Story Events Examples
Sleeping Beauty
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Hansel and Gretel
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Lion and the Mouse
Rapunzel
Little Red Riding Hood
The Three Little Pigs
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Breman Town Musicians
Cinderella
Sleeping Beauty
Once upon a time, a beautiful princess was born.
Six good fairies gave the princess gifts.
The evil fairy cursed the princess with an evil
spell.
A good fairy undid some of the evil spell.
The king ordered all of the spindles in the
kingdom burned.
When the princess was 16, she pricked her finger
and fell asleep.
The good fairy put everyone in the castle to
sleep.
After one hundred years, a prince saw the
castle.
The prince went into the castle and kissed
Sleeping Beauty.
Sleeping beauty and everyone in the castle woke
up.
The princess and princess were married and lived
happily ever after.
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Once there were three bears.
One day, the bears went on their morning walk.
Goldilocks went into the bear’s house.
She tasted the porridge.
She ate all of the baby bear’s porridge.
She sat in the chairs.
She broke the baby bear’s chair.
She laid down on the beds.
She fell asleep in the baby bear’s bed.
The bears came home.
The bears saw that someone had been eating their
porridge.
The bears saw that someone had been sitting in
their chairs.
The bears saw that someone had been sleeping in
in their beds.
The bears found Goldilocks asleep in the baby
bear’s bed.
Goldilocks woke up.
Goldilocks jumped out of the window and ran
home.
Hansel and Gretel
A woodcutter had two children named Hansel and
Gretel.
The woodcutter said, “There is no more money.”
The mean stepmother said, “We must take the
children into the forest and lose them.”
Hansel was listening and heard what his
stepmother said.
Hansel filled his pockets with pebbles.
The family walked into the woods.
Hansel dropped pebbles on the path into the
woods.
The father and stepmother left the children at
the fire.
The children followed the dropped pebbles back
to their house.
The next day, the family went into the woods
again.
Hansel dropped pieces of bread on the path.
The children could not find the crumbs to get
home. The birds had eaten them.
The next morning, a bird led the children to a
cottage made of bread, candy, and cake.
The old lady who lived in the cottage fed the
children.
The old lady put Hansel in a cage.
Every day the old lady felt Hansel’s finger to
see if he was getting fatter.
Hansel put out a chicken bone instead of his
finger.
Gretel pushed the old lady into the oven.
Gretel let Hansel out of the cage.
The children found a big treasure box.
The children found their house.
They hugged their father and showed him the
treasures.
They lived happily ever
after.
Jack took Milky White to town.
Jack traded Milky White for beans.
Jack’s mother threw the beans out.
A huge beanstalk grew.
Jack climbed the beanstalk.
The Giant’s wife fed Jack breakfast.
The Giant fell asleep.
Jack took the Giant’s gold.
Jack climbed the beanstalk again.
Jack took the hen that lays the golden egg.
Jack climbed the beanstalk again.
Jack took the golden harp.
The Giant chased Jack.
Jack cut down the beanstalk.
The lion fell asleep under a tree
A mouse was playing and woke up the lion.
The lion caught the mouse.
The mouse asked the lion to set him free.
The lion set the mouse free.
A few days later, the lion fell into a trap.
The mouse heard the lion roar.
The mouse found the lion and chewed on the
ropes.
The mouse chewed through all the ropes and the
lion was free.
The lion and the mouse became good friends.
Rapunzel
A wife was going to have a baby.
The wife wanted some rampion.
The wife became sick because she could not have
any rampion.
The husband brought the wife some rampion from
the witches’ garden.
She ate it all.
The husband went back to the garden to get some
more rampion.
The witch saw him.
The witch told the man he had to give her his
baby when it was born.
Rapunzel was born and the witch locked her up in
a tower.
The witch climbed up Rapunzel’s hair to get up
in the tower.
A prince heard Rapunzel sing. He tried to get up
to the top of the tower.
The prince saw the witch climb up Rapunzel’s
hair.
The prince climbed up Rapunzel’s hair.
The prince asked Rapunzel to marry him.
The prince brought Rapunzel silk to make into a
rope so she could get down from the tower.
The witch found out about the prince.
The witch cut Rapunzel’s hair and took her into
the woods.
The prince climbed into the tower and jumped out
when he saw the witch.
The prince hurt his eyes and could not see.
