EL SEÑOR KORBES y otros cuentos de Grimm
(MR. KORBES and Other Stories by the Brothers Grimm)
Text by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm
Illustrations by Oliveiro Dumas
Translated by Pedro Gálvez
Edited by Herrín Hidalgo
ISBN: 84-932004-0-9
160 pp.
PVP: 18'03 euros

The Brothers Grimm didn't really come up with anything new. All they did was to put on paper the stories they were told by others, such as Dorothea Viehmann, an old peasant woman from the town of Zweheren. This collection, which includes twenty-four of the lesser known stories, hopes to prolong the life of these tales thanks to their new readers.

Pedro Gálvez's translation is respectful towards the original form, which was unpolished and direct, though full of charm.

Oliveiro Dumas was in charge of setting them on stage. Thanks to him, these folk tales from so long ago seem to have taken place this very morning, and they are sure to frighten and delight both young and old.

MR KORBES
Once upon a time there was a chicken and a little rooster that decided to go on a trip together. The little rooster built a beautiful coach with four red wheels and hitched up four mice to it. The chicken got on the coach with the rooster and they set out together. They had not gotten very far when they were waylayed by a cat who asked:
-Where are you going?
And the rooster answered:
-We are going far across the globe, in search of Mr Korbes.
-Take me with you -the cat begged.
-With pleasure -said the rooster-; sit in the back, you might fall if you sit in front.
-Be careful when you jump, make sure you don't soil my little red wheels.
Turn, wheels. Whistle, mice. We are going far across the globe, in search of Mr Korbes...
(The Brothers Grimm)

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