The Hurds or Odds and Ends - a fairy tale by Grimm Brothers

Read "The Hurds also known as Odds and ends" fairy tales for kids. The Hurds, is a short bedtime Story by the Grimm Brothers about a pretty, but lazy and negligent maiden who would always get angry when she had to spin. Her servant, who was industrious, would gather the bits of flax that the maiden had thrown away, clean them and spin them into beautiful gowns. A young man wooed the lazy girl, but on the eve of the wedding, the industrious servant was dancing merrily in her beautiful dress. The bride made a disparaging comment about the dress being made of her thrown-away flax, and the groom, realizing the difference in the two girls, gave up the lazy girl and chose the industrious one as his wife.

"The Hurds or Odds and Ends"
a fairy tale by Grimm Brothers

There was once on a time a maiden who was pretty, but idle and negligent. When she had to spin she was so out of temper that if there was a little knot in the flax, she at once pulled out a whole heap of it, and strewed it about on the ground beside her. Now she had a servant who was industrious, and gathered together the bits of flax which were thrown away, cleaned them, span them fine, and had a beautiful gown made out of them for herself. A young man had wooed the lazy girl, and the wedding was to take place. On the eve of the wedding, the industrious one was dancing merrily about in her pretty dress, and the bride said,—

“Ah, how that girl does jump about, dressed in my odds and ends.” The bridegroom heard that, and asked the bride what she meant by it? Then she told him that the girl was wearing a dress make of the flax which she had thrown away. When the bridegroom heard that, and saw how idle she was, and how industrious the poor girl was, he gave her up and went to the other, and chose her as his wife.

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