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1  The thought came to her that she would kill him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE JUNIPER-TREE
2  There,' cried the sparrow, 'thou cruel villain, thou hast killed my friend the dog.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
3  So the cow was killed, and cut up; and the stomach, in which Tom lay, was thrown out upon a dunghill.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In TOM THUMB
4  When a child fell into her power, she killed it, cooked and ate it, and that was a feast day with her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In HANSEL AND GRETEL
5  The carter ran up and struck at her again with his hatchet; but away she flew, and the blow fell upon the second horse and killed him on the spot.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
6  When he came out, she said to him: 'Listen, dearest Roland, we must fly in all haste; my stepmother wanted to kill me, but has struck her own child.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SWEETHEART ROLAND
7  At last, as they drew near the end of their journey, this treacherous servant threatened to kill her mistress if she ever told anyone what had happened.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
8  When he reached home, he knew not upon whom to vent his rage and spite; and at length wicked thoughts came into his head, and he resolved to kill his brother.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE TURNIP
9  A long while after, he went to walk one day in the wood, and the old fox met him, and besought him with tears in his eyes to kill him, and cut off his head and feet.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOLDEN BIRD
10  The carter was mad with fury; and without looking about him, or caring what he was about, struck again at the sparrow; but killed his third horse as he done the other two.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
11  If the tailor conquered and killed these two giants, he would give him his only daughter to wife, and half of his kingdom as a dowry, likewise one hundred horsemen should go with him to assist him.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
12  When the carter saw this, he drew out his hatchet and aimed a blow at the sparrow, meaning to kill her; but she flew away, and the blow fell upon the poor horse's head with such force, that he fell down dead.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE DOG AND THE SPARROW
13  Next they came to a bees'-nest in a hollow tree, and there was so much honey that it ran down the trunk; and the two brothers wanted to light a fire under the tree and kill the bees, so as to get their honey.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE QUEEN BEE
14  So he left her by herself; and though he thought it most likely that the wild beasts would tear her in pieces, he felt as if a great weight were taken off his heart when he had made up his mind not to kill her but to leave her to her fate, with the chance of someone finding and saving her.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In SNOWDROP
15  She carried her point, and the faithful Falada was killed; but when the true princess heard of it, she wept, and begged the man to nail up Falada's head against a large dark gate of the city, through which she had to pass every morning and evening, that there she might still see him sometimes.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
16  Then he was very angry, and went without his supper to bed; but when he laid his head on the pillow, the pin ran into his cheek: at this he became quite furious, and, jumping up, would have run out of the house; but when he came to the door, the millstone fell down on his head, and killed him on the spot.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In THE ADVENTURES OF CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET
17  Poor Sultan, who was lying close by them, heard all that the shepherd and his wife said to one another, and was very much frightened to think tomorrow would be his last day; so in the evening he went to his good friend the wolf, who lived in the wood, and told him all his sorrows, and how his master meant to kill him in the morning.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
ContextHighlight   In OLD SULTAN
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