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 A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES
 
 Second Edition
 
 A BOOK OF FAIRY TALES 
 
 RETOLD BY S. BARING GOULD 
 WITH PICTURES BY A. J. GASKIN 
 
 LONDON: METHUEN AND COMPANY 
 36 ESSEX ST. STRAND: MDCCCXCV

 
 333k 
 
 PREFACE 
 
 IHE Fairy Tales in this little book are, 
 with two exceptions only, those which 
 delighted our fathers and grand- 
 | fathers in their chiianopa. 
 
 In the form in which we~have them they 
 are not older than the end of the seven- 
 teenth century. The majority of them 
 were written by Charles Perrault, whose collection 
 of Fairy Tales appeared in 1697, dedicated to one 
 of the royal family of France. It contained ' Blue 
 Beard,' 'The Sleeping Beauty,' 'Puss in Boots,' 
 ' Riquet and his Tuft,' ' Hop-o'-my-Thumb,' ' Little 
 Red Riding-Hood,' ' Cinderella,' 'The Wishes,' etc. 
 To each of these tales was added a moral in bad 
 verse. The morals have been forgotten, the tales 
 are immortal. But although written by Perrault, 
 he did not invent the stories, they were folk-tales 
 which he wrote in simple words as they had been 
 told him in his childhood, or as he had seen them 
 in earlier collections. 
 
 ' The tales of Perrault,' says Dunlop, ' are the best 
 of the sort that have been given to the world. 
 They are chiefly distinguished for their simplicity, 
 for the naive and familiar style in which they 
 are written, and an appearance of implicit belief 
 on the part of the relater, which, perhaps, gives us 
 
 G68655
 
 PREFACE additional pleasure, from our knowledge of the 
 powerful attainments of the author, and his ad- 
 vanced age at the period of their composition.' 
 The success attained by Perrault's little collection 
 animated others to write Fairy Tales. Such were 
 the Countess D'Aulnoy, Madame Murat, and Made- 
 moiselle de la Force. But only the first of those 
 approached Perrault in charm of style, and gained 
 a lasting hold on posterity. She told the imperish- 
 able tales of 'The Fair Maid with Golden Locks,' 
 'Gracieuse and Percinet,' and 'The White Cat.' 
 Among a host of imitators none wrote stories that 
 have lived, except Madame de Beaumont, who pub- 
 lished her collection in 1740, and in it is ' Beauty 
 and the Beast,' a tale that has gone through suc- 
 cessive stages of simplification, till it has assumed 
 a form tolerable to childish minds. 
 Almost as soon as Perrault's tales became popular 
 in France, they were translated into English, and 
 speedily became indispensable in the nursery. It is 
 to be regretted that the popularity which attended 
 them caused the disappearance of a great many of 
 our own home-grown folk-tales. Attempts were 
 made in England to win the ears of little folk by 
 fairy tales. A couple of volumes were published in 
 1750, but they lacked precisely that quality which 
 was so conspicuous in Perrault, and so certain to 
 ensure success with children simplicity, both in 
 structure of the plot, and in diction. Though the 
 stories in this collection have some merit, they 
 have none of them gained a hearing. 
 It was otherwise with Grimm ; he did in Germany 
 on a more extended scale what Perrault did in 
 France, and Grimm's Folk-Tales won their way 
 to children's hearts at once, and have established 
 therein an empire, which cannot be shaken. 
 Grimm's success was due to the same cause as 
 that of Perrault 
 The stories In this little book are all, with two
 
 exceptions, known in every nursery. What I have PREFACE 
 
 done is to rewrite some of them I may say most 
 
 of them simply, and to eliminate the grandiloquent 
 
 language which has clung to some of them, and 
 
 has not been shaken off. 
 
 Madame D'Aulnoy sinned greatly in style, but 
 
 nothing like the degree to which others sinned. 
 
 The original ' Beauty and the Beast ' is intolerable 
 
 in the dress in which it was sent into the world. 
 
 What Perrault did was to take traditional tales 
 
 and clothe them in the language that was adapted 
 
 to children of the end of the seventeenth century. 
 
 The tales were not original ; what he did was to 
 
 print them undisfigured by fine language. His 
 
 great merit consists in having thought them worthy 
 
 to be published. Perhaps the stories want telling 
 
 a little differently to children at the close of the 
 
 nineteenth century. 
 
