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Favourite Book
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Nursery Tales
With Seventy-two Full-page
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DE NEE SON AN DD SON: S:
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1893
LEST OF LALES.
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Hans in Luck.
Snow-White and econ
dhe Pioe Prince.
Hop o My Thumb.
Blue Beard.
Beauty and the Beast.
Jack and the Bean-Stalk.
The Babes in the Wood.
Puss in Boots
The Ugly Duckling.
ec he Geille
The Sleeping Beauty.
HANS iN mwCck
7 ANS had served his master for seven
years, when a great longing came
over him to see his mother again. —
| His master heard of this, and sending
for him, said, “ Hans, you have served me
well and faithfully; and as 0 Service, So
shall your wages be.†|
, So saying, he gave him a lump of gold
as big as his head. |
| Hans drew his handler nics from his.
pocket, wrapped up the lump of gold in it,
HANS IN LUCK.
placed it on his shoulder, and bidding his
master farewell, set out for home.
As he trudged wearily on he was over-
taken by a horseman, who came trotting
along on a fine spirited horse.
“ Ah,†said Hans aloud, “how pleasant
a thing it is to ride! You save your shoes,
and get quickly to your journey’s end!â€
“If you think so,†cried the horseman,
‘““why do you travel on foot ?â€
“Oh,†replied Hans, “I am on my way
home with this great lump of gold. I have
to carry it on my shoulder, and it hurts me
very much.â€
“Tl tell you what,†said the horseman:
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“let us exchange. oe me your lump of
gold, and I shall give you my horse.â€
“With all my heart!†cried Hans joy-
fully, and he at once gave his gold to the
horseman, while the latter helped him to
mount the horse.
Hans rode away at a gentle pace; but
after a while, thinking he should like to go
a little quicker, he began to make a cluck-
ing sound with his tongue, and to cry,
“Hopp! hopp!â€
The horse immediately set off at a gallop,
and before Hans had time to think, he was
lying in a ditch by the roadside. Atter
_ playing this trick the horse galloped on,
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HANS IN LUCK.
and would have got clear away, had it not
been caught by a countryman, who was
driving. a cow along the road.
_ The countryman led the horse back to
Hans; but the latter had had enough of
riding.
“No, no,†he said; “you can keep the
horse, if you give me your cow in exchange.
She will supply me with milk and butter
and cheese, and will not throw me.â€
The countryman was only too glad to
make such a bargain, and he handed over
his cow to Hans, one joyfully set out with
his new charge. |
At first all went well: but as the heat
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became greater and greater, Hans became
very thirsty.
“Now is tie time le thought te
make tse of my cow. | chall milk her
and get a drink of nice fresh milk.â€
Tying the cow to a tree, he tried to
milk her, but set about it so clumsily that
the animal became angry, and gave him
a kick with ome of her hind fect whicn
tumbled him head over heels.
Fortunately at that moment a butcher
came along trundling a wheelbarrow on
which lay a young pig, and Hans at once
offered to exchange his cow for the pig.
“T would rather have a pig than a cow,â€
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he thought. “Roast pig is very tasty,
and nothing could be better than the
sausages. â€
Without much ado the butcher agreed,
and taking the pig from the wheelbarrow,
he placed the cord that was tied round the
animal's leg in its new master’s hand.
Our friend had not gone very far on his
road, when he was joined by a lad who
carried a beautiful white goose under his
arm. He told him how lucky he had
been, and how everything had turned out
according to his wishes, |
The lad shook his head.
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| pig,†he said. “In the village from which
I come a pig has just been stolen out of
the constable’s sty, and I believe that is
it which you are driving before you. It
would be terrible if they were to catch you
with it.â€
On hearing this, poor Hans was greatly
alarmed, and begged the lad to take the pig
in exchange for his goose.
At first the lad pretended to be unwilling
to take the pig, owing to the risk he would
run if it were found in his hands. To
oblige Hans, however, he at last agreed,
and drove away the pig in one direction,
while Hans, glad to have escaped such a
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danger, put the goose under his arm and
went on his way in another.
As he went along he thought how
pleased his mother would be to have the
fat and the feathers of the goose, and he
was almost ready to shout aloud for joy at
his good fortune.
At the end of the last village through
which he passed he met a knife-grinder,
whom he told of all the good things which
had befallen him. ’
“That is all very well,†said the grinder ;
“but if you want to make your fortune, you
must learn a trade. There is nothing like
a trade for making money, and especially
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the trade of knife-grinding. That beats all,
With a grindstone, you can travel the world
through. The only thing needed is a
grindstone. Here is one which I will let
you have for your goose.â€
Hans laughed for joy, and gave his
goose to the knife-grinder, who handed
him a grindstone in return. The rogue
then picked up a large, heavy stone from
the roadside, and placing it on the top of
the other, told Hans that he might have it
into the bargain. |
Hans thanked him for his kindness, and
set off homeward with a light heart. Be-
fore long, however, the weight of the stones
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began to tell, and he became very hungry
and very thirsty. At length he reached a
well. Placing the stones carefully on ‘the
edge, he stooped down to drink. In doing
so he happened to give the stones a gentle
push, when down they fell into the water,
and were seen no more.
Fans sprang up joyfully. |
“Tam the luckiest fellow in the world!â€
he cried. “ Without any fault on my part,
I have got rid of these heavy stones, and
now I am free to run home as fast as I
afl.â€
Off he started, his eyes sparkling with
joy, and was soon in his mother’s arms.
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Tic ic the story ot simple (lang in
luck and out of it, who eine a lump
of gold for a horse, the horse for a cow, the
cow for a pig, the pig for a goose, the goose
for a grindstone, and this at last for nothing
at all:
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SNOW-WHITH AND
ROSEH-RED.
SOLITARY cottage stood in the
midst of a garden, and on each
side of the door there was a rose-bush: the
one bore white roses, and the other red.
The cottage was inhabited by a good
widow and her two daughters; and as she
fancied they resembled her rose trees, she
called the one Snow-white, and the other
Rose-red. )
The children often went together into
the woods to gather strawberries, and none
of the beasts of the forest harmed them,
but were rather friendly to them. The
hares ate cabbage-blades out of their hands,
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the roe-deer grazed beside them, and the
stags sprang gaily past them. The birds
sat on the branches and sang sweet songs
to them. Thus no harm befell them; and
if darkness overtook them, they lay down
among the moss and slept till daylight, and
their mother knew that they were safe.
One winter evening, as the mother and 7
her daughters sat together at the hearth, a
knock came to the door as of some one
wishing an entrance.
“Rise quickly, Rose-red,†said her
mother. “It is some poor traveller seek-
ing shelter.â€
Rose-red drew back the bar, expecting
10 See a (oor man: but; ‘instead, a black
bear pushed in his shaggy head. Rose-
red screamed aloud and sprang back, and
Snow-white crept behind her mother’s
chair.
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
“Wo not be afraid, said the bear —“
will do you no harm; but I am half frozen,
and would gladly warm myself a little.â€
“Poor bear! said the mother “lie
down near the fire; only take care that
your fur does not singe.’ Then she called,
“‘Snow-white! Rose-red! come here. This
good bear will not hurt you; he means no
harm.â€
Then they both drew nearer and nearer,
~ and were not afraid.
The bear said, “You children, will you
brush the snow off my fur?†And they
brought a brush and brushed all the snow
away. [hen he stretched himself by the
fire, and purred with pleasure and content-
ment. : é
Before long they began to play with him, -
rubbing his fur up and down with their
hands, putting their little feet upon his —
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The widow and her two daughters.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
back and pushing him; and if he growled,
they laughed.
The bear let them do as they pleased ;
but if they went too far, he ried, =
“Children, what blows you give!
Let me live!
Snow-white, Rose-red,
You will leave your lover dead.â€
_ At night, when Bey all went to bed, the
mother said to the bear, “ You may rest by
our hearth, ang so the storm and cold will
not harm you.â€
When daylight came, the children opened
the door for him, and he tramped over the
snow into the wood.
From that time the bear came every
evening, at the same hour, and lay down
before the fire, and allowed the children to
tease him as much as they liked. They
were so accustomed to his visits that the
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door was not barred until their black com-
panion had arrived.
When spring came, and all was green,
the bear said one morning to Snow-white,
“Now I must away, and never return the
whole long summer !â€
“Where do you go, dear bear?†asked
Snow-white. |
“JT must stay in the wood to protect
my treasure from the wicked dwarfs. In
winter, when the ground is frozen, they
remain at home underground; but now,
when the sun has warmed the earth and
the air, they will get out and go about
- stealing, and what they once get hold of
goes into their caves, and will not soon see
the light again.†— a
Snow-white unbarred the door very
sorrowfully for him. As the bear passed
out his fur caught om the staple ef the
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Snow-white and Rose-red in the wood.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED,
door and was a little torn, and Snow-white
thought she saw the glitter of gold, but it
was a thing she could not be quite cer-
tain of. ,
Some time after this, the mother wished
to make some brooms, and sent the chil-
dren into the wood to gather birch twigs.
They found just what they sought on a
large tree which had fallen and lay on the
ground. Under the trunk of the tree some-
thing kept moving up and down. When
they came close up they saw it was a dwarf
with an old wrinkled face and a yard-long
snow-white beard. The end of his beard
had caught in a split of the tree, and the
little creature sprang here and there like
a chained dog, and could not release him-
self
He goggled at the children with his
ery red eyes, and cried, “ Why do you
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stand there? -Can you not come round
here and help me?â€
‘“What has happened, little man ?†asked
Rose-red.
“Stupid, inquisitive goose!†he said.
“JT wished to cut down the tree for a
little firewood to my kitchen; but it fell
so quickly that I had no time to draw out
my beautiful white beard, and now here it
is caught and I cannot get free. Why do
you laugh, you stupid milksops? Why are
you so lazy?â€
The children tried as hard as they could
to pull out his beard, but failed ; it was too
firmly wedged into the tree.
“T will run and fetch help,†said Rose-
red. 3
“Senseless sheep’s-head!†growled the
dwarf. “Why call more people? Can
you contrive nothing better ?â€
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“A black bear pushed in his shaggy head.â€
Lhe dwarf caught by his long beard.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
-“ Do not be so impatient, said Snow-
white. ‘I know what I will do.â€
She drew a pair of scissors from her
pocket, and cut off the end of his beard.
As soon as the dwarf felt himself free,
he shouldered a sack he had laid down at
the root of the tree, which was full of gold,
and went away muttering to himself, “‘ Rude
things, to cut away a piece of my princely
Beara |
Another time the two sisters went to get
a dish of fish for dinner. When they drew
near the pool, they saw something like a
large grasshopper which seemed to wish to
spring into the water.
They ran forward and saw it was the
dwarf.
“What do you wish to do?†asked Rose-
red. ‘Shall we put you into the water?â€
‘““T am not such a fool!†cried the dwarf.
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“Do you not see that that great fish is
trying to draw me in?â€
The little creature had been angling, and
unfortunately his beard had floated along
with his fly, for it was a windy day. As
soon as a fish had taken the fly his beard
also was caught; and pull as he could the
fish was the stronger, and would have
drawn him into the water.
They had arrived just in time to save
him. One held him: fast, and the other
tried to disentangle his beard; but it was
all in vain, and nothing could be done but
again to cut the beard.
When the dwarf saw it he cried to them,
“What a thing to do! Was it not enough
that you cut my beard once? Now I dare
not show myself to my own people. May
you run till you lose the soles of your
shoes !â€
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
Then he took up a sack of pearls, and
without another word he scuttled away, and
was lost behind a large stone.
Some time after this the mother sent
the two girls into the town to buy thread,
needles, twine, and ribbon. The road led
them through a moor, upon which every here
and there huge masses of rock rose to view.
They saw a very large bird floating in
the air, circling round them, ever coming
lower and‘lower; and at last, not far from
one of these rocks, it pounced down on the
ground, and immediately a piercing cry rent
the air.
They ran, and saw with horror that the |
eagle had pounced upon the dwarf, and
was trying to carry him off.
The compassionate children held him so
tightly that the eagle gave up his prey, and
rose into the sky again.
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SNOW-WHITE AND. ROSE-RED.
When the dwarf recovered from his
alarm, he cried in his thin, piping voice,
“Could you not have been more gentle
to me? You have torn my good coat,
awkward, helpless creatures that you are!â€
Then he took up a sack of precious
stones, and hopped under the rock into his
cave.
The girls, were accustomed to his un-
grateful ways, and went on their way, and
did their business in the city.
_ When they crossed the moor again they
surprised the dwarf, who, upon a plat of
grass, had shaken out his sack of precious
stones. They were so full of shining
colours that the children stood still to look
at them.
“Why are you standing there, you
thieving creatures?†cried the dwarf, his
ugly face scarlet with anger. He was
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Snow-white married to the prince.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
going on with his abuse, when he heard a
loud growl, and a black bear came out of
the wood. The frightened dwarf sprang
up; but he could not reach his cave, the
bear was too near for that. Then he cried, _
“O dear bear, spare me! I will give you
all my treasures. Look at the jewels that
lie there! Spare my life! What would |
you do with a poor atom like me? Look
at these two maidens; they would be sweet
morsels. Eat them, but spare me!â€
The bear answered him not a word, but
gave the wicked old creature a blow on the
head that put an end to him at once. The
children would have run off, but the bear.
cried out, “Snow-white and Rose-red, do
not be afraid; wait, and I will come with
you.â€
Then they knew the voice of their own
bear; and as they waited for him, they saw
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his bear-skin fall off, and he appeared as a
prince in cloth of gold.
/4 am a primes, he said, “and bby the
arts of this wicked dwarf was changed into
a bear until his death should free me. All
his treasures were stolen from me.â€
Snow-white was married to the prince,
and Rose-red to his brother, and the
treasure in the cave was divided between
them. The old mother lived many years
near her children; but she brought the two
rose trees with her, so that they still stand
before her windows, and she has her white
rose and red rose all the summer through.
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THE FROG PRINCE.
