-a king went out to hunt by himself
-he was surrounded at every hour of the day by people and hunting was the one time he could be alone with just himself and nature
-soon it became dark and he had wandered farther into the woods than he ever had before
-he got so turned around and now wished one of his many guards was there to help him find his way
-as he was searching for a way out he came across an old witch
-she knew these woods like the back of her hand and agreed to help him find his way home on one condition - that he marry her daughter and make her his queen
-the king took her back to his castle but kept his precious children hidden from his new wife
-she became so jealous that when he was away she turned them all into swans - all except for the one little girl who was hiding so her stepmother could not find her
-she was determined to break the spell and save her brothers
-she followed the instructions her brothers gave and even though it took six years she remained faithful and saved her family
The Three Spinsters:
-a young girl was taken away by the queen to live in her castle because word falsely spread about what a magnificent spinner she was
-she would constantly find excuses to tell the queen when the queen would come check her work and see that nothing had been done
-the queen said that once the work was done the girl would marry her son, the prince
-so the girl found three poor women in the street who agreed to do all her work if she would only invite them to her wedding as her own relatives
-once the prince saw how heinous the three women were he declared that his new wife should never spin another day in her life
-the new princess invited the three women to live with them because she was eternally grateful for their services to her
Bibliography:
Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm translated by Lucy Crane
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