Purple bandReady now · Open and print today

Clever Else

A tale from Grimms' Fairy Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm

This tale comes from Household Stories, a collection by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm first published in the nineteenth century. The Grimm brothers gathered folk tales from across Germany and published them for families to read together. "Clever Else" is a humorous story about a young woman who worries so much about something that might happen in the future that she forgets to live in the present. The story reminds us that it is good to think ahead, but not to worry so much that we cannot enjoy today. This text reflects its era.

Band

Purple · Pre-readers and first readersTypical starting range: ages 4–5

Length

short · about 336 words in 5 sections · 4 pictures

Source

Household Stories by the Brothers Grimm, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm

First published

see the About page in the reader

Regions

Canada · United States

Included formats

• · Web reader and PDF
• · EPUB for e-readers
• · Home-print sheet
• · Folded booklet
• · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
• · Worksheet
• · Quick Check (6 questions) with answer key
• · Read-aloud script
• · Colouring page
• · Teacher’s Edition (members)

Readers are engineered from the original public-domain text with AI under HummingRead’s published canon and Content Philosophy, checked by automated audit and sampled by a person. Pictures are made with AI to HummingRead’s brief for each story. How a reader is made.

Report a concern about this reader · What’s in a HummingRead reader