E-böcker / Noveller
'Pebersvendin' yömyssy
Aikoinaan eräällä tietyllä kööpenhaminalaisella kadulla työskenteli yllin kyllin vanhoja saksalaisia miehiä myymässä mausteita. Vanha Anton oli yksi näistä miehistä, joista käytett ...
Pullonkaula
Mitä kaikkea vanhat esineet ovatkaan elämänsä aikana nähneet? Paljonkin, ajattelee rikkinäinen pullonkaula, joka nyt toimittaa mykkänä linnun vesiastian virkaa vanhan neidin ullakk ...
Valtameren äärellä
Laivat tekevät hidasta matkaansa kohti pohjoisnapaa tavoitteenaan selvittää sen rajat. Ilma käy ensin kylmäksi ja sitten niin hyytäväksi, ettei sitä osaa ajatellakaan. Lopulta laiv ...
Det spelar och sjunger
En morgon vaknar Sven av ett underligt ljud och när han springer ut i köket får han syn på en stolpe ute vid vägen. Hans pappa berättar att det är en telefonstolpe, så att människo ...
Novelleja
Kirjailija on pinteessä: paperille ei ilmesty tekstiä, ja ahdistus alkaa nostaa päätään. Apu on kuitenkin yllättävän lähellä – kun kirjailija lähtee ulos, hän kohtaa miehen lapikka ...
Kuolemattomat
Työläinen on saanut huomata elämänsä aikana, että maailma haluaa vain hyötyä hänestä. Yksitoikkoiseen elämään vaihtelua voisi tuoda vain yksi asia: kirjailijan työ. Ehkä kirjailija ...
Leo Tolstoin kertomuksia
Hyvänä miehenä tunnettu suutari Simo tienaa hyvin vähän, juuri ja juuri tarpeeksi elättääkseen perheensä. Hänen on vaikea raapia kasaan ruplat ja kopeekat edes nahkojen ostoon omaa ...
The Riddle
A prince and his servant are exposed to great danger. They spend a night in a witch’s house. The witch however tries to poison them. Luckily they get warned and they slip out. The ...
'Beautiful'
The sculptor, Alfred, returned from Italy after spending ten years discovering Italian art and travelled to one of the cities in the province of Sjaelland island. There, everyone k ...
The Nixie of the Mill-Pond
We should be very careful with the agreements we make because do you know what happened in "The Nixie of the Mill-Pond"? A rich man made a bargain with a nixie: the nixie was going ...
The Moon
Long time ago there was a land where the moon never shined. Four boys decided to steal the moon from another place where it shined so bright during the night. They brought it back ...
Domestic Servants
What is the most entertaining thing you can think of doing while going somewhere? What about talking about random stuff? Why not discussing the names you have given your children o ...
The Maid of Brakel
Have you seen or heard people praying? The woman in our story does the same. She goes to a chapel in the German town named Brakel and she starts praying out loud as the thinks ther ...
Knoist and His Three Sons
Can a blind man shot a hare and a naked man put something in his pocket? Can three brothers get into a boat without a bottom? Why not? Everything is possible in tales, right? Are y ...
The Iron Stove
A poor prince is enchanted and turned into an iron stove. A princess stumbles upon the iron stove or the prince in other words and the prince begs her scrape a hole in the iron so ...
The Devil and His Grandmother
The soldiers in our story were not happy with the payment they received from the king so they deserted. Suddenly a flying dragon showed up from nowhere. He was actually the Devil h ...
The Three Brothers
An old father is ready to give his house to one of his three sons. Who will it be? He will decide based not only on the trade they learn but also on how excellent they perform it. ...
The Jew among Thorns
Once lived a boy who served a rich man for three years. The boy decided to leave service and asked his master to give him what he had earned. Unfortunately he got only three farthi ...
The Shroud
A mother loses her child and she simply cannot get over it. She is desperate and cries all the time. One day she sees the ghost of her precious little boy. Is she going crazy or th ...
Bearskin
Can you imaging having to wear a bearskin for seven years without taking it off? It may sound impossible but the soldier in our story was willing to try. After all he went into an ...
The Pink
The king and the queen finally got a son but he was not just an ordinary boy. He had special powers and all he wished for, he got. The cook in the castle got envious and he decided ...
The Three Feathers
There lived once a father who wanted to put his sons to the test. He asked them to bring him the most beautiful carpet, the most glamorous ring and the most magnificent woman. He b ...
Thumbling as Journeyman
Thumbling is a tailor’s little son whose adventures do not come to an end. He likes wandering around and he stumbles upon robbers, animals and other creatures. Thumbling is however ...
The Three Little Men in the Forest
Have you heard the saying "kindness pays back"? Here goes a story proving us the truth in these words. A poor girl lived with her sister and step-mother. The step-mother made the g ...
Salapoliisijuttu sekin ja muita kertomuksia
Kun nuori nainen menee naimisiin vasten isänsä tahtoa, hän ei arvaa, minkälainen elämä häntä odottaa. Hänen aviomiehensä on nimittäin syvästi loukkaantunut vaimon isän halveksunnas ...