 I have thought so and have so dealt with some, 
 
 but not all, of these tales. 
 
 If I have made a mistake, I am quite sure of one 
 
 thing, that the printer has made none in using 
 
 such a beautiful type as can try no eyes ; and the 
 
 artist has made none in supplying such delightful 
 
 illustrations. 
 
 If I have made a mistake, then I appeal to the 
 
 tender hearts of the little people in the nursery 
 
 and I know they will pardon me, not only because I 
 
 promise to make them up a set of really delightful 
 
 old, old English Fairy Tales, but mainly because 
 
 the childish heart is ever generous and forgiving. 
 
 & BARING-GOULD. 
 
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 CONTENTS Page 
 
 Jack and the Bean Stalk z 
 
 Puss in Boots 14 
 
 Cinderella 23 
 
 Valentine and Orson 33 
 
 Little Red Riding-Hood 51 
 
 The Sleeping Beauty 56 
 
 The Babes in the Wood 61 
 
 Pretty Maruschka 67 
 
 Beauty and the Beast 79 
 
 The Yellow Dwarf 99 
 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb 107 
 
 Whittington and his Cat 124 
 
 Don't-Know 133 
 
 Miranda ; or, The Royal Ram . . . .150 
 
 Blue-Beard 160 
 
 The Fair Maid with Golden Locks . . .169 
 
 Jack the Giant Killer 184 
 
 The Three Bears 194 
 
 Tom Thumb 199 
 
 The White Cat 207 
 
 The Frog Prince ^228 
 
 Notes ,237
 
 JACK AND THE BEAN STALK 
 
 IN the days of King Alfred, there lived JACK 
 | in a lonesome part of England a A1 i I i7 I ? E 
 poor widow with her son Jack. She STALK 
 had a cottage, a meadow, and a cow- 
 shed, and one cow to eat in the 
 meadow, sleep in the shed, and supply 
 the cottage with milk and butter. 
 The widow had one son, his name was Jacjg^. and 
 he was a thriftless, idle lad, without thought for 
 his mother or the morrow. She had to do all the 
 work and he had all the pleasure. 
 If the widow had not petted and spoiled her boy, 
 he would have been a comfort to her instead of a 
 trouble. If she had made him work instead of 
 letting him run idle, he would have been happier. 
 As her poverty increased, and Jack increased 
 at the same time, and required larger shoes, 
 longer stockings, and more broadcloth for his 
 back, the mother disposed of all her little goods 
 one after another, to supply his necessities. He 
 brought nothing into the housekeeping but took 
 a great deal out, and he had not the wits to see 
 this. 
 
 At length there remained only the cow to be dis- 
 posed of, and the widow, with tears in her eyes.
 
 TACK said to her son: 'Jack, my dear boy, I have not 
 BEAN^ mone y enough to buy you a new suit of clothes, 
 STALK anc ^ y u are out ^ e lb ws with y ur jacket, have 
 knocked out the toes of your boots, and worked 
 your knees through your breeches. Nothing re- 
 mains for us but to part with the cow. Part with 
 her we must, I cannot bear to see you in rags and 
 disreputable.' 
 
 Jack said his mother was quite right to con- 
 sider his personal appearance. 
 Then the widow bade him take the cow to 
 market and sell her. Jack consented to do this. 
 As he was on his way he met with a butcher, 
 who asked him whither he was going with the 
 cow. 
 
 Jack said he was going to market to sell her. 
 'What do you want for her?' asked the butcher. 
 'As much as I can get,' answered Jack. 
 1 That 's spoken sensibly,' said the butcher. 'And 
 now I know with whom I have to deal. It's 
 always a pleasure to treat with a man of business 
 habits and with plenty of intelligence. With him 
 one knows where one is, but with a fool and a 
 scatterbrain I ask Where are you?' 
 ' Exactly,' said Jack, ' Where are you ? * 
 Jack was vastly gratified at being called a man, 
 and a man of business to boot, and with plenty of 
 intelligence on top of that. 
 
