The Lad and the Devil
A Norse lad plays a joke on a blacksmith…and the Devil.
A Norse lad plays a joke on a blacksmith…and the Devil.
A poor man visits the devil and trades a slab of bacon for a magic hand-mill that can grind anything.
Father Odin longed to become the wisest being in the world, so he resolved to win a draught from Mimer’s well.
In Rome there was once a poor slave whose name was Androclus. His master was a cruel man, and so unkind to him that at last Androclus ran away.
He hid himself in a wild wood for many days; but there was no food to be found, and he grew so weak and sick that he thought he should die. So one day he crept into a cave and lay down, and soon he was fast asleep.
t one time the Danes drove King Alfred from his kingdom, and he had to lie hidden for a long time on a little island in a river.
One day, all who were on the island, except the king and queen and one servant, went out to fish. It was a very lonely place, and no one could get to it except by a boat. About noon a ragged beggar came to the king’s door and asked for food.
Many years ago, there lived in England a wise and good king whose name was Alfred. No other man ever did so much for his country as he; and people now, all over the world, speak of him as Alfred the Great.
A battle-weary Robert the Bruce takes heart by watching a patient and persistent spider.
Legendary Swiss hero William Tell is forced by a tyrant to shoot an apple off the top of his son’s head.
When King Maximilian drops his book, he asks a boy tending a flock of geese to find it. But who will keep the geese in order until he returns?
When Robin Hood learns that Allan-A-Dale’s bride has been promised to an old man, he steps in to stop the wedding.