ONG, long ago there lived a king
whose daughters were all fair to look
upon, but the youngest was the fairest of -
all. She was so beautiful that the sun
itself, though it has seen so much, won-
dered when it shone upon her.
Near the palace there was a, great dark
forest, and under the shade of one of its old
_ lime-trees there was a fountain. When it.
_ was very warm weather the youngest prin-
B cess used fo come into the wood and sit
beside the cool fountain; and to pass the
time she brought a golden ball, which she
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threw into the air and caught again. This
was her favourite amusement.
Now it came to pass that once, when
_ she played with her ball, she failed to
catch it, and, instead of falling to the
eround, it fell into the depths of the foun-
tain, and was seen no more. The fountain
was so deep that no one had ever been
able to sound it, and she knew that her
dear golden ball was indeed lost to her.
Then she began to sob, and sobbed ever
louder and louder, and could not comfort
herself.
While she thus lamented, some one
called to her :—
“King’s daughter, what is the matter?
Why do you weep so that the very stones
must pity you?â€
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She looked towards the place whence
the sound came, and saw a frog stretching
its thick, ugly head out of the water.
“Ah,†she said, “is that you, old water-
puddler? I weep for my golden ball, which
has fallen into the water.â€
“Stay,†answered the frog; “I may be
able to do something. But what will you
give me if I bring your plaything to you
again?â€
“Whatever you wish, dear frog,†she
answered; “my clothes, my pearls, my
jewels, if only you bring me my golden
ball.â€
“Your clothes, your pearls, your jewels,
even your crown, he said, “are nothing to
me; but if you will love me, and let me be
your companion and playmate; if I may sit
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beside you at table, eat off your golden plate,
drink out of your silver cup, and sleep in
your little bed ;—if you promise all this,
I will go down, down to the bottom of
the fountain and bring up your golden
ball.â€
“Oh yes,†she said; “I will promise all
this, if only you bring me my golden ball.â€
But she thought, “It is nonsense that this
simple frog babbles. How could he, who
must sit and croak with his brother frogs
in the water, be the companion of a human
being ?â€
The frog, when he had ended this con-
versation, had popped down his head, and
after some time he came up again, holding
the ball in his mouth, and threw it upon ©
the grass.
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_THE FROG PRINCE.
The princess was rejoiced to see it
again; she took it up and ran home.
| Dt0p, ‘stop !†emed the tog, take
me with you; I cannot run so fast.â€
But he might croak, croak as loud as
he could, she would not listen, but only
ran the faster ; and when she reached home
she soon forgot the poor frog, believing he
had gone down again into the fountain.
The next day, as she sat at table with
her father and his courtiers, eating out of
her golden plate, there came a strange
patter, patter up the marble staircase, and
@ knocking at the doer hen 4 joie
said |
“ King’s daughter, youngest and fairest,
open te ime.
She ran and looked out at the door, and
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there sat the frog. Then hastily shutting
the door, she seated herself at the table in
great trouble.
The king saw that she was distressed,
and said,
“My child, what are you afraid of? Is
there a giant at the door come to fetch
you away?â€
“Ali no, she said “it is no giant; it
is a hateful frog.â€
“What does the frog want with you?â€
“xh, “dear father, she said, “when |
sat and played with my golden ball beside
the fountain yesterday, it fell into the water ;
and when I wept so much, this frog fetched
it up for me, and because he did so, I
promised he should be my companion.
But I never thought that he could come
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“Flop, hop, he came to the foot of her chair.â€
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out of the water. Now here he is, wishing ©
to come beside me.â€
Then he knocked again, and called,—
‘King’s daughter, fairest and youngest,
~ Open the door ;
Remember, remember
Your promise before :
King’s daughter, fairest and youngest,
Open the door.
Then the king said, “What you have
"promised you must do. Go and open
the door.â€
So she went and opened the door, and
the frog hopped in. Hop, hop he came
to the foot of her chair There he stood
and called, “ Lift me up, lift me tp! the
poor princess shuddered, but the king com-
manded her to do it. Once upon her
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chair, the frog leapt upon the table, and
cried, ‘“Now push your golden plate
nearer to me, that we may eat together.â€
‘This too she did, but one could see that
she ate no more. The frog ate heartily,
and then said,
“ Now I have satisfied myself, and I am ©
tired. Carry me up to your little chamber,
and lay me upon your white satin bed, to
sleep beside you.’
Then the princess began to weep. She
feared the touch of the cold, damp frog,
and could not bear that he should sleep
in her pure white bed. But the king was
angry, and said,—
“A king’s daughter must not break her
promises; and those who help us in our
time of need should not be despised.â€
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She took him up between two fingers,
carried him upstairs, and laid him in a
corner of her room. But when she lay
down in her bed, ne came croaking up,
saying, | .
ol am tired ; I would sleep as well as
you. Lift me up, or I will go and tell
your father.â€
Then she was full of - bitter rage, and
taking him up she flung him with all her
force against the stone wall,
“ There! now you will rest, you horrible,
hateful frog!†she cried. She looked,
expecting to see the poor shattered remains
of the frog upon the floor, and instead there
stood before her a prince with beautiful
friendly eyes looking upon her. He told
her how a cruel ogre had bewitched him,
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changing him into a frog, whom no one
had been able to bring above water until
the magic oF her voice did Ele quite
forgot how faithless and cruel she had been
to him when he was only her poor frog;
and now he went to the king, and claimed
her as his bride.
After their marriage there ‘came a car-
riage drawn by six white horses, with
plumes of ostrich feathers on their heads,
and golden reins, to take the prince to his
own land. Behind the carriage there stood
a servant of the prince, called Heinrich.
The faithful Heinrich had been so -greatly
troubled when his master was changed into
a frog that he had three bars of iron fast-
ened round his heart lest it should break
with sorrow. Now, after he had closed
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the carriage door upon the prince and
princess, he sprang up behind full of joy
and thankfulness. When they had gone
a little way the prince heard a crack, as
if a spring had broken, and he called out,
“Heinrich, the springs of the carriage are
breaking.â€
But Heinrich answered, “No, sire; it
is an iron belt around my heart that
breaks,â€
Another time, and yet another, the
prince called out, “The carriage breaks,â€
And always the faithful Heinrich an-
swered,— :
“It is an iron belt round my heart that
breaks because my heart is full of joy.â€
And this is the end of my story,
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INCE upon 2 time there lived im a
Cottage Wear the edge of a forest
a man with his wife and seven sons. The
man had once been a rich nobleman, but
gambling and drinking had brought him
to poverty, and now he was obliged to
cut fagots in order to procure food for his
family. One of the sons was very little
for his years. As he always danced about
so nimbly, he was named “ Hop,†widened
to Elop o My Thumb, “ewing to his
small size. Nevertheless his small body
held a large heart; he was very loving
and kind, good-tempered, and wise beyond
his years.
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HOP O MY THUMB.
One night, when the children were sup-
posed to be asleep, little Hop was wide
awake and listening to what his parents
were saying as they sat by the fireside.
_ The father was grieving at the hard times:
_he was no longer able to get bread enough
for themselves and the children. He pro-
posed to take the children in the morning
to the forest and leave them there. ‘“ There
is no help for it,†he said; “I cannot bear
to look upon them starving at home.â€
There was no sleep for little Hop for
thinking of what he had heard. At break
of day he arose, left the house quietly, and
went to a certain brook, where he filled
his pockets with small white pebbles. Re-
turning home, he got quietly to bed again
before any were up. Soon, however, they
all got up, and after a scanty breakfast
they were ordered by the father to “Come
along, and let us set to work!†On enter-
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ing the forest, Hop fell behind the others,
and dropped a pebble here and there along
“the path Por a while they all ccemed
busy chopping the sticks and making them
into bundles. At length they were told
they might now have some fun, the father
bidding them form a ring by joining
hands, and dancing round, with their little
brother in the middle.
_ Getting tired of jingo-ring, the boys sat
down to rest, when they began to feel in
‘a sad case, as their father was nowhere to
be seen. But little Hop gladdened his
brothers by telling them to follow him and
he would take them out of the forest by
keeping in the track of the white pebbles.
When near home they met their father,
who pretended to be glad to see them
again, for he thought, “As easily done
another day.â€
The other day soon came round, which
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heard the father calling upon his boys to
get up. Poor little Hoppy, hurrying on
his clothes, was about to slip out to the
brook for more pebbles, when he was
caught by his father, who ordered him and
the others to be quick and follow him to
the forest, to which he took them by a
more roundabout way. On reaching a
thick part of the forest, the father, on some
pretence, again slipped away from his chil-
dren.
When night was coming on little Hop’s
brave heart did not fail him. Climb-
ing to the top of a tall tree, he saw a
light a long way off. On they went in
the direction of the light, till they came to
a large castle, in a window of which shone
the light Hop had seen. Going up to
a large door, they knocked at it with a
stone, as the knocker was far out of reach.
The great door was opened by a woman,
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who in kind tones asked what they wanted.
Hop told her their story, asking her to
give them some food and a night's lodg-
ing. The woman shook her head.
“My poor boys,†she said, “you could
not have come to a worse place. My hus-
band is an ogre, and if he were to find
you here he would eat you all up.â€
But Hop pleaded, “As we are all
hungry, will you kindly give us a little to
eat?†At this appeal she took them in
and gave them some food, telling them to
eat it up quickly and be off before her
husband came home.
Presently a loud snorting noise was heard
outside. The ogre’s wife started.
“Where he is! she cried, “and im am
angry mood too; I know by his snorting.
What is to be done? Quick! all of you,
creep behind that box there!â€
No sooner had they got behind the
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HOP O MY THUMB.
great box than the ogre stalked in, stamp-
ing and snorting. :
“Wife, what have you for supper, eh?â€
——““] have a roasted sheep,†she said.—
“Ah! and what else?†he asked; “for
I smell fresh meat.’—‘‘ Well,†said ‘the
wife, “it is the calf I have just killed.â€
With these answers he seemed satisfied,
and sat down to supper. When he had
finished the sheep, he poured liquor from
a great bottle into a basin that might hold
a gallon, and drank it; after which the
sniffing began again. Rising up, he
roared, “I know there is something else;
I smell fresh meat!†Then he went
smelling about the room, till he came to
the large box behind which lay the terrified
boys.
“Aha!†he roared, “come out of there!â€
The poor boys crept out and stood trem-
bling before him. “Aha!†cried the ogre,
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“what have we here?†Stooping down
he lifted little trembling Hop between his
great finger and thumb.
“Well, this is a rare, sweet morsel, to
be sure!†grinned the ogre; and he- was
about to pop the boy into his large mouth,
when, “What are you going to do?†came
from his wife; “you have had a good
supper. I am going to make these boys
into a pie for your dinner to-morrow.â€
The idea of the boys being made into
a pie seemed fo please tie ogre much.
The woman then beckoned them to a
closet, saying, © here, now! didnt | tell
you what you had to expect if you stayed?
There, go to sleep.†This was more easily
‘said than done,. for sleep, in their sad case,
was entirely out of the question. So little
Hop began to contrive a means of escape.
The ogre’s loud snoring was the signal to
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The
Favourite Book
of
Nursery Tales
With Seventy-two Full-page
Coloured Pictures
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DE NEE SON AN DD SON: S:
London, Edinburgh, and New York
1893
LEST OF LALES.
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Hans in Luck.
Snow-White and econ
dhe Pioe Prince.
Hop o My Thumb.
Blue Beard.
Beauty and the Beast.
Jack and the Bean-Stalk.
The Babes in the Wood.
Puss in Boots
The Ugly Duckling.
ec he Geille
The Sleeping Beauty.
HANS iN mwCck
7 ANS had served his master for seven
years, when a great longing came
over him to see his mother again. —
| His master heard of this, and sending
for him, said, “ Hans, you have served me
well and faithfully; and as 0 Service, So
shall your wages be.†|
, So saying, he gave him a lump of gold
as big as his head. |
| Hans drew his handler nics from his.
pocket, wrapped up the lump of gold in it,
HANS IN LUCK.
placed it on his shoulder, and bidding his
master farewell, set out for home.
As he trudged wearily on he was over-
taken by a horseman, who came trotting
along on a fine spirited horse.
“ Ah,†said Hans aloud, “how pleasant
a thing it is to ride! You save your shoes,
and get quickly to your journey’s end!â€
“If you think so,†cried the horseman,
‘““why do you travel on foot ?â€
“Oh,†replied Hans, “I am on my way
home with this great lump of gold. I have
to carry it on my shoulder, and it hurts me
very much.â€
“Tl tell you what,†said the horseman:
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“let us exchange. oe me your lump of
gold, and I shall give you my horse.â€
“With all my heart!†cried Hans joy-
fully, and he at once gave his gold to the
horseman, while the latter helped him to
mount the horse.
Hans rode away at a gentle pace; but
after a while, thinking he should like to go
a little quicker, he began to make a cluck-
ing sound with his tongue, and to cry,
“Hopp! hopp!â€
The horse immediately set off at a gallop,
and before Hans had time to think, he was
lying in a ditch by the roadside. Atter
_ playing this trick the horse galloped on,
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HANS IN LUCK.
and would have got clear away, had it not
been caught by a countryman, who was
driving. a cow along the road.
_ The countryman led the horse back to
Hans; but the latter had had enough of
riding.
“No, no,†he said; “you can keep the
horse, if you give me your cow in exchange.
She will supply me with milk and butter
and cheese, and will not throw me.â€
The countryman was only too glad to
make such a bargain, and he handed over
his cow to Hans, one joyfully set out with
his new charge. |
At first all went well: but as the heat
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HANS IN LUCK,
became greater and greater, Hans became
very thirsty.
“Now is tie time le thought te
make tse of my cow. | chall milk her
and get a drink of nice fresh milk.â€
Tying the cow to a tree, he tried to
milk her, but set about it so clumsily that
the animal became angry, and gave him
a kick with ome of her hind fect whicn
tumbled him head over heels.
Fortunately at that moment a butcher
came along trundling a wheelbarrow on
which lay a young pig, and Hans at once
offered to exchange his cow for the pig.