 'Come,' said the butcher; 'between you and me, 
 as business men, what will you take for the cow ? ' 
 Now, he had in his hands some curious beans of 
 various colours, red and violet, spotted purple and 
 black. Jack had never seen the like before, and 
 he looked curiously at them. 
 ' Ah ! ' said the butcher, ' I see you are a chap as 
 knows what is what. In one moment, without 
 speaking a word, them eyes of yours went into my 
 hand, looking at my scarlet-runners. There is no 
 cheating you, you know the value of a thing by the
 
 outside girth, you do. Well if I was dealing with TACK 
 any one else, I 'd say, three scarlet-runner beans A1 t I i^J I 
 for the cow, but as you 're an old hand, and a wary STALK 
 bird, I'll give you six.' 
 
 Jack eagerly closed the bargain. Such a chance 
 might never occur again, so he gave the man the 
 cow, and walked home with the six beans in his 
 hand. When his mother saw the beans, and heard 
 what Jack had to say, her patience forsook her; 
 she threw away the beans in a rage, and they were 
 scattered all over the garden. The poor woman 
 was very sad over her loss ; she cried all the even- 
 ing, and she and Jack had to go supperless to 
 bed. 
 
 When Jack awoke next morning he was sur- 
 prised that the sun did not stream in at his 
 window in the manner it was wont to do, but 
 twinkled as through dense foliage. When he rose 
 from his bed, and went to the window, he saw to 
 his great astonishment that a large plant had 
 sprung up in the night and had grown in front 
 of the cottage, and that its green leaves and 
 scarlet flowers obscured the light from entering 
 his chamber as fully as of old. He ran down-stairs 
 into the garden, and saw that the beans had taken 
 root, and had sprung up; the stalks were en- 
 twined and twisted like a stout trunk, or formed a 
 ladder, and this mounted quite out of sight, for 
 the clouds as they drifted by passed across the 
 bean without reaching the top. 
 Jack very speedily resolved to climb the bean 
 stalk and see whither it mounted. 
 In the meantime his mother had come forth, no 
 less astonished than himself. But when he told 
 her it was his intention to scramble up the bean 
 stalk, then she entreated, threatened, and forbade 
 him he must not go. He would run extraor- 
 dinary risks ; he would break her heart. 
 Jack had been too long his own master, and too 
 
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 ACK regardless of his mother's feelings to pay attention 
 D THE to what she said. He put his hands to the tangle 
 of stalks and found it extremely easy to climb. 
 So he set to work and began his ascent, pausing 
 at intervals to look round and observe the scenery 
 as it grew small below him. 
 
 After scrambling for several hours, he passed 
 through a thick layer of flaky cloud, and found 
 
 that the uppermost shoots and tendrils of the bean 
 were there. They had fallen over and were strag- 
 gling across the upper surface of the cloud. 
 Looking about him, Jack discovered that he was 
 in a very strange country. It appeared to be a 
 desert, without tree or shrub, here and there were 
 scattered masses of stone, and here and there also 
 were masses of crumbling soil. 
 4
 
 Jack was so fatigued that he sat himself down JACK 
 on a stone and thought of his mother, and the AND THE 
 distress she was in, and a pang of remorse entered ** ^ 
 his heart. Then he heard the croak of a crow, 
 and looking up, he saw a black bird perched on a 
 rock. It said to him : ' Korax ! Korax ! I am a 
 fairy, and I will tell you why you are here. Your 
 father was a great man, and rich, and one day a 
 cruel giant came and killed him and carried off all 
 his goods, and unless your mother had hidden 
 herself with you in the sheep-pen, he would have 
 destroyed you both as well. She fled with what 
 little she could collect together, carrying you on 
 her back, and she has lived ever since in great 
 poverty, and her poverty and sorrows have not 
 been lightened by any signs of consideration and 
 deference shown by you. I am speaking to you 
 now, not that I care for you or desire to do you 
 good for your own worthless sake, but because I 
 am grateful to your mother, and I know that I 
 cannot give her greater pleasure than by serving 
 and saving you, and I hope that in future you will 
 behave better to her. You must know that though 
 I am a fairy, my power is not continuous, every 
 hundred years there comes a time when it fails, 
 and I am obliged to live on earth subject to ex- 
 treme poverty and privation, and to be reduced to 
 the utmost destitution, and that I can only be 
 released from this condition by one who will give 
 me to eat her last crumb, and to drink her last 
 drop, and will comb my head with her golden 
 comb. 
 
