Read "Sweet porridge" fairy tales for kids. Sweet porridge, is a short bedtime Story by the Grimm Brothers about a poor little girl who lived with her mother and had nothing to eat. One day, she met an Old Woman in the forest who gave her a Little Pot that could cook sweet Porridge when she said "Boil, Little Pot, boil!" and stop cooking when she said "Stop, Little Pot, stop!" The little girl took the Pot home, and they were freed from their poverty and hunger. However, when the mother tried to use the Pot, she didn't know how to stop it from cooking. The Porridge continued to cook and filled up the kitchen, the whole house, and eventually the entire street, causing great trouble. No one knew how to stop the Pot from cooking and satisfying the hunger of the whole world.
"Sweet porridge"
a fairy tale by Grimm Brothers
Often known in English under the title of "The Magic Porridge Pot"
There was a poor, good little girl, who lived alone with her mother, and they had nothing more to eat. So the child went into the forest, and an Old Woman met her, who knew of her sorrow, and gave her a Little Pot, which, when she said:
“Boil, Little Pot, boil!” would cook good sweet Porridge.
And when she said:
“Stop, Little Pot, stop!” it ceased to cook.
The little girl took the Pot home to her mother. And now they were freed from their poverty and hunger, and ate sweet Porridge as often as they liked.
Once on a time, when the little girl had gone out, the mother said:
“Boil, Little Pot, boil!”
And it began to cook, and she ate till she was satisfied. Then she wanted the Pot to stop cooking, but did not know the word.
So it went on cooking, and the Porridge rose over the edge.300 And still it cooked on till the kitchen, and the whole house was full, and then the next house, and then the whole street, just as if it wanted to satisfy the hunger of the whole world. And there was the greatest trouble, and no one knew how to stop it.
At last, when only a single house was left, the child came home and just said:
“Stop, Little Pot, stop!” and it stopped cooking.
And whosoever wished to return to the town, had to eat his way back.
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