“T would rather have a pig than a cow,â€
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he thought. “Roast pig is very tasty,
and nothing could be better than the
sausages. â€
Without much ado the butcher agreed,
and taking the pig from the wheelbarrow,
he placed the cord that was tied round the
animal's leg in its new master’s hand.
Our friend had not gone very far on his
road, when he was joined by a lad who
carried a beautiful white goose under his
arm. He told him how lucky he had
been, and how everything had turned out
according to his wishes, |
The lad shook his head.
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| pig,†he said. “In the village from which
I come a pig has just been stolen out of
the constable’s sty, and I believe that is
it which you are driving before you. It
would be terrible if they were to catch you
with it.â€
On hearing this, poor Hans was greatly
alarmed, and begged the lad to take the pig
in exchange for his goose.
At first the lad pretended to be unwilling
to take the pig, owing to the risk he would
run if it were found in his hands. To
oblige Hans, however, he at last agreed,
and drove away the pig in one direction,
while Hans, glad to have escaped such a
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HANS IN SEUICK.
danger, put the goose under his arm and
went on his way in another.
As he went along he thought how
pleased his mother would be to have the
fat and the feathers of the goose, and he
was almost ready to shout aloud for joy at
his good fortune.
At the end of the last village through
which he passed he met a knife-grinder,
whom he told of all the good things which
had befallen him. ’
“That is all very well,†said the grinder ;
“but if you want to make your fortune, you
must learn a trade. There is nothing like
a trade for making money, and especially
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TEANS EIN: UGK,
the trade of knife-grinding. That beats all,
With a grindstone, you can travel the world
through. The only thing needed is a
grindstone. Here is one which I will let
you have for your goose.â€
Hans laughed for joy, and gave his
goose to the knife-grinder, who handed
him a grindstone in return. The rogue
then picked up a large, heavy stone from
the roadside, and placing it on the top of
the other, told Hans that he might have it
into the bargain. |
Hans thanked him for his kindness, and
set off homeward with a light heart. Be-
fore long, however, the weight of the stones
Ott
PANS EN EUCK
began to tell, and he became very hungry
and very thirsty. At length he reached a
well. Placing the stones carefully on ‘the
edge, he stooped down to drink. In doing
so he happened to give the stones a gentle
push, when down they fell into the water,
and were seen no more.
Fans sprang up joyfully. |
“Tam the luckiest fellow in the world!â€
he cried. “ Without any fault on my part,
I have got rid of these heavy stones, and
now I am free to run home as fast as I
afl.â€
Off he started, his eyes sparkling with
joy, and was soon in his mother’s arms.
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HANS IN LUCK.
Tic ic the story ot simple (lang in
luck and out of it, who eine a lump
of gold for a horse, the horse for a cow, the
cow for a pig, the pig for a goose, the goose
for a grindstone, and this at last for nothing
at all:
Pe
SNOW-WHITH AND
ROSEH-RED.
SOLITARY cottage stood in the
midst of a garden, and on each
side of the door there was a rose-bush: the
one bore white roses, and the other red.
The cottage was inhabited by a good
widow and her two daughters; and as she
fancied they resembled her rose trees, she
called the one Snow-white, and the other
Rose-red. )
The children often went together into
the woods to gather strawberries, and none
of the beasts of the forest harmed them,
but were rather friendly to them. The
hares ate cabbage-blades out of their hands,
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
the roe-deer grazed beside them, and the
stags sprang gaily past them. The birds
sat on the branches and sang sweet songs
to them. Thus no harm befell them; and
if darkness overtook them, they lay down
among the moss and slept till daylight, and
their mother knew that they were safe.
One winter evening, as the mother and 7
her daughters sat together at the hearth, a
knock came to the door as of some one
wishing an entrance.
“Rise quickly, Rose-red,†said her
mother. “It is some poor traveller seek-
ing shelter.â€
Rose-red drew back the bar, expecting
10 See a (oor man: but; ‘instead, a black
bear pushed in his shaggy head. Rose-
red screamed aloud and sprang back, and
Snow-white crept behind her mother’s
chair.
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
“Wo not be afraid, said the bear —“
will do you no harm; but I am half frozen,
and would gladly warm myself a little.â€
“Poor bear! said the mother “lie
down near the fire; only take care that
your fur does not singe.’ Then she called,
“‘Snow-white! Rose-red! come here. This
good bear will not hurt you; he means no
harm.â€
Then they both drew nearer and nearer,
~ and were not afraid.
The bear said, “You children, will you
brush the snow off my fur?†And they
brought a brush and brushed all the snow
away. [hen he stretched himself by the
fire, and purred with pleasure and content-
ment. : é
Before long they began to play with him, -
rubbing his fur up and down with their
hands, putting their little feet upon his —
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The widow and her two daughters.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
back and pushing him; and if he growled,
they laughed.
The bear let them do as they pleased ;
but if they went too far, he ried, =
“Children, what blows you give!
Let me live!
Snow-white, Rose-red,
You will leave your lover dead.â€
_ At night, when Bey all went to bed, the
mother said to the bear, “ You may rest by
our hearth, ang so the storm and cold will
not harm you.â€
When daylight came, the children opened
the door for him, and he tramped over the
snow into the wood.
From that time the bear came every
evening, at the same hour, and lay down
before the fire, and allowed the children to
tease him as much as they liked. They
were so accustomed to his visits that the
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SNOW-WHITE AND. ROSE-RED.
door was not barred until their black com-
panion had arrived.
When spring came, and all was green,
the bear said one morning to Snow-white,
“Now I must away, and never return the
whole long summer !â€
“Where do you go, dear bear?†asked
Snow-white. |
“JT must stay in the wood to protect
my treasure from the wicked dwarfs. In
winter, when the ground is frozen, they
remain at home underground; but now,
when the sun has warmed the earth and
the air, they will get out and go about
- stealing, and what they once get hold of
goes into their caves, and will not soon see
the light again.†— a
Snow-white unbarred the door very
sorrowfully for him. As the bear passed
out his fur caught om the staple ef the
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Snow-white and Rose-red in the wood.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED,
door and was a little torn, and Snow-white
thought she saw the glitter of gold, but it
was a thing she could not be quite cer-
tain of. ,
Some time after this, the mother wished
to make some brooms, and sent the chil-
dren into the wood to gather birch twigs.
They found just what they sought on a
large tree which had fallen and lay on the
ground. Under the trunk of the tree some-
thing kept moving up and down. When
they came close up they saw it was a dwarf
with an old wrinkled face and a yard-long
snow-white beard. The end of his beard
had caught in a split of the tree, and the
little creature sprang here and there like
a chained dog, and could not release him-
self
He goggled at the children with his
ery red eyes, and cried, “ Why do you
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
stand there? -Can you not come round
here and help me?â€
‘“What has happened, little man ?†asked
Rose-red.
“Stupid, inquisitive goose!†he said.
“JT wished to cut down the tree for a
little firewood to my kitchen; but it fell
so quickly that I had no time to draw out
my beautiful white beard, and now here it
is caught and I cannot get free. Why do
you laugh, you stupid milksops? Why are
you so lazy?â€
The children tried as hard as they could
to pull out his beard, but failed ; it was too
firmly wedged into the tree.
“T will run and fetch help,†said Rose-
red. 3
“Senseless sheep’s-head!†growled the
dwarf. “Why call more people? Can
you contrive nothing better ?â€
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“A black bear pushed in his shaggy head.â€
Lhe dwarf caught by his long beard.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
-“ Do not be so impatient, said Snow-
white. ‘I know what I will do.â€
She drew a pair of scissors from her
pocket, and cut off the end of his beard.
As soon as the dwarf felt himself free,
he shouldered a sack he had laid down at
the root of the tree, which was full of gold,
and went away muttering to himself, “‘ Rude
things, to cut away a piece of my princely
Beara |
Another time the two sisters went to get
a dish of fish for dinner. When they drew
near the pool, they saw something like a
large grasshopper which seemed to wish to
spring into the water.
They ran forward and saw it was the
dwarf.
“What do you wish to do?†asked Rose-
red. ‘Shall we put you into the water?â€
‘““T am not such a fool!†cried the dwarf.
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
“Do you not see that that great fish is
trying to draw me in?â€
The little creature had been angling, and
unfortunately his beard had floated along
with his fly, for it was a windy day. As
soon as a fish had taken the fly his beard
also was caught; and pull as he could the
fish was the stronger, and would have
drawn him into the water.
They had arrived just in time to save
him. One held him: fast, and the other
tried to disentangle his beard; but it was
all in vain, and nothing could be done but
again to cut the beard.
When the dwarf saw it he cried to them,
“What a thing to do! Was it not enough
that you cut my beard once? Now I dare
not show myself to my own people. May
you run till you lose the soles of your
shoes !â€
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SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
Then he took up a sack of pearls, and
without another word he scuttled away, and
was lost behind a large stone.
Some time after this the mother sent
the two girls into the town to buy thread,
needles, twine, and ribbon. The road led
them through a moor, upon which every here
and there huge masses of rock rose to view.
They saw a very large bird floating in
the air, circling round them, ever coming
lower and‘lower; and at last, not far from
one of these rocks, it pounced down on the
ground, and immediately a piercing cry rent
the air.
They ran, and saw with horror that the |
eagle had pounced upon the dwarf, and
was trying to carry him off.
The compassionate children held him so
tightly that the eagle gave up his prey, and
rose into the sky again.
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SNOW-WHITE AND. ROSE-RED.
When the dwarf recovered from his
alarm, he cried in his thin, piping voice,
“Could you not have been more gentle
to me? You have torn my good coat,
awkward, helpless creatures that you are!â€
Then he took up a sack of precious
stones, and hopped under the rock into his
cave.
The girls, were accustomed to his un-
grateful ways, and went on their way, and
did their business in the city.
_ When they crossed the moor again they
surprised the dwarf, who, upon a plat of
grass, had shaken out his sack of precious
stones. They were so full of shining
colours that the children stood still to look
at them.
“Why are you standing there, you
thieving creatures?†cried the dwarf, his
ugly face scarlet with anger. He was
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The bear transformed into a prince.
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Snow-white married to the prince.
SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED.
going on with his abuse, when he heard a
loud growl, and a black bear came out of
the wood. The frightened dwarf sprang
up; but he could not reach his cave, the
bear was too near for that. Then he cried, _
“O dear bear, spare me! I will give you
all my treasures. Look at the jewels that
lie there! Spare my life! What would |
you do with a poor atom like me? Look
at these two maidens; they would be sweet
morsels. Eat them, but spare me!â€
The bear answered him not a word, but
gave the wicked old creature a blow on the
head that put an end to him at once. The
children would have run off, but the bear.
cried out, “Snow-white and Rose-red, do
not be afraid; wait, and I will come with
you.â€
Then they knew the voice of their own
bear; and as they waited for him, they saw
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his bear-skin fall off, and he appeared as a
prince in cloth of gold.
/4 am a primes, he said, “and bby the
arts of this wicked dwarf was changed into
a bear until his death should free me. All
his treasures were stolen from me.â€
Snow-white was married to the prince,
and Rose-red to his brother, and the
treasure in the cave was divided between
them. The old mother lived many years
near her children; but she brought the two
rose trees with her, so that they still stand
before her windows, and she has her white
rose and red rose all the summer through.
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THE FROG PRINCE.
ONG, long ago there lived a king
whose daughters were all fair to look
upon, but the youngest was the fairest of -
all. She was so beautiful that the sun
itself, though it has seen so much, won-
dered when it shone upon her.
Near the palace there was a, great dark
forest, and under the shade of one of its old
_ lime-trees there was a fountain. When it.
_ was very warm weather the youngest prin-
B cess used fo come into the wood and sit
beside the cool fountain; and to pass the
time she brought a golden ball, which she
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THE PROG -RRINCE,
threw into the air and caught again. This
was her favourite amusement.
Now it came to pass that once, when
_ she played with her ball, she failed to
catch it, and, instead of falling to the
eround, it fell into the depths of the foun-
tain, and was seen no more. The fountain
was so deep that no one had ever been
able to sound it, and she knew that her
dear golden ball was indeed lost to her.
Then she began to sob, and sobbed ever
louder and louder, and could not comfort
herself.
While she thus lamented, some one
called to her :—
“King’s daughter, what is the matter?
Why do you weep so that the very stones
must pity you?â€
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The king’s fair daughters.
THE FROG PRINCE.
She looked towards the place whence
the sound came, and saw a frog stretching
its thick, ugly head out of the water.
“Ah,†she said, “is that you, old water-
puddler? I weep for my golden ball, which
has fallen into the water.â€
“Stay,†answered the frog; “I may be
able to do something. But what will you
give me if I bring your plaything to you
again?â€
“Whatever you wish, dear frog,†she
answered; “my clothes, my pearls, my
jewels, if only you bring me my golden
ball.â€
“Your clothes, your pearls, your jewels,
even your crown, he said, “are nothing to
me; but if you will love me, and let me be
your companion and playmate; if I may sit
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THE PROG ._BRINGE.
beside you at table, eat off your golden plate,
drink out of your silver cup, and sleep in
your little bed ;—if you promise all this,
I will go down, down to the bottom of
the fountain and bring up your golden
ball.â€
“Oh yes,†she said; “I will promise all
this, if only you bring me my golden ball.â€
But she thought, “It is nonsense that this
simple frog babbles. How could he, who
must sit and croak with his brother frogs
in the water, be the companion of a human
being ?â€
The frog, when he had ended this con-
versation, had popped down his head, and
after some time he came up again, holding
the ball in his mouth, and threw it upon ©
the grass.
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The play with the golden ball.
_THE FROG PRINCE.
The princess was rejoiced to see it
again; she took it up and ran home.
| Dt0p, ‘stop !†emed the tog, take
me with you; I cannot run so fast.â€
But he might croak, croak as loud as
he could, she would not listen, but only
ran the faster ; and when she reached home
she soon forgot the poor frog, believing he
had gone down again into the fountain.
The next day, as she sat at table with
her father and his courtiers, eating out of
her golden plate, there came a strange
patter, patter up the marble staircase, and
@ knocking at the doer hen 4 joie
said |
“ King’s daughter, youngest and fairest,
open te ime.
