Under Grandma's Tree

Hercules and the Wagoner

Little Ida's Flowers

Rapunzel

The Bear Who Married a Woman

The Boy Who Cried Wolf

The Conceited Stag

The Emperor's New Clothes

The Foolhardy Frogs & The Stork

The Frog and The Scorpion

The Greedy Dog

The Gunny Wolf

The Life of a Pig

The Princess and the Pea

The Ram In The Chile Patch

The Stolen Bairn and The Sidh

The Tortoise and The Hare

The Twelve Dancing Princesses

The Wolf and The Crane

Tired of Being a Little Girl

There was a little boy who had a little patch of chile peppers. He tended it with the greatest care. That was what gave him his livelihood. And then one day a little ram got into it.

So the boy began, "Little ram, little ram, get out of that Chile patch." "You unmannerly boy, what are you about? Get out of here or I'll kick you out."

Finally he did try to get the little ram out, and the little ram, instead of leaving, gives him a kick and knocks the boy down. He struggles to his feet, and he goes away crying.

He meets a cow, and she says, "What's the matter, little boy?" "Ay, ay ay!" he says, "The little ram knocked me down." "And why?" "Because he's in my little Chile patch." "Just wait. I'll go get him out." The cow comes up. "moo, moo, moo! Little ram, little ram, get out of that Chile patch." "You big-horned cow, what are you about? Get out of here or I'll kick you out." Finally she did try. She tried to hook him with her horns, but the little ram turned around and kicked the cow out.

Then comes the dog, and he says, "I can get him out for sure." And he begins to bark. "Bow-wow-wow-wow! Little ram, little ram, get out of that Chile patch." "You shameless dog, what are you about? Get out of here or I'll kick you out." The dog kept insisting and he got closer and closer, so the little ram gores him and leaves him the same as the cow.

Then comes the cock. He begins to crow, and he says, "Little ram, little ram, get out of that Chile patch." You big-eared cock, what are you about? Get out of here or I'll kick you out." Finally the ram gores the cock and leaves him there with his legs in the air, and he goes away.

The ram kept on eating the little Chile patch, and the boy was very sad because his Chile patch was being eaten up. The burro comes, and he says, "Don't worry, little boy, I'll go get the ram out."

The burro begins, "Little ram, little ram, get out of that Chile patch." "You long-eared burro, what are you about? Get out of here or I'll kick you out."

At last the ram comes up close. He gores the burro and throws him out. And the boy sees that his little chile patch is almost gone, when a little ant comes, and then he says, "Little ant, little ant, if you would get the little ram out of my little chile patch for me, I would give you a lot of corn."

"How much will you give me?"

"I'll give you a bushel."

"That's too much."

"I'll give you a half bushel."

"That's too much.:

"I'll give you a kilo."

"That's too much."

"I'll give you a handful."

"All right, then."

So the boy went, while the little ant got the ram out, he went and started grinding the corn so the little ant could carry it away without much trouble.

The ant went little by little, little by little, and climbed up one of the ram's little legs. She started to climb, and climbed and climbed until she got to his little behind. She stings him and the ram jumps, it leaps and then begins to say, "Oh, my dear! She has stung me on the rear! Oh, my dear! Oh, my dear! She has stung me on the rear!"

And that is how they were able to get the little ram out.