The prince heard Rapunzel sing and went to her.
Rapunzel cried tears into the Prince’s eyes and
he could see again.
They lived a long and happy life.
Once upon a time, a little girl’s grandmother
gave her a red riding cape.
Everyone called the girl Little Red Riding Hood.
Little Red Riding Hood went to take lunch to her
grandmother.
LIttle Red Riding Hood met a wolf.
The wolf said he would race LIttle Red Riding
Hood to her grandmother’s house.
The big bad wolf got to Grandmother’s house
first and attacked her.
Grandmother hid in the closet.
The wolf dressed up as Grandmother and got into
her bed.
Little Red Riding Hood came to Grandmother’s
house.
LIttle Red Riding Hood saw the wolf’s big ears,
eyes, and teeth.
The wolf attacked LIttle Red Riding Hood and she
hid in the closet with her grandmother.
The huntsman came and caught the wolf.
The huntsman opened the closet with his ax.
Little Red Riding Hood, her grandmother, and the
huntsman ate lunch.
LIttle Red Riding Hood went home.
The Three Little Pigs
Once upon a time, there were three little pigs.
The first little pig built his house out of
straw.
The wolf blew the straw house down.
The second little pig built his house out of
sticks.
The wolf blew the stick house down.
The third little pig built his house out of
bricks.
The wolf could not blow the brick house down.
The wolf asked the third little pig to meet him
to pick turnips.
The little pig went early to get the turnips.
The wolf became angry.
The wolf asked the little pig to meet him to
pick apples.
The little pig went early. When the wolf came,
he threw an apple at him and ran away.
The wolf asked the little pig to go to the fair.
The little pig left early and rolled home in a
butter churn.
The wolf because very angry and said he would
eat the pig.
The wolf came down the chimney.
The wolf fell into a big pot of hot water.
The little pigs lived happily ever after.
The Tortoise and the Hare
The animals were playing together.
The hare told the tortoise that he was slow.
The tortoise asked the hare to race.
The fox told the hare and the tortoise the rules
of the race.
The fox barked, “Go,” and the race started.
The hare went fast and went way ahead of the
tortoise. The tortoise went slow and steady.
The hare stopped and took a nap.
The tortoise did not stop. The tortoise passed
the hare.
The hare woke up.
The hare ran as fast as he could to catch up to
the tortoise.
The hare could not pass the tortoise.
The tortoise won the race!
The Breman Town Musicians
Once upon a time, there was a donkey.
The donkey ran away to become a musician.
The donkey met a dog.
The dog went with the donkey.
They met a cat.
The cat went with the donkey and the dog.
They met a rooster.
The rooster went with the donkey, dog, and cat.
The animals went to a house that had robbers inside.
The animals surprised the robbers and scared them away.
The robbers came back and went into the dark house.
The animals scared the robbers again!
The robbers never came back.
The animals lived together in the house and played music.
Cinderella
Once upon a time there was a beautiful girl named Cinderella
She had two ugly stepsisters.
Cinderella had to do all of the work.
Once day an invitation came for a party at the Prince’s
palace.
Cinderella helped her sisters get dressed for the party.
Cinderella said she wished she could go to the ball.
Cinderella’s fairy godmother came.
Cinderella brought a pumpkin, six mice, a rat, and six
lizards to her fairy godmother.
The fairy godmother changed them into a coach, horses, a
coachman, and footmen.
Then fairy godmother dressed Cinderella for the ball.
Cinderella went to the ball and danced with the prince.
Cinderella hurried to leave before midnight and lost her
shoe.
The prince tried to find Cinderella.
He took Cinderella’s shoe from house to house.
The shoe fit Cinderella!
Cinderella married the prince!
The Boy Who Cried Wolf
Once upon a time, there was a shepherd boy.
The shepherd boy had to keep the sheep safe from the wolves.
The shepherd boy played with his dog and played his flute.
The shepherd boy wanted to do something fun.
He shouted, “Wolf! Wolf!”
The villagers ran to help the boy.
The boy laughed at the villagers.
The shepherd boy became bored again.
He again shouted “Wolf! Wolf!’
The villagers ran to help the boy and the boy laughed at
them again.
A wolf came to kill the sheep and the boy cried, “Wolf!
Wolf!”
No one came to help the boy. The villagers thought the boy
was playing a trick again.
The wolf killed many sheep.