 'Now, yesterday, whilst you were away driving 
 the cow to market, I came begging to your 
 mother's door. She was so good, so charitable, 
 that she gave me the last particle of bread that 
 remained in the house, and the last drop of milk 
 that remained in the pan, and then, seeing that I 
 was without any of those articles of toilette which 
 
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 TACK make life happy, she seated me on a stool, and 
 
 ^D THE w ith her golden comb, the only article of luxury 
 
 STALK tnat remain ed to her, she combed out my long 
 
 black tresses. Now, no sooner had she done this, 
 
 and spread my black hair all over me, than I was 
 
 transformed into a crow, and as a crow I flew 
 
 away, and a crow I remain until I can peck the 
 
 three golden hairs out of the mole that grows on 
 
 the tip of the giant's nose, that is, of the giant who 
 
 slew your father. 
 
 1 In order to reward your mother, and also to ad- 
 vance my own interest, I flew over you as you were 
 making a great ass of yourself with the butcher, 
 who was laughing in his sleeve to think what a 
 greenhorn you were, and how easily gulled by 
 a little vulgar flattery, and I dropped among the 
 scarlet-runner beans three of a very different kind 
 from those the butcher was giving you ; and it is 
 these three magical beans out of fairyland that 
 have grown to such a size, and up which you have 
 climbed. 
 
 'You are now in the country where lives the 
 giant. 
 
 'You will have difficulties and dangers to en- 
 counter, but you must persevere in avenging the 
 death of your father, and in doing all you can to 
 enable me to get the three gold hairs out of the 
 mole at the end of the ogre's nose. One thing I 
 charge you strictly : do not let your mother know 
 of your adventures till all are accomplished ; the 
 knowledge would be more than she could endure.' 
 Jack promised that he would obey the directions 
 of the fairy. Then she said : ' Go along due east 
 over this barren plain, you will soon arrive at the 
 ogre's castle.' 
 
 Then the crow spread its wings and flew away. 
 Jack walked on and on, till at last he saw a 
 large mansion. A woman was standing in the 
 doorway. He accosted her and begged a morsel 
 6
 
 of bread and a night's lodging, as he was desper- .J^CK 
 ately hungry and excessively weary. She ex- ^E^N 
 pressed great surprise at seeing him, and said STALK 
 that it was an uncommon thing for a human being 
 to pass that way ; for it was well known that her 
 husband was an ogre, who devoured human flesh 
 in preference to all other meats, that he did not 
 think anything of walking fifty miles to procure 
 it, and that usually he was abroad all day quest- 
 ing for it. 
 
 This account terrified Jack ; nevertheless, he was 
 too weary and famished to think of proceeding 
 farther ; besides, he remembered the injunction of 
 the fairy to avenge his father's death. He en- 
 treated the woman to take him in for that night 
 only, and to lodge him in the oven. 
 The good woman at length suffered herself to be 
 persuaded, for she was of a compassionate dis- 
 position. She gave him plenty to eat and drink 
 in the kitchen, where a pleasant fire was burning. 
 Presently the house shook, for the giant was ap- 
 proaching ; and the woman hastily thrust Jack into 
 the oven. 
 
 Next instant the giant entered, and holding his 
 nose high in the air, shouted in a voice of thunder : 
 1 Ha ! Ha ! I smell fresh meat.' 
 'My dear,' answered his wife, 'it is only the calf 
 we killed this morning.' 
 
 The ogre was appeased, and called for his meal. 
 The good woman hastened to saflsfy him) and 
 spread the table aird put on it a pie that would 
 have taken ten men to consume it in ten days. 
 The ogre finished it at a sitting, and when he 
 had done he desired his wife to bring him his 
 crimson and gold hen. 
 
 Jack could look through a crevice in the door of 
 the oven, and he saw that the giant's wife, after 
 having removed the supper, brought in an osier 
 cage, and out of this cage took a hen that had the 
 
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 TACK most magnificent plumage ever seen, shot with 
 AND THE green and gold and crimson. When the giant said, 
 
 * Lay 1 ' then at once the hen laid an egg of solid 
 gold that shone like the sun. 
 