She ran and looked out at the door, and
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THE FROG PRINCE,
there sat the frog. Then hastily shutting
the door, she seated herself at the table in
great trouble.
The king saw that she was distressed,
and said,
“My child, what are you afraid of? Is
there a giant at the door come to fetch
you away?â€
“Ali no, she said “it is no giant; it
is a hateful frog.â€
“What does the frog want with you?â€
“xh, “dear father, she said, “when |
sat and played with my golden ball beside
the fountain yesterday, it fell into the water ;
and when I wept so much, this frog fetched
it up for me, and because he did so, I
promised he should be my companion.
But I never thought that he could come
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The frog that fished up the golden ball.
“Flop, hop, he came to the foot of her chair.â€
THE FROG PRINCE.
out of the water. Now here he is, wishing ©
to come beside me.â€
Then he knocked again, and called,—
‘King’s daughter, fairest and youngest,
~ Open the door ;
Remember, remember
Your promise before :
King’s daughter, fairest and youngest,
Open the door.
Then the king said, “What you have
"promised you must do. Go and open
the door.â€
So she went and opened the door, and
the frog hopped in. Hop, hop he came
to the foot of her chair There he stood
and called, “ Lift me up, lift me tp! the
poor princess shuddered, but the king com-
manded her to do it. Once upon her
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THE FROG PRINCE.
chair, the frog leapt upon the table, and
cried, ‘“Now push your golden plate
nearer to me, that we may eat together.â€
‘This too she did, but one could see that
she ate no more. The frog ate heartily,
and then said,
“ Now I have satisfied myself, and I am ©
tired. Carry me up to your little chamber,
and lay me upon your white satin bed, to
sleep beside you.’
Then the princess began to weep. She
feared the touch of the cold, damp frog,
and could not bear that he should sleep
in her pure white bed. But the king was
angry, and said,—
“A king’s daughter must not break her
promises; and those who help us in our
time of need should not be despised.â€
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She took him up between two fingers,
carried him upstairs, and laid him in a
corner of her room. But when she lay
down in her bed, ne came croaking up,
saying, | .
ol am tired ; I would sleep as well as
you. Lift me up, or I will go and tell
your father.â€
Then she was full of - bitter rage, and
taking him up she flung him with all her
force against the stone wall,
“ There! now you will rest, you horrible,
hateful frog!†she cried. She looked,
expecting to see the poor shattered remains
of the frog upon the floor, and instead there
stood before her a prince with beautiful
friendly eyes looking upon her. He told
her how a cruel ogre had bewitched him,
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changing him into a frog, whom no one
had been able to bring above water until
the magic oF her voice did Ele quite
forgot how faithless and cruel she had been
to him when he was only her poor frog;
and now he went to the king, and claimed
her as his bride.
After their marriage there ‘came a car-
riage drawn by six white horses, with
plumes of ostrich feathers on their heads,
and golden reins, to take the prince to his
own land. Behind the carriage there stood
a servant of the prince, called Heinrich.
The faithful Heinrich had been so -greatly
troubled when his master was changed into
a frog that he had three bars of iron fast-
ened round his heart lest it should break
with sorrow. Now, after he had closed
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the carriage door upon the prince and
princess, he sprang up behind full of joy
and thankfulness. When they had gone
a little way the prince heard a crack, as
if a spring had broken, and he called out,
“Heinrich, the springs of the carriage are
breaking.â€
But Heinrich answered, “No, sire; it
is an iron belt around my heart that
breaks,â€
Another time, and yet another, the
prince called out, “The carriage breaks,â€
And always the faithful Heinrich an-
swered,— :
“It is an iron belt round my heart that
breaks because my heart is full of joy.â€
And this is the end of my story,
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INCE upon 2 time there lived im a
Cottage Wear the edge of a forest
a man with his wife and seven sons. The
man had once been a rich nobleman, but
gambling and drinking had brought him
to poverty, and now he was obliged to
cut fagots in order to procure food for his
family. One of the sons was very little
for his years. As he always danced about
so nimbly, he was named “ Hop,†widened
to Elop o My Thumb, “ewing to his
small size. Nevertheless his small body
held a large heart; he was very loving
and kind, good-tempered, and wise beyond
his years.
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HOP O MY THUMB.
One night, when the children were sup-
posed to be asleep, little Hop was wide
awake and listening to what his parents
were saying as they sat by the fireside.
_ The father was grieving at the hard times:
_he was no longer able to get bread enough
for themselves and the children. He pro-
posed to take the children in the morning
to the forest and leave them there. ‘“ There
is no help for it,†he said; “I cannot bear
to look upon them starving at home.â€
There was no sleep for little Hop for
thinking of what he had heard. At break
of day he arose, left the house quietly, and
went to a certain brook, where he filled
his pockets with small white pebbles. Re-
turning home, he got quietly to bed again
before any were up. Soon, however, they
all got up, and after a scanty breakfast
they were ordered by the father to “Come
along, and let us set to work!†On enter-
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ing the forest, Hop fell behind the others,
and dropped a pebble here and there along
“the path Por a while they all ccemed
busy chopping the sticks and making them
into bundles. At length they were told
they might now have some fun, the father
bidding them form a ring by joining
hands, and dancing round, with their little
brother in the middle.
_ Getting tired of jingo-ring, the boys sat
down to rest, when they began to feel in
‘a sad case, as their father was nowhere to
be seen. But little Hop gladdened his
brothers by telling them to follow him and
he would take them out of the forest by
keeping in the track of the white pebbles.
When near home they met their father,
who pretended to be glad to see them
again, for he thought, “As easily done
another day.â€
The other day soon came round, which
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heard the father calling upon his boys to
get up. Poor little Hoppy, hurrying on
his clothes, was about to slip out to the
brook for more pebbles, when he was
caught by his father, who ordered him and
the others to be quick and follow him to
the forest, to which he took them by a
more roundabout way. On reaching a
thick part of the forest, the father, on some
pretence, again slipped away from his chil-
dren.
When night was coming on little Hop’s
brave heart did not fail him. Climb-
ing to the top of a tall tree, he saw a
light a long way off. On they went in
the direction of the light, till they came to
a large castle, in a window of which shone
the light Hop had seen. Going up to
a large door, they knocked at it with a
stone, as the knocker was far out of reach.
The great door was opened by a woman,
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who in kind tones asked what they wanted.
Hop told her their story, asking her to
give them some food and a night's lodg-
ing. The woman shook her head.
“My poor boys,†she said, “you could
not have come to a worse place. My hus-
band is an ogre, and if he were to find
you here he would eat you all up.â€
But Hop pleaded, “As we are all
hungry, will you kindly give us a little to
eat?†At this appeal she took them in
and gave them some food, telling them to
eat it up quickly and be off before her
husband came home.
Presently a loud snorting noise was heard
outside. The ogre’s wife started.
“Where he is! she cried, “and im am
angry mood too; I know by his snorting.
What is to be done? Quick! all of you,
creep behind that box there!â€
No sooner had they got behind the
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HOP O MY THUMB.
great box than the ogre stalked in, stamp-
ing and snorting. :
“Wife, what have you for supper, eh?â€
——““] have a roasted sheep,†she said.—
“Ah! and what else?†he asked; “for
I smell fresh meat.’—‘‘ Well,†said ‘the
wife, “it is the calf I have just killed.â€
With these answers he seemed satisfied,
and sat down to supper. When he had
finished the sheep, he poured liquor from
a great bottle into a basin that might hold
a gallon, and drank it; after which the
sniffing began again. Rising up, he
roared, “I know there is something else;
I smell fresh meat!†Then he went
smelling about the room, till he came to
the large box behind which lay the terrified
boys.
“Aha!†he roared, “come out of there!â€
The poor boys crept out and stood trem-
bling before him. “Aha!†cried the ogre,
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“what have we here?†Stooping down
he lifted little trembling Hop between his
great finger and thumb.
“Well, this is a rare, sweet morsel, to
be sure!†grinned the ogre; and he- was
about to pop the boy into his large mouth,
when, “What are you going to do?†came
from his wife; “you have had a good
supper. I am going to make these boys
into a pie for your dinner to-morrow.â€
The idea of the boys being made into
a pie seemed fo please tie ogre much.
The woman then beckoned them to a
closet, saying, © here, now! didnt | tell
you what you had to expect if you stayed?
There, go to sleep.†This was more easily
‘said than done,. for sleep, in their sad case,
was entirely out of the question. So little
Hop began to contrive a means of escape.
The ogre’s loud snoring was the signal to
leave the closet, and by the-aid o1 tie
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moon they managed to get outside, from
whence they hurried toward home, the
older brothers carrying Hop by turns.
When the giant awoke, he began smack-
ing his lips at the thought of the pie, and
set about rubbing his teeth with a file;
but when he discovered his pie had taken
wings and fled, his rage knew no bounds.
He roared to his wife to bring his seven-
league boots. ‘‘Quick! and I will soon
overtake the rascals.â€
Off ran the giant to catch the runaways ;
_ but the boots, having been bewitched by
a fairy, turned this way when he wanted to
go that way, and turned that way when he
wanted to go this way. At length a well-
known sound caused the boys to look back
in alarm. . It was the giant snorting out
his wrath. What was to be done? Hop,
looking about, spied a low-roofed cave by
the wayside, — Quick! in Here, all of
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you,’ he said; Hop having barely time to
get in last, when the giant, worn out with
fatigue, laid himself down on the ledge of
-rock under which his runaway dinner lay,
and soon fell sound asleep.
Meantime the brothers wondered how
the giant could have taken such long
strides. Hop, being a great reader, told
them that he had read in a story-book
about seven-league boots.
> But listen! the oiamt cnores. Never
venture, mever win, said lop. “Now
is your time, brothers, to run home as fast
as you can. I will follow, for I mean to
be home before you.â€
Hop, on account of his cleverness, had
always been looked up to by his brothers,
so they obeyed by running home as fast
as they could. Hop o My Thumb then
crept soltly trom the cave and a5 soitly
drew off the seven-league boots without
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HOP O MY THUMB.
awaking the giant. He then drew them
over his own little feet, which they fitted
exactly; for the boots were magical, and
could fit any foot. The giant, on opening
his great eyes, beheld little Hop skipping
along with great strides, and not knowing
of the loss of his wonderful boots, got up
to overtake him. He ran on and on,
always keeping his eyes on Hop, never
looking to the ground, until he fell over
a precipice and broke his neck, so that
he died.
A few skips and strides brought Hop
to his father’s door some time before his
brothers arrived.
He then showed his parents the seven-
league boots, and told them how he had
got them, which brought him to tell them
all about the giant-ogre and his kind wife,
and the narrow escape they all had from |
being eaten in a pie.
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At this moment in rushed the other
brothers with cries of joy on all sides.
After some time Hop decided to set out
for the king’s palace with the magic boots,
and present them to “our good king,†and
tell him all about the giant-ogre, and ask
him to kill all the ogres in the kingdom.
Of this plan every one approved.
As soon as breakfast was over, Hop
got ready for the journey. When he was
about to start they all went with him to
the door, then Hop said to the boots,
“To the king’s palace,†and off they went,
and he was there in little more than no
time. He was shown into the court-yard,
to the great wonder of all the servants,
officers, and soldiers there. He politely
asked, as loudly as he could, to be con-
ducted to the royal presence, as he had
‘something of importance to lay before.
his majesty. He was led to the king's
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HOP O MY THUMB.
chamber, and was introduced to the king
and queen. Hop, after making a polite
bow, told the king all about the giant-
ogre, and hoped his majesty would see
fit to’cause all the ogres in his kingdom
to be put to death. He then described
the wonderful boots, of which the king
had often heard but never had seen. The
king then told Hop how proud he would
be to be the owner of them. Hop, pull- -
ing off the boots, placed them before the
throne, when they grew to a size that
would fit his majesty.
The king, asking the little man about
his family history, found him to be a son
of Count d’Abby, a former friend of his
own, of whom he had long lost all trace.
The king was glad to find he was still
alive, and sent messengers to order the
count to appear at court, along with his
lady and family. On their arrival, the
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king. showed them great kindness, wel-_
coming his old friend the count very
warmly. As the king wished them to
remain at court, he gave to each an im-
portant office in the royal household—
those of page-in-chief to the king and
director-general being long and faithfully
filled by Hop o My Thumb; while his
father and mother passed the evening of
their days in joy and comfort.
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HERE lived long ago a man who
was very rich. He had fine town
houses and country houses. His dishes
and plates were all of gold and silver, his |
rooms were hung with damask, his chairs
and sofas were covered with the richest
silk, and his carriages were gilt in the
grandest style.
But it happened that this gentleman had
a blue beard, which made him so very ugly
that none of the ladies in the parts where
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
he lived would stay in his company. A
lady of rank who lived near had two
daughters, both of them of very great
beauty. Blue Beard asked her to give one
of them to him for a wife, leaving it to her-
self to say which one of the two. Both of
the young ladies said again and again that
they would never marry Blue Beard; yet,
to be as civil as they could, each of them
sent him to the other, because she would
mot deprive her sister of the chamee of
marrying so rich a husband. The truth
was that neither of them could bear the
thought of having a husband with a blue
beard; and besides, they had heard of his
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THE SEORY OF BEUB BEARD,
having been married to several wives ine:
fore, who seemed to be dead, but no one
could tell what had become of any of
them.
Blue Beard at length asked the lady and
her daughters to visit one of his country
houses, where they spent a week in hunt-
ing and other sports. The time passed
so pleasantly that the younger of the two
sisters began to think that the beard was
not so very blue, and that the gentleman
to whom it belonged was vastly civil and
pleasing. She told her mother that she
had no longer any dislike to Blue Beard,
and in a short time after they were married.
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Toe STORY: OF BLEUE BRAKD.
About a month after the marriage, Blue
Beard told his wife he would have to leave
her for a few weeks, as he had business: to
attend to in the country. He told her to
amuse herself with her friends during his
absence in the best way she could; gave
her the keys of his wardrobes, plate, and
treasures, and of all the rooms in the house ;
but warned her, under pain of the most
terrible punishment, that she should not
open a certain closet at the end of a long
gallery on the ground floor.
