How could I marry the monstrous lindworm? He had already eaten his first two brides on their wedding nights! But the king had given his orders. I ran into the woods, tearing myself apart on the thorns, desperate to avoid my fate. Why was I chosen? For my kindness and...
When I was just a foolish girl, I caught a fish. It spoke and said that if I didn’t throw it back into the river, something dreadful would happen to me. I didn’t listen. I brought it home. My mother told me to throw it back in the river because a speaking...
I was singing by the water and smoothing the feathers on the shafts of my arrows when the princess found me. I said, “Are you surprised to find me with my eyes open? I’m not always blind, you know!” Anyway, I don’t need eyes to know what she is...
I was born with a star on my forehead, and my father lavished his affection on me. My mother was more restrained. She loved me, but not the way my father did. One day when a great washing was taking place, I noticed twelve shirts among the linens. They were too small...
