Foundling was a little boy who was found in the forest by a kindhearted hunter. The hunter took Foundling home where he grew up with Lina, the hunter’s daughter. One day Lina heard how the cook was planning to kill Foundling. She took her brother and they ran away. The cook was so furious that he sent people after them. But then magically Foundling became a rosebush while Lina became a rose on the bush. The story repeated itself many times. Each time the two poor children would turn into something else. The cook was however not going to give up. Will Foundling and Lina outwit him or he will finally find Foundling?
Children and adults alike, immerse yourselves into Grimm’s world of folktales and legends! Come, discover the little-known tales and treasured classics in this collection of 200 fairytales.
Brothers Grimm are probably the best-known storytellers in the world. Some of their most popular fairy tales are “Cinderella”, “Beauty and the Beast” and “Little Red Riding Hood” and there is hardly anybody who has not grown up with the adventures of Hansel and Gretel, Rapunzel and Snow White.
Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s exceptional literature legacy consists of recorded German and European folktales and legends. Their collections have been translated into all European languages in their lifetime and into every living language today.
