Western Europe Folklore

A mistreated girl relies on the help of a magical hazel tree and a little white bird to attend the king's festival and win the prince's heart.

A girl with extraordinarily long hair is locked in a tower by a witch, until a prince discovers her singing and climbs up to meet her.

A spoiled princess loses her golden ball in a well and promises a frog anything if he retrieves it, but she never intends to keep her promise.

Four aging farm animals, discarded by their owners, set off together to become town musicians and outsmart a band of robbers.

A story about a bird born in a barnyard who suffers abuse from the others around him until, much to his delight, he matures into a beautiful swan.

One of Andersen's longest and most highly acclaimed stories, centered on the struggle between good and evil as experienced by Gerda and her friend, Kay.

A vain emperor is swindled by two weavers who claim to make the finest clothes invisible to anyone who is foolish or unfit for their position.

A prince searching for a real princess discovers one during a storm when she proves her sensitivity by feeling a pea beneath twenty mattresses.

A Chinese emperor loves the song of a plain grey nightingale until a bejeweled mechanical bird replaces it, only to break down when he needs beautiful music the most.