I love reading to my kids. I know some parents do not have the time to read to their children, or have problems reading. So I am offering bedtime stories, all for free.

This story is The Bird “Grip” from
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang

This is a story of a king, his three sons, a bird, and a fox. The king goes blind and needs the bird to get his sight back. The sons set out, one at a time, to get the bird. The first two are jerks and screw up, the third has a bunch of adventures, and screws up a lot, but a fox helps him and in the end he gets the bird and lives happily ever after.

This fairy tale is Rated PG. There is a psychotic innkeeper who likes to murder people, and the brothers attempt to murder the youngest son, plus there is a lot of stealing. But the good guys win!

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The Bird “Grip”

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I love reading to my kids. I know some parents do not have the time to read to their children, or have problems reading. So I am offering bedtime stories, all for free.

This story is Peter Bull from
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang

This is a story of an old farming couple who don’t have any children but do have money. They decide to adopt a beautiful calf as their son and pay a clerk to teach it to speak. Well, he takes their money, kills the calf, and tells them it ran off. They are sad. He hears of a man named Peter Bull in another town, tells them that this is the calf, and they go see him. Peter Bull decides that he likes them as parents and they all live happily ever after, except the calf.

This fairy tale is Rated PG. The clerk kills the calf and gets to keep the money! Geeze! At least it all turns out well for the nice but dumb couple.

You can read the book yourself for free at
Project Gutenberg Pink Fairy
or you can download it to put on your iPod or a cd here (Right Click, Save Target As):

PeterBull

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I love reading to my kids. I know some parents do not have the time to read to their children, or have problems reading. So I am offering bedtime stories, all for free.

This story is Hans, The Mermaid’s Son from
THE PINK FAIRY BOOK Edited by Andrew Lang

This is a story about the son of a man and a mermaid. He shows up to visit dad one day and realizes dad can’t feed him. He eats A LOT, and is incredibly strong. So he goes off into the world to find someone who can feed him enough. He gets a job with a squire, who ends up trying desperately to get rid of him. Eventually he beats up Old eric (The Devil), gets a lot of cash, and goes back home to mom.

This fairy tale is Rated G. The worst is that there are people trying to kill Hans, but nobody gets killed. They do drop huge rocks on his head, and try to get him hanged. I dont perceive any moral really. It is simply a story.

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Project Gutenberg Pink Fairy
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Hans, The Mermaid’s Son

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