The hazel branch

One mother put her child to sleep and decided to go to the woods and fetch some strawberries. She found a magically beautiful bush with strawberries and just as she was going to gather some, she saw a venomous snake. The mother ran, the snake followed her. Eventually the poor frightened mother got to a hazel bush and hid herself there. Can the hazel branch save her? Will the snake give up waiting for so long? Find out in Brothers Grimm's folktale "The Hazel Branch". 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 210 fairy tales. 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.