 The ogre amused himself a long while with the 
 hen; meanwhile his wife was washing up the 
 supper things in the back kitchen. 
 At length the giant wearied of the somewhat 
 monotonous sport and fell fast asleep by his 
 fireside, and Jack now stole out from the oven, 
 tucked the hen under his arm, slipped through 
 the house door and ran as fast as his legs could 
 carry him due west, till he reached the head 
 of the bean stalk, and he descended it rapidly 
 and successfully, always carrying the hen under 
 his arm. 
 
 His mother was overjoyed to see him ; he found 
 her crying bitterly, and lamenting his fate, for she 
 had made sure he had come to a shocking end 
 through his rashness. 
 Jack showed her the hen. 'See, mother,' said he, 
 
 * here is an end to our toil and trouble. Now I 
 hope to make some amends for all the grief I have 
 caused you.' 
 
 The hen laid them as many eggs as they desired ; 
 they sold them, and in a little time were rich 
 enough to buy cows, and a new suit for Jack, and 
 a best gown for his mother. 
 
 But Jack was not easy. He recollected the 
 command of the fairy, that he was to avenge his 
 father, and work for her release from the form of a 
 crow. Accordingly he made up his mind to climb 
 the bean stalk and visit cloudland once more. 
 One day he told his mother his purpose, and she 
 tried to dissuade him from it, but as she saw that 
 he was firmly resolved to do what he said, and with 
 her fears to some extent allayed by the successful 
 issue of his first expedition, she desisted from 
 her attempt. Moreover, she did not know what 
 8
 
 dangers he would run, for, obedient to the instruc- TACK 
 tions of the fairy, he had told her nothing of the A1 J*JL JJ? E 
 ogre that lusted after human flesh, and of his con- 
 cealment in the oven. 
 
 Knowing that the giant's wife would not again 
 willingly admit and harbour him, he thought it 
 necessary on this occasion to totally disguise him- 
 self. Accordingly with walnut he dyed his hands 
 and face black, and put on the new suit which had 
 been purchased out of the money brought by the 
 sale of the golden eggs. 
 
 Very early one morning he started, and climbed 
 the bean stalk. He was greatly fatigued when he 
 reached the top, and very hungry. Having rested 
 for some time on the stones, he pursued his journey 
 to the ogre's castle. He reached it late in the 
 evening ; and he found the woman standing at the 
 door as before. 
 Jack accosted her, and begged that she would 
 
 five him a night's lodging and something to eat. 
 he replied that the giant, her husband, ate human 
 flesh in preference to all other meat ; that on one 
 occasion she had taken in and hidden a beggar 
 boy, who had run away carrying off something that 
 her husband prized greatly. Jack tried hard to 
 persuade the woman to receive him, but he found 
 it a hard task. 
 
 At length she yielded, and took him into the 
 kitchen, where she gave him something to eat and 
 drink, and then concealed him in the clothes-hutch. 
 Presently the ogre entered, with his nose in the 
 air, shouting : ' Ha ! Ha ! I smell fresh meat.' 
 His wife replied that a kid had been killed that 
 day, and this kid he doubtless scented. 
 Then she hastened to produce his supper, for 
 which he was very impatient, and constantly up- 
 braided her with the loss of his hen. 
 The giant at last, having satisfied his voracious 
 appetite, said to his wife : * Bring me the money- 
 
 9
 
 TACK bags that I took out of the castle down on the 
 
 iND THE earth.' 
 
 STALK Tnen J ack knew that it was his father's money 
 the ogre was going to look at. He peeped from 
 his hiding-place, and saw the woman enter carry- 
 ing two money-bags into the room. She placed 
 them before her husband, who at once opened 
 them and poured forth from one bezants, that is to 
 say gold coins, and from the other deniers, that is 
 
 to say silver coins. The ogre amused himself with 
 counting out his money ; and Jack, peeping from 
 his hiding-place, most heartily wished it were his. 
 At length the giant tired of the great mental 
 exertion of counting. He put back the money into 
 the bags, tied them up, and fell asleep. 
 Jack, believing all was secure, stole from his 
 hiding-place, and laid hold of one of the bags. 
 10
 
 Then a little dog that was lying under the table JACK 
 began to bark, and Jack, fearing lest the giant A1 {|1 T .? 
 should wake, slipped back into his hiding-place. JTAL 
 He however remained unconscious, snoring heavily; 
 then the wife, who was washing-up in the back 
 kitchen, came in and called the dog to attend her. 
 The coast was now clear. Jack crept out of the 
 hutch, and, seizing the bags, made off with them, as 
 they were his father's treasure which had been 
 carried away by the giant. 
 
