Reading A: Allerleirauh

Once upon a time a King has a wife with beautiful golden hair. There was nobody in the world with hair like hers. When she was about to die, she told the king, "if you marry again, don't marry anybody as beautiful as me, and nobody with beautiful golden hair like mine." The King promised her this, right before she died.

The King couldn't even think about marrying somebody else for a long time because he was so sad. But, his councillors told him he would have to marry again so they could have a queen. So, messengers were sent out to look everywhere for a queen. But, nobody could find one that was as beautiful as the first queen. Even the pretty ones they found did not have beautiful golden hair.

The King had a daughter that was just as beautiful, with the same hair as her mom. When she grew up, the King realized she looked exactly like the queen and was suddenly violently in love with her. He told his councillors he would marry his daughter. They were shocked and said that God forbid that from happening.

The daughter was also shocked, but hoped to get something out of the situation. She told him she wanted three dresses: silver like the moon, gold like the sun, and one bright as the stars. She also wished for a mantle of a thousand different kinds of fur and hair joined together, and one of every kind of animal in your kingdom must give a piece of his skin for it. She thought her requests would be impossible, so her dad would give it all up.

The King did everything she asked for, and set the wedding up for the next day. When the King's daughter realized what she had done, she ran away from him.

Bibliography: Household Tales by Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

(illustration by Otto Ubbelohde)

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