How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World in English - Story for Kids - English Fairy Tales. English Story | Fairy Tales in English | Bedtime Stories | Fairy Tales | English Stories | 4K UHD | English Fairy Tales How Six Men Travelled Through the Wide World - The Yellow Fairy Book by Andrew Lang: "How Six Made Their Way in the World" (German: Sechse kommen durch die ganze Welt, KHM 71) is a Grimms' fairy tale about an ex-soldier and his five companions with special abilities who through their feats obtain all of the king's wealth. It is classed as ATU type 513 A, or the "Six Go through the Whole World" type. The Grimms' main version is the one of many collected from storyteller Dorothea Viehmann, localized in Zwehren [de]; a version close to it known in Paderborn is also discussed in their notes. "How Six Men got on in the World" (Hunt, 1884), "How Six Travelled through the World" (Wehnert, 1853) are among other English-translated title given for this tale. A lesser-known translation was given as Fritz and his Friends. Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both fiction and non-; he wrote his own fairy tales such as Prince Grigio and Prince Ricardo of Pantouflia and wrote numerous historical texts. 'How Six Men Travelled Through The Wide World' is a fairy-tale published as a part of 'The Yellow Fairy Book' in 1894. It tells us a story of a man who was discharged from the military service but still had a lot of ambitions. So he decided to find himself a crew and travel across the world. And he really did... #HowSixMenTravelledThroughtheWideWorld #fairytales #storyforkids #TheYellowFairyBook