When Blue Beard was gone, his wife’s
friends came to see her, but she could /
scarcely entertain them for thinking of the
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‘THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
closet at the end of the gallery ; and at last
she ran away from them, resolved to open
it. Her sister, who alone knew what she
meant to do, followed and tried to bring
her back; but she was determined to go
into the closet, so her sister returned, leav-
ing her alone.
When she opened the door of the closet
she could see but dimly, the place was so
dark. . When her eyes became used to the
dim light, she found, to her horror, that the
floor was covered with clotted blood, and
with the dead bodies of women. In her
alarm she let the key fall, and on taking it
up found it stained with blood.
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THE STORY: OF BLUE BEARD.
When her friends had gone home, she
tried every means to clean the key, but
without success: it was the gift of a fairy,
and the blood would not come out without
the leave of the owner.
Blue Beard came home the same even-
ing, having met a man who told him that
his journey was useless. His wife pre-
tended to be very glad to see him back so
soon, and for that night all went well. |
Next morning Blue Beard asked for his
keys, upon which his wife could no longer
hide her terror. When she brought them
he saw that the key of the closet was not
with the others. She said she had left it
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
on her dressing-table, and went very slowly
and unwillingly to fetch it. When it was
brought, Blue Beard looked at it carefully,
and asked how it came to be stained with
‘blood. She answered that she did not
know.
“Do you not?†said he; “but I know
very well. You have been in the closet on
the ground floor ; and since you have been
so fond of doing what I have forbidden,
you shall take your place among the ladies
you have seen there.â€
Almost dead with fear, she fell upon her
knees and begged his pardon, looking all
the time so sad and: so lovely that she
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would have melted any heart that was not
harder than a rock. :
“No, no, madam,†said Blue Beard ;
“you shall certainly die, and that this very
minute.†|
“Give me at least,’ she said, “a little
time to say my prayers.â€
Blue Beard hesitated, but at last agreed
to give her seven and a half minutes exactly.
He then left her, and she called her
sister, whose name was Ann, and taking
her along with her, went up to her bed-
room, which was next to the roof of the
tower. She told her sister, as well as she
could for sobbing, how long she had to live,
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
and begged her to look from the battle-
ments of the tower, and if she saw her
brothers coming, whom she expected to
visit her that day, to make signs to them
to gallop on with the utmost speed.
Every minute she paused in her prayers
to cry, “Sister Ann, sister Ann, do you see
anybody coming?â€
“ Nothing but the green grass growing.â€
Blue Beard, with a great sword in his
hand, was at the foot of the stair shouting
to his wife to come down.
Begging another moment, she again
called to her sister, “‘ Ann, sister Ann, do -
you see anybody coming ?â€
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
“ T see two men on horseback,†said her
sister,
“It is our brothers,†said she; ‘‘ beckon
them to make haste.â€
The voice of Blue Beard was now ter-
rible to hear, as he threatened, if she did
not come down that instant, he would come
and fetch her.
Seeing no help for it, she went down as
slowly as she could, with her hair flowing
loose, and her face bathed in tears; and as
soon as she reached her husband she fell on
her knees, and begged him to spare her life.
Blue Beard stopped her, saying, ‘‘ All this
is of no use; you shall die.â€
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THE STORY OF BLUE BEARD.
She begged a little more delay.
‘No,’ said Blue Beard: “you have had
too much time already ;†and seizing her by
the hair, he raised his sword to strike off
her head.
Just at this moment a loud knocking was
heard at the gates. Blue Beard paused.
As soon as the porter opened the gates, the
lady’s brothers rushed in. Blue Beard, on
seeing who they were, tried to escape, but
was seized before he had gone many steps,
and both having plunged their woud: in
his body, he fell dead at their feet.
Blue Beard’s wife got all his great riches,
and was afterwards married to a better man.
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She gave a portion to her sister Ann, and
paid a large sum to make her brothers
officers in the army; but she never forgot
that her own foolish prying had been the
cause of the terrible danger she had so
narrowly escaped.
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NCE there was a rich merchant who
had a noble house of his own, and
many goodly ships upon the seas. He had
three daughters, all handsome ; but the best
in outward and inward charms was the
youngest, who, from childhood, went by the
name of Beauty. She was the pet of every-
body but her two vain, giddy sisters. Beauty
loved to go about doing good: she visited
the homes of the poor and aided them in
their troubles,—which was gall to her idle, |
teasing sisters.
A wicked lawyer, by his artful conduct
in a lawsuit, brought Beauty’s father to the
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brink of poverty; and, to crown all, word
came that all his richly-laden ships were lost
at sea, making him a ruined man. He had
only enough left to rent a small cottage in
the country, where he had to live in a very
humble way, and that by labour.
Beauty and fidelity were one. She loved
her father the more because of his misfor-
tunes, and she would not be parted from
him, although the work she had to do was
made irksome by the spiteful words of her
sisters.
When they had lived in the cottage a
year, the merchant received a letter which
made his eyes sparkle with delight. It told
him to hasten to the next seaport town, for
the largest of his ships, which was said to
have been lost, had arrived in harbour, and
the captain wished to hand over the goods
to him. The elder sisters danced for joy,
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for they believed they would leave the dull
place and have all things fine again; they
urged their father to set off at once, and
made him promise to buy them rich dresses
and all kinds of jewellery.
“ Beauty,†said her father, “have you no
‘favour to ask at my leave-taking ? What
shall I bring you when I return?â€
“Well, father,†she said, “to satisfy me
that you have been thinking of me, bring
me a red rose, for we have no roses in our
garden. †|
The daughters, going with their father to
the door, waved their napkins as he rode off.
When the merchant reached the seaport
and the harbour, he found, to his utter dis-
may, that he had been cruelly cheated—no
ship was there! and he turned homeward
weary and sad of heart. When he was
within fifty miles of home it began to rain
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
heavily, with a strong wind; and darkness
coming on, he lost his way. All at once
he saw a yellow light in the distance, and
on reaching it, he found himself in front of
a grand palace. Entering the court-yard
and looking about, he saw a stable with the
door open, into which his horse walked, and
where he helped himself to a plentiful supply
of fodder. The hall door of the mansion
also stood open, into which the merchant
entered, and he was amazed at the awful .
stillness around. He passed through several
rooms, and then entered one with a large
fire on. the hearthstone, and a_ sideboard
laden with all kinds of food: On a small
table was a silver plate with one knife and
fork. He hung his wet riding-cloak over
a screen, then sat down and ate a hearty
meal. Ele next came to a small room
where there was a bed with the sheets
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
turned down. “Oh, I see it all now!†he
said, speaking to himself. “This is the home
of a good fairy, who takes care of poor
travellers like myself†He undressed, went
into the bed, and was soon fast asleep.
When he awoke and got up, he looked out
of the window and saw bowers covered with
lovely flowers of every form and hue. On
his way to the stable to look after his steed,
he passed under an archway covered with
red roses, and plucked one to carry home
to Beauty. All at once he heard a frightful
growl, and saw a wild-looking monster
coming towards him, so that he could not
stir for fear.
“ Thankless wretch!†roared the Beast,
with a hoarse voice, “I saved your life by
finding you food and shelter ; in return you
steal my roses. But your life shall pay the
cost; in a quarter of an hour you shall die.â€
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
“Pardon, my lord,†said the merchant.
‘“‘T am now very sorry that I took the rose ;
it is to give to one of my daughters, who is
fond of roses.â€
“Hold there!†roared the angry creature.
“Tam no lord; I ama beast, and hate the
crafty flattery of men. How many daughters
have you?â€
“Three, my lor—I mean beast,†said the
merchant.
“Well, then,†said the monster, “I will
let you go home if one of them will agree
to die in your place. So away. If they
cannot agree, you shall return to me in
three weeks.â€
The fond father would rather have died
then, than that any one of his daughters
should lose her life. He was glad of one
thing, however: by obeying the Beast, he
would be able to see them again before he
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died. He therefore started for home, which
he reached in a few hours. When his girls
met him they were downcast at his sadness,
Presenting Beauty with the fatal rose, —
“Take the flower, he said-> “it has been
purchased with the life of the one you love
best.†He then told his daughters all that.
had happened at the palace of the Beast.
The three weeks soon passed away, and
Beauty prepared to go along with her father.
He tried to prevent her, but she insisted.
‘“Wather, said Beauty, though 1 am
young I am not afraid to die; I would rather
be killed by the monster than die broken-
hearted knowing that he had killed you.â€
The morning came when the journey
must be taken. The elder sisters made a
show of grief. The father was filled with
real sorrow, and found his only comfort in
Beauty, who cheered him on the way.
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The Merchant alarmed for the safety of Beauty.
“ Beauty! be my wife! Promise never to leave me.â€
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
To make a long story short, they soon
reached the palace and entered the large
hall, where, being weary, they sat down.
But they did not sit long, for a loud growl
was heard near. Starting up, the father
clung to his child to protect her, as the
Beast strode into the hall.
“ Did you make this journey of your own
free will?†asked the Beast of Beauty.
Beauty, trembling, stammered out, ‘‘Y-e-s.â€
- “You answer well, said the Bease
“You are a good lady, and I thank you.â€
Turning to the merchant, he said, “Good
sir, you may rest here for the night, but on
the morrow you shall leave this and never
return.—Good-night, Beauty.â€
“ Good-night, Beast,†she said; and the
monster retired.
It was comforting to the father to notice
the changed tone and manner of the Beast
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
in the presence of his child, and more so
when, next morning, Beauty related to him
what she took to be a dream, in which a
fairy-like damsel stood by her side and said
to her, “Fear not; I will keep you from
harm: the love you have shown to your
father who is in sorrow must not go without
reward.†:
The time came for the father to go away.
He left his darling with deep sorrow, but
Beauty was resolved not to be uneasy.
One night at supper, the Beast told
Beauty that she alone commanded there.
“T do not,’ said he, “pretend to have any
will. JI am under your orders: if you dis-
like my presence I will go away; but tell
me, do you not think me very ugly?â€
‘To tell the truth,†said she, “I do; but
then I am certain you are very good.â€
“My nature,†said he, “is a good one,
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Comfortless and sorrowful state of the Beast.
> BOAO TY. AND Ere OBE AS
but everybody knows I am a monstrous
creature.â€
“ For all that,’ said she, “1 would rather.
_have.goodness under an ugly form than evil
hidden under a form of beauty. I remem-
ber me to have seen many brutes in the
-form of men.â€
Often the Beast would say on his knees
before this adored one, ‘‘ Beauty, be my
wife.†To such words Beauty would never
listen. :
The rest is soon told. Beauty returned
to her father’s house for a week. She found
him on a bed of sickness, which prolonged
her stay. The Beast took her absence so
much to heart that he resolved to starve
_ himself to death.
When Beauty returned to the palace, she
sought up and down for the Beast; at
length she ran to the lawn, and there the
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
Beast lay senseless—dead as it seemed. -
She rose from his side, and bringing water
in a pearl shell, bathed tis tace Whe
Beast opened his eyes, looked up to her,
-and feebly said, “ Beauty, you have for-
gotten your promise; but I die happily,
since you are the last form my dying eyes
can look upon.†|
“Dear Beast, said Beauty, “you must
not die: live to be my husband. Here,
behold me kneeling at your side. I will
be your wife—truly your own.â€
The moment Beauty had spoken, the
front of the palace glowed with lights.
Lamps of all colours appeared among the
trees... Fireworks streamed into the air,
and sweet music sounded everywhere. The
whole space was peopled with pages and
servants. Beauty took no notice of all
these. Her surprise was great when, 1n-
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Beauty and the Beast.—The spell broken.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
stead of the ugly form she was accustomed
to see, a handsome prince knelt before her,
kissed her hand, and thanked her for having
broken the spell.
“ But where is the Beast?†cried Beauty.
“Behold him at your feet, fair Beauty, â€
fie said; “for | am he A wicked fairy
had condemned me to remain under the
shape of a beast till a beautiful virgin should
consent to marry me. You judged of me
by the goodness of my heart; in return I
offer you my hand.â€
Beauty helped the prince to rise, and
arm in arm they walked toward the palace.
There she was rejoiced to find her father
and sisters waiting, for they had been con-
ducted to the place by the good fairy she
had once beheld. |
“Beauty,†said this good fairy, “come
and receive the reward of your choice.
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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
You are going to be a great queen ; I hope
the throne will not lessen your virtue—As
for you, ladies,†said the fairy to Beauty's
two sisters, “1 know your hearts, and all
the spite they contain. Become two statues,
but still retain your reason. You shall stand
before your sister's palace-gate, and be it
your punishment to behold her happiness. »
The prince married Beauty, and their
happiness was complete, because it was
founded on goodness.
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JACK AND THE BEHAN-
STALK.
N the days of King Alfred there lived
a poor widow who had a very idle,
thoughtless son. As she was very poor,
and as he would not work, she was com-
peiled to sell all she had except her cow.
When there was no bread left, she told
Jack that the cow must be sold to prevent
them from starving. Jack felt very sorry
for his mother, and promised that, if she
would trust him with the cow, he would
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
sell it to the best advantage. The mother
agreed, so he set out with the cow.
Half-way to the village, he met a butcher
carrying some curious-looking beans in a
bag. While Jack was eying the beans, the
butcher eyed the cow ; and feeling sure that
Jack was a simple fellow, he asked if he
would exchange the cow for the pretty
beans. Jack, delighted with the proposal,
agreed to it in a moment, and ran back to
tell his mother what he had done. He
expected that she would be as much pleased
with the bargain as himself; but when the
poor woman heard of this last piece of folly,
her sorrow and anger were such that she
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Jack entertains the notion of exchange.
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
flung the beans about in all directions.
Jack rose carly next morning. Wo his
surprise he saw that his window was dark-
ened by leaves he a never seen before.
