Do you know why Hansel and Gretel ended up in the forest? And what happens if you ask death to be your godfather? This collection contains frightening and fascinatingly dark folklore stories. Here, the stench comes from the locked room of Bluebeard's castle, some have their hands cut off, while others are gifted with riches, here the bones sing and the forest shadows come to life. Discover these stories... if you dare. The texts of the fairy tales are adapted for level A1. You will find all the most necessary words in the dictionaries located after each chapter. At the end of the book, there are exercises to check your reading comprehension, reinforce new words, work with the text and English grammar. The keys to the exercises are located in the last section of the manual.