Jorinda and Jorindel
This story is about an old fairy that lived in a castle in the middle of the woods. When a man came near her castle, he would freeze until she came and set him lose. If a woman came near her castle, she would turn them into a nightingale and keep them in a birdcage in her house. One time a couple had gotten lost in the woods and of course, they got too close to the castle. So the man was let go and the girl was captured. After awhile he had a dream about a flower that would disenchant what the witch had done. After hunting for it for days, he finally found it and marched right into the fairy's door. He wasn't sure how he was going to find his love then he saw the fairy running away with a bird. He caught her and turned the bird back into his love. After they ran the fairy off, they changed all of the other birds.
The Fox and The Horse
This story is about a horse that was getting old. His owner told him to leave until he was stronger than a lion. The horse wandered around and finally met a fox. The horse told the fox what had happened and so the fox had a plan to help him. He told the horse to lie down and pretend he was dead. The fox left and found the lion that lived nearby. The fox told him about the dead horse and so the lion followed him. He told the lion that he needed to drag him back to his cave to eat him there and the lion agreed. The fox "tied the lion up" to the horse so the lion could drag him back to the cave, but he actually tied the lions feet up and tied him to the horse for the horse to drag back to his owner. After dragging the lion back to his owner, the owner let him back in and kept him fed for the rest of his life.
Old Horses with a Dog in a Stable by George Morland. Source: Wikimedia Commons.
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