On running into the garden, he found that
one of the beans had taken root during the
night, and had grown to such a height that
the stalk reached to the clouds. He found
it was firm and not to be shaken, and
quickly resolved to climb to the top to see
where it would lead to. Full of this plan,
Jack ran to tell his mother; and in spite
of all she could say against it, he at once
began to climb. Turning round, he tried
to laugh her fears away, and to make
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JACK. AND THE BEAN-STALK.
her believe he was as safe as on the
, ground.
Jack climbed and climbed for some
hours, and was becoming quite worn out,
when at last he reached the top of the
bean-stalk, and found himself in a strange
land, which appeared to be quite a
desert.
Jack lay down on the ground. Suddenly
he heard a voice calling his name, and
looking up saw an old woman leaning on
a staff. She asked him many. questions,
and he told her about the bean-stalk and
his poor mother; but he said he knew
nothing of his father, for if he spoke to his —
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“ Now, go,†said the Fairy , “there is the Giant’s castle in the distance.â€
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
mother about him, she always wept so that
he did not like to question her.
“You shall hear the whole story, then,’
said the old woman; “but first promise to
do whatever I command.†Jack agreed to
do exactly as she bade him, when the fairy
said: “Your father was a rich man, and
loved to do good. The story of his good
deeds reached the ears of a wicked giant,
who determined to kill him and enrich
himself. One day, when they were alone
together, he fell upon your father and
‘stabbed him so that he died. The reason
“why the bean-stalk has been allowed to
grow, is that you may be able to punish the
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
giant. If you do not, you will never be
happy. Now go; there 1s the giant's castle
in the distance. Bear in mind that so long
as you obey my orders I will guard you
from danger.â€
The fairy then vanished, and Jack con-
tinued his journey till he reached the castle.
Seeing a woman at the door, he begged her
to give him a night’s lodging. “Alas!â€
said she, “I dare. not; my husband is a
great giant who eats human flesh, so you
would not be safe here.†Terrified as Jack
was, he still begged the good woman to
take him in just for one night; and being
a kind woman she at last agreed. Sud-
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MSG rw asin
Jack about to capture the hen.
Joy of Jack’s Mother at his return.
JACK AND THE’ BEAN-STALK.
denly a loud rap on the door made the very
house shake. The giant's wife had only
time to hide Jack before she let her hus-
band in. “I smell fresh meat,†said he
on entering; but his wife assured him it
was only the people in the dungeon. Jack
trembled in his hiding-place, and was glad
to see that though the giant grumbled he
sat down to his supper, and ate great
quantities.
The giant then called for his hen, which
was brought and placed upon the table.
Every time he said, “ Lay,†the hen: laid a
golden egg. At last the giant fell asleep,
and Jack, creeping out of his hiding-place,
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
ran off with the hen, and found his way
down the bean-stalk.
| Elis mother ae overjoyed at seeing him.
Jack told her all that had happened, and
that he had brought home a hen that would
lay golden eggs when bid. These they
sold, and both mother and son were soon
rich and happy.
But Jack could not forget the commands
of the fairy, and having put on a strange
dress, he climbed the bean-stalk again. On
reaching the castle he once more made up
a pitiful story. But the giant's wife said,
“T dare not take you in, because, not long
ago, an ungrateful little vagabond stole one
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Jach with the harp pursued by the Giant.
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
of my husband’s treasures.†Jack got her
to believe that he was an honest fellow ;
and after giving him a good supper, she hid
him in a closet. In came the giant, and
called for his money-bags. While counting
his treasure he dropped off to sleep, where-
upon Jack crept out on tip-toe, slung the
bags over his shoulders, and made his way
down the bean-stalk. When he got home
he found his mother very ill indeed; but
when she saw that Jack was safe, she
gradually got well.
After a time, he once more mounted the
bean-stalk, everything happening to him as
before. After supper, the giant asked his
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JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
wife to bring him his golden harp, and
when he said, ‘“ Play,†it played some very
fine music that lulled him to sleep. Jack
then got out of his hiding-place and seized
the harp; but as it was enchanted, it called
out loudly, ‘Master! master!†This
awoke the giant; but he had drunk so
much beer that his legs were shaky, while
Jack fled like the wind and got safely down
to the foot of the bean-stalk.
When the giant saw that Jack had
escaped, he fell into a rage, and began to
go down the bean-stalk after him. Jack
saw that not a moment was to be lost, and
hastily seizing an axe, he cut the bean- sale
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Awful death of the Giant.
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK.
close to the roots. Down fell the giant
with a loud crash, and was killed on the
spot.
The fairy now appeared, and praised
Jack for the way in which he had obeyed
her orders. Then, bidding him be dutiful
and kind to his mother for the future, and
follow his father’s example in doing good,
she vanished, and was never seen more.
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BABES IN Gait Woop.
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HIS. is a very touching story. The
events happened a long, long time
ago in the county of Norfolk in England,
where dwelt a worthy, well-to-do gentleman,
who was greatly beloved by everybody for
the kindly care he always showed io the
poor around him. He was married to a
lady well known for her gentle manners and
her many virtues. They were blessed with
two pretty children, a boy and a girl, whom
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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
they loved most dearly. It happened that
the fond husband and father was seized
with a dangerous sickness, and his devoted
wife, by constant attendance on him day
and night, caught the same disease. A\l-
though they. had the lest doctors that
could be got, they seemed to get worse
instead of better. At last, when the
gentleman thought that he was going to
die, he sent for his only brother, a wealthy
but greedy and cunning man, who soon
arrived.
| Dear biethe; the ocntleman began
‘“T have sent for you that you may see for
yourself that we are not long for this world ;
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The false Uncle at the death-bed of the Parents.
THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
and as my dear wife and I have loved each
other in our lives, so it is our express wish
that our bodies may not be separated in the
grave. But oh, it grieves us much to think
that our innocent, dear little ones may be
left to the mercy of a cold and selfish world.
Dear brother, here is my will, wherein |
have made provision for them and for you.
To your care we commit our tender plants,
our dear little children, who delighted to
call you their uncle; be unto them as a
father, and your kind, good wife as a
mother. They have no one on earth but
yourselves to show kindness to them, which
they will repay by their love; and your
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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
reward, which will come from on high, is
cule.
The brother, who seemed much touched
by the scene, and by the dying words he
had heard, said that it grieved his heart to
see his dear brother in such a sad condi-
‘tion. “ Be comforted,’ he said: ‘‘ there
may yet be hope of your well-doing; but
should the worst come—that is, should we
have the misfortune to lose you—I shall do
all that you desire of me, and more, for your
dear little ones, whom I shall adopt as my
own, and to whom I shall be as a father
and a friend.â€
The father then asked God's blessing
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The false Uncle bi
THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
upon his children; and the parents soon
thereafter passed from this world. They
were laid in the grave together side by
side.
The uncle, on opening the will, found
that to the boy was left a sum of three
hundred pounds a-year when he should
come of age—that is, when twenty-one
years old—and to the little girl five hundred
pounds, to be paid on her wedding-day. It
was further provided that, if the children
should die before coming of age, all the
money was to go to his brother. .
The uncle took the children home with
him, and for a time he seemed very fond of
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THE BABES IN LHE WOOD.
them, and treated them with great kindness.
After a little more time had passed, the
false uncle (for by that name he must hence-
forth be known) began to wish that the little
boy and girl were where their parents had
gone—out of the world—for then he would
have all their money to himself.
saline much over this, he began to
see a way of getting rid of them. He laid
a deep plot to have them killed. Mean-
time, he made up a cunning story to tell his
wife. He said that he was going to send
the children to London to be educated.
To the children he promised many grand
things in the way of toys and the like, when
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The Children being led into the Wood.
The hired Ruffians quarrel and Jight.
THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
in London, so that they readily agreed to
go, At the same time, with a large sum of
money, he hired two rufhanly robbers, who
lived by waylaying travellers and robbing
them, to lead the children into a thick wood
and there to slay them.
When they arrived in the wood, the
children were lifted to the ground and told
to go on some way before, to gather flowers.
“In good truth,†said one of the robbers,
“now that I have seen their sweet faces
and heard their merry prattle, I have no
heart for the cruel job; let us send the
children back to their uncle.†|
“That I will not,’ said the ‘other.
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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
“What matters their pretty speech to us?
and who will pay us for being so chicken-
hearted? I am not going to turn coward
like you.†From words like these they
came to blows with swords, when the
robber who wished to spare the lives of the
children stabbed the other to the heart.
The robber who was left was at a loss what
to do with the children, for he was afraid —
of being found in the wood; but he soon
made up his mind to leave the children
in the wood, hoping that some passing
traveller would find them there and take
care of them.
“ook ye, my pretty ones, said he,
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é Children fall asleep to wake no mor
THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
“you must each take hold and come along
with me.†Thus were they led a long way
further on in the wood. He then told them
to wait till he came back with some food.
After waiting for what the poor children
thought a very long time, they tried to stay
hunger with blackberries; but they soon
ate all within reach ; and, night coming on,
they lay down upon the cold, damp earth,
putting their little arms about each other's
neck, There, hungry and cold, they fell
into the sleep that knows no waking.
The false uncle, supposing them to have
been slain as he had ordered, seized all
their property, giving out that they had
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THE BABES IN THE WOOD.
died of some sickness in London. But he
never prospered after that. His wife died;
two of his sons were drowned at sea; all
his cattle died; poverty began to stare him
in the face. He sold part of his lands;
what he could not sell he borrowed money
upon. After all, he fell into debt, and was
cast into prison, where he died miserably,
with the “murder of the innocents†burning
in his breast.
Meantime, the friendly robber had been
seized for a robbery and sentenced to be
hanged. In the interval, he made a full
confession of all his crimes. One of the
worst of them was that of leaving the
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Wena
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Death of the false Onele.
THE BABES IN THE WOOD. -
children to perish in the wood. The place
was searched as he directed, and there the
bodies lay covered with leaves, said to have
been placed there by the Robin Redbreasts,
who chirped the burial dirge on the boughs
close by.
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RUs> IN BOOTS,
ONG, long ago there lived a poor miller
who owned a tumble-down mill near
the reedy shore of a winding river : and
though he had the help of his three sons, he
could barely earn enough to keep the wolf
hunger from the door. At length the old
miller died, leaving what little he possessed
to his sons. The mill he left to the eldest
son; the donkey and the ducks to the
second; and “ Tom,’ the cat, to the youn-
gest. Each of the brothers accordingly took
what belonged to him without the help of a
lawyer, who would soon have brought their
little all to nothing by expenses.
9
BUSS IN; BOOMs.
The two who got the mill and the don-
key and ducks seemed contented enough ;
but the youngest son, who had nothing but
the cat, complained that he was hardly used.
“My brothers,†said he, “by joining their
stocks may do well enough; but of what use
is a cat to me? He may catch mice and do
well for himself, while I may die of hunger.â€
The cat, who all the time had been
listening as he sat at a mouse-hole near a
cupboard door, came forth and stood erect
before his master, who was lost in wonder
when Puss began to address him in words
like these :—
“Of what use is a cat to you? Do you
think I am worth nothing more than to
hunt mice and to sleep in the sunshine ?
Do not thus trouble yourself, my good
10
ith the cat?â€
Robin to dow
1s
you and I may do well, but what
brother,
ce Yes,
PUSS IN BOOTS.
master. Only give me a bag and a pair of
boots, so that I may scamper through the
brambles, and you shall see that you are not
so ill provided for as you imagine.â€
Although Puss’s master did not put much
trust in these promises, yet, as he had often
observed the cunning tricks with which Puss
used to catch mice—such as hanging by his
hind legs to make believe he was dead—he
did not entirely despair of his being of some
use to him in his unhappy condition.
When Puss had got what he asked for,
he gaily began to dress himself, He drew
on the boots—a perfect fit—then, slinging
the bag over his shoulder and bidding his
master take courage, he immediately set out.
His first attempt was in a warren, in.
which there was a great number of rabbits.
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PUSS IN BOOTS.
He put some bran and some parsley into
the bag, and then stretched himself on the
ground at full length, keeping one eye a
little open. Before he had waited long,
two silly rabbits, sniffing the bran and the
parsley, popped into the bag, when Puss
drew the strings and despatched them with
a bite on the back of the neck.
Proud of his prey, Puss hastened to the
palace, where he asked to speak to the king.
He was conducted to the royal presence,
where he bowed politely to the king and
the courtiers who stood around the throne.
“Sire,†he said, “I have brought you these
rabbits from the warren of my Lord the
Marquis of Carabas†(this was the title
Tom Puss thought proper to bestow on his
master), “who commanded me to lay them
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Robin’s surprise at the conduct of his cat.
BUSS: UN =BOOMS:
at your majesty’s feet, with the assurance of
his respect.†|
“Tell my Lord Marquis of Carabas,â€
replied the king, “that I accept his present
with pleasure, and that I am greatly obliged
to him,†|
One day, the cat. having heard that the
king intended to ride by the river-side with
his daughter, he said to his master: “If
you will but follow my advice your fortune
is made. Take off your clothes and go into
the river up to the chin, stay there, and leave
the rest to me. .
Robin, the millers son, did exactly as
the cat told him, without being able to
guess what was intended. Presently the
king came in sight, when Puss called out
as loud as he could,—
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PUSS IN BOOTS.
~lelp! helo! tm lord Marquis of
Carabas is in danger of drowning!â€
The king, hearing the cries, put his head
out at the carriage window; and seeing the
very cat that had brought him the rabbits,
he ordered his attendants to go at once to
the help of “my Lord Marquis of Carabas.â€
While they were taking the marquis out
of the water, Puss ran to the king and told
his majesty that while his master was bath-
ing, some rascal had run off with his clothes
—the truth being that Tom Puss was the
cunning rascal who hid the shabby clothing
under a large stone. On hearing the cat’s
story, the king ordered the officer of the
royal wardrobe to bring the handsomest
suit it contained, and to present it to my |
Lord Marquis of Carabas, and to bestow
18 : |
Tom Puss brings rabbits to the King.
Tom Puss’s trick to decetve the King.
