Wilhelm Grimm
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Follows Hansel and Gretel as they walk out of their own story and into eight more tales, encountering such wicked creatures as witches, along with kindly strangers and other helpful folk. Based in part on the Grimms' fairy tales Faithful Johannes, Hansel and Gretel, The seven ravens, Brother and sister, The robber bridegroom, and The devil and his three golden hairs.
6) Rapunzel
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A retelling of the traditional tale in which a beautiful girl with long golden hair is imprisoned in a lonely tower by a witch.
7) Tom Thumb
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A boy the size of his father's thumb has a series of adventures, including stopping a pair of thieves, being swallowed by a cow, and tricking a wolf into bringing him back home.
10) The goose girl
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On her way to marry a distant prince, a young princess is forced to trade places with her evil serving maid and becomes a goose girl instead of a bride when she reaches her destination.
13) Rumpelstiltskin
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Retells the fairy tale about a little man who helps a poor man's daughter to spin straw into gold for the king, in exchange for her first-born child.
17) Sleeping Beauty
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Retells the story of a wicked fairy who casts a spell that dooms a princess to sleep for one hundred years.