The White Snake - From Grimm's complete Fairy Tales
A long time ago there lived a king.He wanted to eat when he was lonely, so that servant who served him didn't know what was inside, but one day his curiosity took over him (He took the dish to his own room) and saw that there was a white snake in the dish. So he began to eat and somethingextraordinary happened, he now knew the language animals speak.One day the Queen lost her ring
and when the servant heard the news he herd voices near the duckpond and one duck said "I swallowed the Queens ring" then the servant told the cook to kill the duck(the duck who just spoke) and when the cook cut through the layer of fat he saw the Queens ring and returned it. The servant was rewarded with freedom and a horse.He journeyed and on the way he heard cries and saw three fish stuck in the seaweed gasping for breath.
He had a kind heart so he entangled the fish and the fish promised to help him when he was in need.