RUSS UN BOOMS:
on him many other favours. As the fine
clothes brought made him look like a noble-
man, and set off his comely person to great
advantage, the king and the princess were
much taken with his appearance. The king
insisted on his going into the carriage and
taking a drive with them. Puss, delighted
to see how well his scheme was succeeding,
ran on before to a field where reapers were
busy, and said to them,—
“Good people, the king will shortly pass
this way, and if you do not tell him that the
field you are reaping belongs to my Lord
Marquis of Carabas, you will all be hanged
on yonder trees, -by order of the noble
marquis.†:
The king did not fail to ask the reapers,
“To whom does this field belong ?â€
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BUSS. EN BOORS:
“Vo my Tord Marquis ot Carabas«
said they all at once, for the threat of the
cat had frightened them.
“Upon our royal word,†said the king,
/a time field of corm, indecd, my dear
marquis.â€
The cat, who still went on before, now
came to.a stately castle which belonged to
an ogre, the richest ever known, for all the
lands the king had passed through and ad-
mired were really his. The cat took care
to learn everything about the ogre, and what
he could do, and then asked to be allowed
to. speak with him. As he entered the room
where the ogre was, he said that he could
not pass so near his castle without doing
himself the honour to inquire for his health.
The ogre received him as civilly as an
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Death of the ogre in form of a mouse,
PUSS IN BOOTS.
“ogre could do, and requested him to be
seated. “I have been informed,†said the
cat, “that you have the gift of changing
yourself into all kinds of animals—into a
lion or an elephant, for instance.â€
| iis very true, replied the ogre; and -
to convince you, I will take the form of a
lion.â€
Puss was so frightened at finding himself
so near a lion that he sprang from him and
climbed to the roof of the house; but he |
could scarcely hold on by the tiles by reason
of his high-heeled boots.
Soon after, the cat, perceiving the ogre
had quitted the form of a lion, ventured to
come down from the tiles, and owned he
had been much frightened. ‘I have been
further informed,†continued the cat, “ but
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PUSS IN BOOTS.
I know not how to believe it, that you can
take the form of a mouse; but that seems
to me to be impossible.â€
es Impossible ! you tall Sec ;< and, at the
same instant, he changed himself into a
mouse and began to frisk about the room.
Puss no sooner cast his eyes upon the ogre
in this form than he pinned him against the
leg of the table and killed him in a moment.
In the meantime, the king admiring, as
he came near it, the grand castle of the
_ ogre, ordered his carriage to be driven up
to the gates, that he might have a nearer
view. The cat, hearing the noise of the
carriage, ran out, saying,—
“Your majesty is welcome to the castle
of my Lord Marquis of Carabas.â€
“And is this splendid castle yours also,
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Robin's two brothers appear at court.
PUSS IN BOOTS.
my Lord Marquis?†said the king. “I
never saw anything more stately or more
beautiful than the grounds around it. No
doubt the castle is no less grand within.
Pray, my Lord Marquis, indulge us with a
sight of it.â€
The marquis gave his hand to the young
princess as she alighted and followed the
king, who went before. They entered a
large hall, where they sat down to a splendid
feast which the ogre had prepared for other
ogres whom he had that day expected to
visit him: but who, hearing that the king
with the princess and a nobleman of the
court was within, had not dared to enter.
The king was so much charmed with the
amiable qualities and stately fortune of the
marquis, that he could not help saying: “ It
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PUSS IN BOOTS.
will be your own fault, my’ Lord Marauis,
if you do not become my son-in-law.â€
The marquis heard these words with
great joy, accepted the honour, and married
the princess soon after,
When the old king died, the Marquis of
Carabas reigned in his stead. He sent for
his brothers to attend at court; but they
were too shy to remain there, so they re-
turned home with presents of money. Tom
Puss was a great favourite at court, and
never ran after mice but for exercise or
amusement.
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Ti OG DUCKING.
T was the height of summer. All
around the farm the country was
looking beautiful. The corn-fields were
becoming of a rich golden hue, and the
fruit was ripening on the trees in the
orchard. Every one was enjoying the
bright sunshine except a dutiful mother
duck, that sat on her nest all day long
trying to hatch one big egg that remained
after all the others had been broken.
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THE UGEY. DUCKLING.
“Oh, this big egg will never be hatched,â€
she said to a fussy old duck that came to
visit her one day. “But you shall see the
rest of my family. Look! what beauties
they are!â€
“Show me the egg that will not break,â€
replied the old duck. “It’s a turkey’s egg,
I'll be bound. The same trick was once
played on me; and precious trouble I had
wath it, let me tell you Yes, she con
tinued, having seen the big egg, “I knew
it: it zs a turkey’s; and if I were you, I
would have no more to do with it.â€
“Since I have sat so long,†said the
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Dee. UGE DUCKEING:
mother, “I may as well sit a little longer ;â€
and the old duck went off, rather hurt that
her advice had not been taken.
At last the great egg cracked; and
“Piep, piep,†cried the little frightened new-
comer, as he broke through the shell. The
mother hardly knew what to think of him,
he was so big, and so awkward, and so
ugly. ‘He may turn out to be a turkey,â€
she said; “but we shall give him a fair
trial. One thing is certain—into the water
he must go.â€
The next day was very beautiful. The
sun shone brightly, the air was warm, and
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THE UGLY DUCKLING:
the pond beside the garden looked wonder-
fully tempting. Splash went the mother
duck into the water: and splash, splash
went all her young ones after her. Last of
all the ugly gray duckling went in, and he
swam as well as any of his brothers and
sisters,
© We is no turkey, then,†said the mother
duck: “and really, when one looks at him
well, he is not so ugly after all.†But the
other ducks were not of that opinion.
“What a fright that duckling is!†said
one. “Where did you get that big booby?â€
asked another; “he is large enough to bea
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“ At last he flew over the fence, and across fields.â€
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
goose.†And one ill-natured old drake ran
at the poor thing and bit him on the neck.
His mother smoothed his ruffled feathers ;
but he was pecked at, pushed about, and
made fun of by all the ducklings and the
chickens in the farm-yard. As this was
repeated day after day, the poor gray duck-
ling became quite cast down. At last he
flew over the fence, and across several fields,
and alighted at the edge of a wood. No
sooner had he settled there than all the little
birds flew away in fright. “Ah,†he said,
“that is because I am so ugly;†and he
shut his eyes and hung down his head.
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TE UGE DUCKING.
Off again he flew, over the wood, and
past wen farm-houses, and over broad
meadows, till he came to a wide marsh,
where hundreds of wild-ducks had flocked
together. There he stayed all night, sad,
and fired almost to death.
When the wild-ducks noticed him next
morning, one of them said, | You are ugly
enough, certainly; but that is no matter, if
you do not marry into our family.†Scarcely
were the words out of the speaker's mouth
when “bang, bang†went the guns of some
sportsmen, and the speaker lay dead on the
water.
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“Zam so ugly that even the dog won't touch me.â€
“Ah, a duck, fat and ugly. Whe sent for you, eh?â€
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
Presently a great dog dashed into the
marsh and went quite close to the ugly
duckling. It was a terrible moment for
him: but the dog darted off without doing
him any harm; and he sighed ana said, “1
am so ugly that even the dog won't touch
me
Taking to his wings again, the wanderer
next came to a broken-down hut, occupied
by an old woman, an old cat, and an old hen.
“Can you lay eggs?†asked the hen.
“No,†said the duckling, “Then,†said
the hen, “you'll have the goodness to hold ~
your tongue in this house.â€
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tHe UGEY DUCKLING,
“Can you see in the dark?†asked the
cat. “No,†said the duckling. “Then,â€
said the cat, “be pleased to show respect
to your betters, and keep out of my way.â€
“What is all that talking about, eh?â€
asked the old woman, looking through her
spectacles, for her eyes were dim. “Ah, a
fat duck, is it? Who sent for you; or have
you come to lay eggs for me, eh? Well, I
will take you on trial for that, for you may
be a drake.†The duckling was so badly
treated by the cat and the hen that he went
off again on his travels; but wherever he
went every animal he met was sure to
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“The Duckling got safely out at the open door?
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
sneer at him, and to twit him with his
ugliness.
When winter came, the poor forsaken
duckling was worse off than ever. No one
would give him shelter. Every one spurned
him; and he would have been frozen to
death had not a kindly peasant picked him
up and carried him home to his wife, where
the warmth of the house soon revived him.
But the woman’s two boys and her cat, in
trying to catch the duckling, set him flying
about the room, doing mischief among the
dishes, and spilling the milk. The woman,
in a rage, gave chase with the tongs; but
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THE UGE DUECKEING:
the duckling got safely out at the Open
door.
At last spring came, and the runaway
found himself one day on the bank of a
lake in a garden in which the apple trees
were in full bloom. By-and-by there came
from a thicket three noble-looking white
swans, and swam lightly on the water,
spreading their wings like sails before the
wind,
“T will fly to these royal birds,†he said.
“They may kill me for my impudence in
going so near them; but better to be killed
by them than to be pecked at and pushed
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“Oh, there is a new one/......the loveliest.â€
THE UGLY DUCKLING.
‘about and insulted by hens and cats, chil-
dren and women.â€
Noticing the little stranger, the three
lordly swans drew near to welcome him.
“Oh, just kill me at once,†said he, think-
ing that they meant to attack him as others
had done. But as he spoke he bowed his
head toward the water, when lo! he saw in
its clear surface, as in a mirror, his own
image—not that of an ugly duckhng, but
that of a stately swan /
Just then several children ran towards
the lake, and threw bread to the swans.
“Oh, there is a new one!†said one of the
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THE UGLY DUCKLING:
girls, clapping her hands for joy. Wilic
new one is the loveliest,†they all said; “so
young and so graceful.â€
Then the one ugly bird felt shy and
abashed; but though his heart was filled
with joy, he was none the prouder. His
trials had made him humble. The best
and the greatest men are often those who
have been despised in their youth.
eat ah = (tats
ODO OLOLOLOOLOLO!O2QiD7O*
JACK TEs Glan Kiwi.
N the reign of King Arthur, there lived
near the Land’s End, in England, a
farmer who had a bold, clever son, seven
years old, called Jack, Vo amy stories
about giants, wizards, or fairies, Jack was
fond of listening, and he would keep his
ears open whenever any one related the
brave deeds of the Knights of the Round
Pable,
In those days the Mount of Cornwall
was infested by a huge giant who lived in
a cave, and was the terror of the neighbour-
ing towns. He used to wade over to the
mainland and steal the cattle, the people
flying at his approach. Jack thought him-
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JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
self equal to any giant, and what he could
not accomplish by valour he could do by
cunning. He set off one dark evening
with a horn, pick-axe, shovel, and a lantern,
and got across to the mount at low tide.
There he set to work, and before morning
he had dug a pit deep and wide, which
he covered with sticks and straw, strewing
earth over it to make it look like plain
ground. He then blew a loud blast with
his horn, which awoke the giant, who came
roaring towards. Jack and threatening to
broil him for his breakfast, when crash he
went through the sticks into the pit!
“Oho, Mister Giant!†cried Jack, “what
is that you say? Will nothing serve you
for breakfast on this cold morning but
broiled Jack?â€
Having teased the giant thus for a while,
he gave him a weighty knock on the head
with his pick-axe, so that he tumbled down,
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gave a dreadful groan, and diéd. Jack
threw in earth, and so buried him; then
searching the cave, he found much treasure,
with which he ran home, telling every one
the news of the giant’s death.
Jack's fame as a giant-killer now began
to spread. In honour thereof, the justices
of Cornwall presented him with a sword, on
the belt of which was written -—
“ This is the valiant Cornish man
That slew the giant Cormillan. ’
Blunderbore, another giant, hearing the
story, vowed to be avenged if ever it was
his fortune to light upon Jack. This giant
kept an enchanted castle in the midst of a
wood. Now Jack, some time after, walk-
ing near the wood, on his way to Wales,
grew weary, and seating himself by the side
of a fountain, fell asleep, where the giant,
coming for water, found him. By the lines
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Jack's trap to catch the Giant.
JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
on his belt he knew who Jack was, and
without any words he threw him gently
over his shoulder to carry him to his castle.
The rustling of the leaves as they went
along woke Jack, who was terribly fright-
ened when he knew in whose clutches he
was. On reaching the castle he found, to
his increased horror, the floors covered with
human skulls and bones. The giant, with
a grin, told Jack that his would go to
increase the number. So saying, he locked
up Jack, and went to invite another giant
to dine with him. For a time he pondered
how he could make his escape before the
giant’s return. He went to a window to
see if he could escape that way, when he
beheld the two giants coming arm in arm.
“Now,†quoth Jack, “my death or my
deliverance is at hand.†His quick eye
spied two strong cords in the room. Quickly
he made a noose at the end of each, and
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while the giant was unlocking the gate
under the window, he dropped the cords
so cleverly that the nooses fell round their
necks, and Jack drawing the other ends
over a beam, pulled with all his might until
he had strangled them. Jack then slid
down the cords and drew a bunch of keys
from Blunderbore’s pocket; he opened all
the doors, and found three poor ladies tied
up by the hair and nearly dead with hunger.
Jack made them a present of the castle and
all it contained, to make up for the cruel
usage they had received, then he continued
his journey. Night coming on, Jack looked
about for a place of shelter, and at length
he came to a large house. He knocked at
the gate, and was surprised to see it opened
by a giant with two heads. When the giant
heard that the little fellow had lost his way,
he invited him to come in, and showed him
to a room with a bed in it. Then the giant
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Jack's civility to the Giant with two heads,
JACK THE GIANT KILEER.
began to march up and down the next room,
muttering to himself,—
‘Though you lodge with me this night,
You shall not see the morning light :
My club shall dash your brains out quite.â€
Jack hearing this got out of bed and
groped about for a thick log he had seen.
This he laid in his place, and hid himself
in acorner. In the middle of the night in
crept the giant, who struck several blows on
the bed with his club. Thinking he had
now killed Jack, he retired. We can fancy
the giant’s surprise when Jack entered his
room next morning to thank him for his
lodging !
