1 Good man,' cried he, 'pray get me out of this scrape.
2 'Shake me, shake me, I pray; my apples, one and all, are ripe,' it cried.
3 But the king insisted on it, and said: 'You shall sit by me,' until he did it.
4 I don't care whose pig it is, but wherever it came from it has been a very good friend to me.
5 She said to the mouse: 'You must do me a favour, and once more manage the house for a day alone.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP 6 Yes, yes,' answered the mouse, 'by all means go, and if you get anything very good to eat, think of me.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In CAT AND MOUSE IN PARTNERSHIP 7 But she only answered, 'A nice thing to ask me to do, one of the apples might fall on my head,' and passed on.
8 The frog called after her, 'Stay, princess, and take me with you as you said,' But she did not stop to hear a word.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE FROG-PRINCE 9 'I am looking back at my little pigeon which is sitting on the roof, and wants to say goodbye to me,' answered Hansel.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In HANSEL AND GRETEL 10 The old woman hid me behind a large cask, and scarcely had she done this when the robbers returned home, dragging a young girl along with them.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM 11 Then the fox said, 'Do not shoot me, for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE GOLDEN BIRD 12 First there will be a capital roast; then the fat will find me in goose-grease for six months; and then there are all the beautiful white feathers.
13 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 GrimmContextHighlight In SWEETHEART ROLAND 14 The peasant, however, said: 'Don't tell me that,' and led the cow-herd before the mayor, who for his carelessness condemned him to give the peasant a cow for the calf which had run away.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE LITTLE PEASANT 15 The little tailor, who was only pretending to be asleep, began to cry out in a clear voice: 'Boy, make me the doublet and patch me the pantaloons, or I will rap the yard-measure over your ears.'
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm GrimmContextHighlight In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR 16 However, I'm off now once for all: I like your cow now a great deal better than this smart beast that played me this trick, and has spoiled my best coat, you see, in this puddle; which, by the by, smells not very like a nosegay.
17 So the pot was placed in safety, but it was not long before the cat had a great yearning for it, and said to the mouse: 'I want to tell you something, little mouse; my cousin has brought a little son into the world, and has asked me to be godmother; he is white with brown spots, and I am to hold him over the font at the christening.'
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