Fairy tales about the seasons and nature

The Fir Tree follows one tree from the forest to a Christmas room, then to an attic, a yard and the fire. It never enjoys where it is until it is too late, and in the stove every crack of its burning wood is a deep sigh.

In The Selfish Giant the seasons are characters. Snow, Frost, the North Wind and Hail move into the walled garden, Autumn gives it no fruit, and Spring stays away. It comes back only when the children climb into the trees again.

The Oak and the Reeds happens in a single gale. The old oak is torn up by its roots and thrown across the river, while the thin reeds lie flat and come through unbroken. It is a fable for an evening when the wind is up outside.

Bambi follows a fawn through more than one year in the forest. One summer his mother is suddenly gone, the winter brings snow and hunger and leaves Gobo too weak to stand, and in spring Bambi grows his first antlers and the grown bucks chase him away.