The giant fetched two bowls of hasty-
pudding for breakfast. Now Jack was a
bit of a wag, and thought it would be a
good joke to make the two-headed giant
believe he could eat as much as himself; so
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JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
he slipped the pudding into a bag inside his
coat, while he pretended to put it into his
mouth. When breakfast was over, he said,
“ Now, my good host, I will show you a
trick or two in return for your kindness,
for | can do a lot of Giange things Por
example— Here he took a knife and
ripped up the bag, when all the pudding
fell out on the floor.
“Splutter hur nails!* cmed the giant
determined not to be outdone by such a
little fellow, and he plunged the knife into
himself, and fell down dead.
Having thus outwitted the Welsh mon-
ster, Jack resumed his journey. On the
way he met King Arthur's only son, who
was going to deliver a lovely lady from the
power of a wicked magician. When Jack
found that the prince rode alone he offered
his services, which were accepted. The
prince, whose liberality kept him poor, was
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Sack offers his services to the King’s son.
Death of the wicked magician.
JACK THE GIANT KILEER:
at a loss to know how they should get food
and a night's lodging.
“7 leave that to me. said Jack. “
miles farther on there lives a giant with
three heads; and though he could fight five
hundred men, I will manage him. Stay you
here, my prince, until I return.â€
On Jack rode, and knocked at the
castle gate. “Who is there?†thundered
the giant. ‘‘Only Cousin Jack,†said our
hero. ‘‘ Well, what news, Cousin Jack?â€
‘Bad news, dear uncle,†said Jack: ‘the
king’s son is coming with two thousand
men to kill you.†‘This is bad news in-
deed, Coucm Jack, cticd the siant: © but
I will hide myself in the cellar, and you
shall lock me in and keep the key till the
king’s son is gone.â€
When Jack had secured the giant in the
cellar he went to fetch the prince. They
feasted’ om all the dainties in the Siants
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JACK THE- GIANT KILLER.
well-stored larder, and rested well all night,
while the giant was quaking under ground.
Next morning Jack helped the prince with
money from the giant's hoards, and sent
him on his journey. He then let out the
giant, who asked him what reward he would
have for saving him. “Good uncle,†said
Jack, “all 1 ask: is the old coat and cap,
with the sword and slippers, which hang at
the head of your bed.â€
“You are welcome to them,†said the
giant, “and very useful you will find them.
The coat will make you invisible, the cap
will give you knowledge, the sword will
cut anything, and the slippers will give you
swiftness, â€
Jack then joined the prince. They very
soon reached the castle where the lovely
lady was kept prisoner. Here Jack found
out, by putting on his cap of knowledge,
that the wizard went every night into a
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Jack at the abode of the “ good old hermit.â€
JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
wood to call up spirits; so he put on his
coat of darkness, drew on his shoes of swift-
ness, ran after him, and cut off his head.
This ended the enchantment, and set the
lady free. -The prince married her next
day; and the royal pair, with their brave
deliverer, went to the court of King Arthur,
who was so pleased with Jack’s prowess
that he made him one of the Knights of
the Round Table.
Though Jack was proud of the honour
done him, he would not remain in idleness.
He took leave of the court, and after travel-
ling three days reached a forest. On enter-
ing it he heard dreadful shrieks, and on
peeping through the trees he saw a great
giant dragging along by the hair a noble
knight and his beautiful lady! At this
sight Jack alighted from his steed, put on
his invisible coat, under which he carried
his sword of sharpness, and slipping up to
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JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
the giant, whose body was too high for
Jack to reach, he wounded him so severely
on the leg that the monster fell to the
ground, whereupon Jack cut off his head.
The knight and his lady thanked Jack
most heartily, and entreated him to come
and rest at their house. It was not till
next day that Jack visited the knight. He
was welcomed by the knight, who related
to the company the giant-killer’s deeds of
bravery. All was mirth, when a messenger
arrived with the news that Thundel, a giant
with two heads, had come to avenge on
Jack the death of his kinsman. Jack sent
some men to cut the drawbridge that lay
across the moat, not quite through, but
nearly. He then put on his coat of dark-
mess and sallied forth to meet the stant.
Though the giant could not see him, he
sniffed his presence. Jack led him round
and round the moat, that the people might
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“ Jack seized the trumpet and blew a shrill blast.â€
ist
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JACK THE GIANT KILLER.
have a good look at him, and then he ran
over the drawbridge; but when the giant
came to the middle, his weight snapped it
at once, and he fell into the water. Jack
then called for a rope, and throwing a noose
over the two heads, drew him to the edge
and cut off the heads.
Again Jack set out in search of adven-
tures, and the first night was spent at the
house of a good old hermit, at the foot of
a high mountain. Finding out who Jack
was, the hermit told him that at the top
of the mountain lived the giant Galligantus,
who, by the help of a wizard, kept many
brave knights and fair ladies, changed into
animals—amongst them a duke’s daughter,
who had been brought through the air in a
chariot drawn by two fiery dragons. Many
knights had tried to break the enchantment,
but tad failed, Jack rose early im the
morning, put on his invisible coat, and
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passed safely between the fiery griffins
which guarded the castle gates. On the
castle wall hung a trumpet, under which
was written,—
‘Whoever can this trumpet blow
Shall cause the giant’s overthrow.â€
Jack seized the trumpet and blew a shrill
blast, when the gates flew open! Jack
killed the giant; the duke’s daughter and
all the rest returned to their proper shape;
and the castle vanished in smoke. The
whole party went to the court; and as a
reward of his noble deeds, the king begged
the duke to give Jack his daughter in
marriage, and presented him with a fine
estate, on which the young couple dwelt in
peace and happiness for the rest of their
days.
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
Of THE WOOD,
ONG ago, in fairy times, there lived a
_king and queen who were very
happy, having nothing to complain of but
the want of children to share their jo, At
last it pleased Providence to present them
with a daughter. At the birth of this
princess there was great joy all over the.
kingdom; and at the christening seven
fairies were asked to stand as godmothers,
in the hope that each would offer the little
princess some gift, as was always done in
those days, by which means she would be
adorned with every good thing that could
be thought of or wished for.
The christening being over, a grand feast
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
was prepared to entertain and thank the
fairies. Before each of them was laid a
splendid dish, with a spoon, a knife, and a
fork of pure gold, richly carved. Just as
they were going to sit down, in came a very
old fairy who had not been invited. The
king ordered a plate to be laid for her, but
he could not give her such a case of gold
as the others had, because he had had only
seven made—one for each of the fairies.
The aged fairy, thinking that she was
- slighted, muttered many threats, which were
overheard by one of the fairies who sat be-
side her. Judging that the old fairy might
give the little princess some fatal gifts, the
young fairy, as soon as she rose from the
table, hid herself behind the hangings of
the room, that she might speak last, and
undo as much as possible the evil which
the old fairy might intend.
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
Meanwhile the fairies began to bestow
their gifts on the princess. The youngest
gave her great beauty; another gave her
wit; and so on with the others until the
old fairy’s turn came. She went forward,
and with a shaking head, more from spite
than from age, she said that the princess
would have her hand pierced with a
spindle, and that she would die of the
wound. These awful words made the
whole company tremble. At this instant
the young fairy came out from behind the
curtains and spoke these words aloud:
‘Be comforted, O king and queen, and
be assured that your daughter shall not
die of this evil, It is true that I have not.
power to undo what my elder has done.
The princess shall indeed pierce her hand
with a spindle; but instead of dying, she
shall only fall into a deep sleep, which shall
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After the Christening. —The
uninvited guest.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
last one hundred years, at the end of which
a king’s son will come and awake her.â€
Yet the king, to turn aside the evil
spoken by the old fairy, sent forth a royal
order whereby every person was forbidden,
on pain of death, to spin with a distaff or
spindle, or even to keep them in their
houses.
About fifteen years after, when the king
and queen were gone on a visit to one of
their summer palaces, the young princess,
to amuse herself, went over the rooms of
the palace, and, in the gaiety of youth,
climbed one of the turrets, where, in a little
garret, she found an old woman spinning
with the distaff This good woman had
never heard of the king’s order against the
spindle. :
“What are you doing, Goody?†asked
the princess. “I am spinning, my pretty
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
lady,†replied the old woman, not knowing
who she was. ‘Oh, that is very pretty!â€
said the princess; “ how do you do it?
(ve it to me, tat | may ty
The old woman, to please the lady,
granted her request. She had no sooner
taken it into her hand than, being some-
what hasty and careless, the spindle pierced
her hand, when she fell down in a swoon.
The good old woman became alarmed,
and not knowing what to do, called aloud
for help, when a number of servants flocked
around the princess, trying every means to
restore her, but all to no purpose.
The good fairy, who had promised to
save her life by causing her to sleep for
a hundred years, was in the kingdom of
Matakin, many hundred miles off, when
this accident befell the princess; but she
was instantly informed of it by a dwarf who
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‘“ What are you doing, Goody?†asked the Princess.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
had boots with which he could tread over
many leagues of ground at a stride. The
fairy left the kingdom at once, and arrived
at the palace in about an hour after in a
chariot drawn by dragons.
The king handed her out of the chariot,
and she approved of everything he had
done; but as she had great foresight, she
thought that when the princess should
awake, she might be puzzled what to do
on finding herself alone in this large old
palace. She therefore touched with her
wand all the ladies-in-waiting, gentlemen—
in short, every person in the palace except
the king and queen; she likewise touched
all the horses, and all the dogs down to the
little spaniel that lay beside her on the bed.
No sooner had she done so than they all
fell into a sound sleep that was to last till
their mistress should awake, that they might
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be ready to wait upon her. All this was
done in a moment, fairies never being long
in doing their spiriting.
The king and queen, having kissed their
child without waking her, left the palace,
and sent forth an order forbidding any one
to come near the spot. This, however, was
meediess, for im less thai a Quarter om an
hour there sprang up all around the park
such a. vast number of trees, great and
small bushes, briers and brambles, twined
one within the other, that neither man nor
beast could pass through. Nothing could
be seen but the tops of the towers of the
palace, and even these only from a good
way off. Indeed the fairy had given a
wonderful example of her art, in order that
the princess, while she remained sleeping,
might be quite secure from prying eyes.
At the end of one hundred years, the
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Lh SEERRING BREAULY: OF THE WOOD.
son of the king who then reigned (but not
_ of the same family as the sleeping princess)
being out a-hunting on that side of the
country, asked what these towers were the
tops of which he saw in the midst of a great
thick wood. Every one answered according
as he had heard. Some said it was an old
ruinous castle haunted by spirits; others,
that it was a place of meeting for all the
witches in the land; while the most com-
mon opinion was that an ogre lived there
who was in the habit of stealing all the
little children he could, that he might eat
them up at his leisure without anybody
being able to follow him, as he himself only
had the power to pass through the wood.
The prince did not know what to make
of these different accounts, when an aged
countryman said, “May it please your
highness, it is about fifty years since I
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heard my father tell what his father had
told him—that there was then in this castle
a princess, the most beautiful that was ever
seen ; that she must sleep there for a hun-
dred years, and would be awakened by a
king’s son whose bride she would become.â€
The young prince felt much excited at
these words, and with the hope of being
himself the hero who was to end the long
fairy-sleep, resolved that moment to look
into it and find out how far the story might
prove true. Scarce had he advanced to-
wards the wood when all the great trees,
the bushes and brambles, gave way of their
own accord to allow him to pass through.
He went up to the castle; but what not a
little surprised him was to find that none
of his own people were able to follow him,
because the trees and bushes closed the
moment he passed between them. How-
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The King’s son entering the Palace.
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
ever, he did not cease from going forward.
He came into a large outer court-yard,
where everything he saw might have
frightened any one less brave than himself.
There reigned over all a frightful silence.
The image of death was everywhere present,
for there was nothing to be seen but the
bodies of men and animals, all seeming to
be dead. He, however, very well knew, by
the jolly, rosy faces of the porters, that they
were only asleep with their goblets in their
hands, plainly showing they all had fallen
asleep in their cups. He then crossed a _
court paved with marble, went upstairs,
and entered the guard-chamber, where the
guards were standing in their ranks with
their guns upon their shoulders, and snoring
loudly. After that he went through several
rooms full of ladies and gentlemen-in-wait-
ing, some standing and others sitting, but
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all fast asleep. At last he entered a cham-
ber all gilt with gold. Here he saw upon
a splendid bed, the curtains of which were
open, the finest sight that ever he beheld—
-a princess who seemed to be about fifteen
years of age, and whose rare beauty had in
it something divine. He went near with
fear and trembling, and could not keep
from bending his knee before her.
Now the trance was at an end. The
princess awoke, and looked on him with
eyes more tender than the first view would
seem to admit of. “Is it you, my prince ?
How long I’ve been waiting for you!â€
The prince, charmed with these words and
the manner in which they were spoken,
assured her that he loved her far better than
himself. Their meeting was so quiet that
indeed they wept more than they talked.
He was more at a loss for words than she
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THE SLEEPING BEAUTY OF THE WOOD.
was: and little wonder, as she had had time
to think on what to say to him; for it was
very probable, though the history mentions
nothing of it, that the good fairy during so
long a sleep had given her pleasant dreams. |
In short, they talked for about four hours
together, and yet said not half of what they
had to say.
In the meantime, the people of the palace
having awoke at the same time as the prin-
cess, each began to perform the duties of
his or her office; and as they were not all
in love like their mistress, but were rather
ready to die with hunger, the lady-in-waiting
grew very impatient, and told the princess
that supper was served. The prince helped
the princess to rise; for she was already
dressed in splendid robes, though his royal
highness did not tell her that her clothes
were cut on the pattern of those of his
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great-grandmother, which were long out of
fashion. However, she looked not less
beautiful than if her dress had been more
modern. a
_ They went into the great hall of looking-
glasses, where they supped to the sound of
delightful music. With fiddles and spinet,
tunes were played about a century old.
After supper the chaplain joined the happy
pair in wedlock. The next day they left
the old castle and returned to court, where
the king was delighted to welcome back
the prince with his lovely bride, who was
thenceforth known, both by her own people
and by those who handed down the story
fous, as the sleeping Beauty of the
Wood.â€
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