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The Seven Ravens by Grimm Brothers || Grade 11 || Optional English || Summary and Exercise

 


About the Authors:
•Grimm Brothers (Ludwig Carl Grim and Whilhelm Carl Grimm) were German authors, cultural researchers, lexicographers, philologists and academics.
•They collected and published German and European folklores during the 19th century.

About this Story:
•Theme: brother-sister love, sacrifice, endurance, power of words, truth
•Moral: Be careful what you wish for. Don't wish anything randomly or thoughtlessly.

Characters:
1. Seven brothers- They turn ravens(एक प्रकारको ठूलो काग) due to the curse of their father.
2. The Sister- She rids them of a curse which they were put under by their father.

Summary:
"The Seven Ravens" is a fairly tale written by the Grimm Brothers (Ludwig Carl Grim and Whilhelm Carl Grimm). It is about a young woman who saves her 7 brothers and rids them of a curse which they were put under by their father.
A man had seven strong sons but he longed for a daughter. Eventually, a girl was born to his wife. He sent one of his sons to fetch water for her baptism, but all followed him. While dipping out the water, the jug fell into the well. Now all of them were too afraid to return home. Angry by the delay, the man cursed that all his sons turn into ravens.

Meanwhile, the little girl grew up to be a beautiful and strong girl. One day, she heard people talking about her seven brothers whom she had never met. She was determined
to find her brothers. She tooka ring belonging to her parents and set off.

After some days, she came to the glass mountain where her brothers were locked.
Unable to find a key, she cut off one of her fingers to open the lock. She spoke to a
dwarf, the one that took care of the Ravens and told her that they would be home in time. When she went inside, she found seven plates of food and seven glasses of water on
the table. The little sister ate a morsel of food from each plate and took a sip of water
from each glass. But in the last little glass she dropped the ring and then went and hid
inside.


Suddenly, she heard the flutter of wings. The ravens had returned. They sat down to
eat. "Look at this!" the seventh raven picked up the ring in his glass, and recognized it immediately. I wish our sister was here. If she touched us we would be free." The girl came
forward and she touched them lovingly. At once they were restored to their human forms again.

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