Contes de Perrault

Perrault’s Tales

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French A2 Elementary Graded reader Fairy tale 8 chapters

Discover eight tales by Charles Perrault, featuring fairies, ogres, and heroes who go on great adventures.

In these eight famous tales, Cinderella wants to go to the ball, and Little Tom Thumb tries to find his way through the forest. Fairies help the heroes, but wolves and ogres threaten them. Each tale presents a world full of magic and danger.

Chapters

Chapter 1

La Belle au bois dormant

Sleeping Beauty

A princess receives gifts from the fairies, but an old fairy foretells a terrible misfortune.

2,249 words

Chapter 2

Le Petit Chaperon rouge

Little Red Riding Hood

A little girl walks through the woods to visit her sick grandmother and meets a wolf.

A young woman marries a wealthy man with a blue beard, who forbids her to open the door to a small room.

A miller’s son inherits nothing but a cat, but the cat has a plan to help his master.

Two very different sisters meet a fairy at the fountain, where their mother sends them to fetch water.

Cinderella works for her sisters and dreams of going to the ball, but she doesn't have a beautiful dress.

A very clever but very ugly prince meets a beautiful princess who is troubled by her own lack of intelligence.

Two very poor parents leave their seven sons in the forest, where Petit Poucet searches for a way home.

2,833 words

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