The Three Little Birds

The Three Little Birds
Folk tale
NameThe Three Little Birds
Aarne–Thompson groupingATU 707, "The Three Golden Children"
CountryGermany
Published inGrimms' Fairy Tales

"The Three Little Birds" (German: De drei Vügelkens) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 96. The story is originally written in Low German. It is Aarne-Thompson type 707, the dancing water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird. The story resembles Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giovanni Francesco Straparola, and The Sisters Envious of Their Cadette, the story of the 756th night of the Arabian Nights.

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