, she immediately forgot her promise. The frog turned out to be a real enchanted prince, but this will become clear much later.

"White and Rosette"

I wanted to put this fairy tale at the very beginning of our list, since it is my favorite. A fairy tale about two sisters Belyanochka and Rozochka with kind hearts who fell in love with a bear and a falcon, not knowing that these were the bearded prince and his friend enchanted by the formidable forest sorcerer.

One of the most instructive fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm is that pride and arrogance are bad allies and friends. The proud princess could not choose her betrothed and simply ridiculed all the contenders. And one day a real king came to the palace to ask for her hand, and in response he heard offensive speeches. And then the wise king decided to teach the cruel princess a lesson, pretending to be a poor musician.

The most famous and popular fairy tale of the storyteller brothers, who knew how to tell life stories in a fairy-tale manner. The beautiful princess, nicknamed Snow White for her snow-white skin, was born too beautiful than she crossed the road evil stepmother and part-time witch who wants to be the most beautiful in the whole kingdom. The king's father could not destroy his daughter, but also leave her in the palace, so he abandoned her in the forest, but here too kind heart Snow White found refuge and joy among the little gnomes - the inhabitants of this wonderful forest.

This fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm can be called the most beloved and popular not only in post-Soviet space, but also all over the world. Traveling animal musicians to the city of Bremen travel around the world, singing songs and performing in the open air for curious spectators and onlookers. But one day, a donkey, a rooster, a cat and a dog stumble upon the bandits’ hut and, with their singing, force them to leave their house and run away wherever they look, and the cunning musician friends forever remain the masters of their house.

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A magical tale about a king and his curious servant who poked his nose into everything. The king always ordered another dish to be brought after a long meal. No one could know what kind of dish this was, not even the servant. But one day curiosity overcame the guy so much that he could not resist and opened the lid of the dish. He was very surprised by what he saw; there was a white snake lying on the dish. The servant could not resist trying such a tasty morsel. As soon as he put it in his mouth, he heard outside the window not the usual singing of birds, but voices as thin as a ray of sunlight. He realized that the snake's meat was magical and now he could hear the voices of animals. From that day on, the servant no longer wanted to serve the king, he decided to wander the world in search of better life. And as happens in fairy tales, after many dangerous (and not so dangerous) adventures, he found his princess, married her and became king.

Very cautionary tale about the wanderings and dangerous adventures of a brother and sister who were betrayed by their parents and left to die in the forest. What helped two small children survive in terrible, impassable places where there are many wild animals and evil robbers? This, of course, is friendship and trust. And also the fearlessness of his older brother Hansel, whose goal and great desire was to protect his sister Gretel from the terrible hands of the evil sorceress. The fairy tale was created for children, but we, parents, should read it and rethink a lot and learn a lot from these persistent and not childishly sensible children, and most importantly, understand that there is no greater happiness and wealth in the world than our own children. And no sorrows or misfortunes should force us to abandon them in trouble.

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From the first lines of the fairy tale, we learn about the difficult fate of the little stepdaughter, about the evil stepmother and lazy daughter, which was cherished and pitied when the stepdaughter got all the dirty and hard work. Once the stepdaughter dropped a spindle into the well, confessing this to her stepmother, she heard an angry answer: “Dropped it yourself and get it out.” The poor girl had no choice but to jump into the well. When she touched the bottom with her feet, a magical land appeared before her eyes. Walking past the windows of a beautiful house, the stepdaughter saw Mrs. Metelitsa. She liked the girl so much and invited her to serve with her. The stepdaughter stayed, she was hardworking and did her job conscientiously. When the time came to return home, Mrs. Metelitsa generously presented the girl with gifts. Seeing this, the stepmother burst into anger, envy overcame her heart. She sent her daughter into the well and ordered her to bring even more gifts. But the lazy and clumsy daughter only deserved a cauldron of tar that overturned on her. The stepmother was never able to wash her away from her daughter. Laziness and envy are bad travel companions, it is better to be kind and hardworking - this is the moral of this fairy tale.

Gusyatnitsa

Tale of beautiful princess, who, by the will of fate, had to herd geese. Through the deception and slander of the evil maid who took her place, the princess was left in the castle out of pity and allowed to help the goosekeeper. Over time, they began to call her that - Gusyatnitsa. But the girl was so beautiful, sophisticated and aristocratic that everyone who saw her did not believe that she was a commoner. The princess had a talking horse named Falada. The maid, who pretended to be the queen, was very afraid that Falada would expose her and ordered the horse to be slaughtered.

The princess was very upset, but there was nowhere to go, she asked the flayer to nail the horse’s head under the gate leading from the castle. So he did, and every morning the princess spoke to the horse's head as she drove the geese to pasture. Time passed, and the princess would have herded the geese like this for a long time, but I found out about it old king, and everything became clear to him. He took the real princess by the hand and led her to the prince, and ordered the maid to be executed. Good always defeats evil, if not in life, but at least in a fairy tale.

The most terrible fairy tale of the Brothers Grimm

One day, Lucifer himself came to the miller and demanded that for all the wealth that he had once given him, he now give him what he had behind the mill, and at that time the miller’s daughter was sitting there spinning yarn. When the miller's daughter refused to go with Satan, he ordered her father to cut off her hands and drive her out of the house. So, the poor girl wandered through the forest for a long time until the king met her and fell in love with her, despite her injuries.

The most short tale Brothers Grimm

"Three Spinners"

The plot of this tale is indeed quite laconic and short. One day, driving past a village, the queen heard a girl crying and stopped to ask about the reasons. The girl’s mother could not tell the queen that her daughter did not know how to spin and lied that she could not tear her daughter away from the spinning wheel; she spins so much, and since she cannot do what she loves, she cries bitterly. Then the queen wanted to take the girl with her, because she had enough yarn for the whole kingdom and if she spun all the flax in a short time, then the queen would marry her to her son. Three spinners came to the aid of the girl who did not know how to spin...

Finally

Each storyteller has his own style and manner of writing fairy tales. Wilhelm and Jacob Grimm from old Germany, for some reason, all their stories and retellings turned out to be quite dark, mystical, and in some places even scary, but no less intriguing and interesting. Today we remembered the most beloved and famous fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm; each of their fairy tales, as you may have noticed, has its own morality and science.

What do you want? - he asked.

Once upon a time there lived an old miller at the mill; He had neither a wife nor children, and he had three servants. They stayed with him for several years, so he said to them one day:

I have already become old, I should now sit on the stove, and you go wander around the world; and whoever brings me home the best horse, I will give the mill to him, and he will feed me until I die.

A long time ago there lived a king in the world, and he was famous throughout the entire earth for his wisdom. Everything was known to him, as if someone was sending him news about the most secret things through the air. But he had a strange custom: every noon, when everything was cleared from the table and there was no one else left, a reliable servant would bring him another dish. But it was covered, and even the servant did not know what was on this dish; and not a single person knew about it, for the king opened the dish and began to eat only when he was completely alone.

Once a woman with her daughter and stepdaughter went out into the field to cut grass, and the Lord God appeared to them in the form of a beggar and asked:

How can I get closer to the village?

“If you want to know the way,” the mother answered, “look for it yourself.”

And if you are worried that you won’t be able to find your way, then take a guide.

Once upon a time there lived a beautiful queen. One day she was sewing by the window, accidentally pricked her finger with a needle and a drop of blood fell on the snow lying on the windowsill.

The scarlet color of blood on the snow-white cover seemed so beautiful to her that the queen sighed and said:

Oh, how I would like to have a child with a face as white as snow, with lips as scarlet as blood and curls as black as pitch.