 On his way to the top of the bean stalk, the 
 only difficulty Jack had to encounter arose from 
 the weight of the bags, which burdened him im- 
 mensely. On reaching the bean plant, he climbed 
 down nimbly, carrying the treasure of gold and 
 silver with him, and on reaching the bottom gave 
 them to his mother. They were now well off, and 
 might have exchanged the cottage for a handsome 
 house, but Jack would in no way consent to this, 
 for he knew that he had not as yet avenged his 
 father, and released the fairy. 
 He thought and thought upon the world above 
 the bean stalk, and his mother saw that he was 
 meditating on another expedition. 
 She was sorrowful, as there was really now in 
 her mind no need for anything further; but she 
 knew how resolved her son was when he had 
 made up his mind to anything, and that it was not 
 in her power to dissuade him from it. 
 One midsummer day, very early in the morning, 
 Jack reascended the bean stalk. He found the 
 plain above the clouds as before. He arrived at 
 the giant's mansion in the evening, and found his 
 wife standing at the door. Jack had disguised 
 himself so completely that she did not recognise 
 him. He had painted his face and hands with red 
 ochre. When he pleaded hunger and weariness 
 in order to gain admission, he found it very diffi- 
 cult indeed to persuade her. At last he prevailed, 
 
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 TACK and was concealed in the copper. When the giant 
 AI j.X? E returned in the evening-, he lifted his nose and 
 STALK bellowed : ' Ha, Ha ! I smell fresh meat.' 
 
 I Some crows have brought a piece of carrion and 
 have left it on the roof,' said the wife. 
 
 I 1 said fresh meat, ' retorted the giant ; and not- 
 withstanding all his wife could say, searched all 
 through the kitchen. Jack was nearly dying with 
 fear, and wished himself at home ; and when the 
 ogre approached the copper and put his hand on 
 the lid, Jack thought his last hour had struck. 
 The giant however forbore from lifting the lid, 
 and threw himself into his chair, storming at his 
 wife, whom he accused of having lost him his hen 
 and bags of money. 
 
 She hastened to dish up supper. He ate greedily, 
 and when satiated, bade the woman bring him 
 his harp. Jack peered from under the copper 
 lid, and saw the most beautiful harp that could 
 be imagined. It had a head like an angel, and 
 wings. When the harp was placed on the table, 
 the giant shouted 'Play!' whereupon the harp 
 played the most beautiful music of its own accord. 
 The giant listened, and fell asleep. Meanwhile 
 his wife had finished washing-up and had retired 
 to bed. 
 
 Jack crept from the copper, and laid hold of the 
 harp. But the harp had instinct, and it cried out : 
 'Master! Master! Master!' 
 
 The giant woke, rubbed his eyes, stretched him- 
 self, and looked about him. He had eaten and 
 drunk so much that he was stupefied, and he did 
 not understand what had happened, in the first 
 moment of being aroused. 
 Meanwhile Jack ran away with the harp. 
 In a while the giant discovered that he had 
 been robbed, and he rushed after Jack, and 
 threw great stones at him, which Jack fortu- 
 nately evaded. As soon as he reached the bean 
 
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 stalk he began to descend, and he ran down as TACK 
 nimbly as might be. AND THE 
 
 The giant pursued him, and began to follow down J-jJV* *L. 
 the bean stalk. STALK 
 
 Jack, on reaching the bottom, called for a hatchet. 
 His mother, who saw the danger, immediately 
 brought one; and Jack with the axe hewed 
 through the stalks near the root ; consequently the 
 whole mass with the giant on it fell to the ground, 
 and the fall broke the neck of the ogre. 
 Immediately hovering overhead appeared the black 
 crow. It swooped down and picked three golden 
 hairs from a mole that was on the end of the 
 giant's nose. No sooner was that done, than the 
 crow was transformed into a lovely fairy. 
 Jack's mother was not a little delighted when 
 she saw the bean stalk destroyed, for now Jack 
 need no longer climb it. He was now allowed by 
 the fairy to tell the whole story ; and he not only 
 did this, but begged his mother's pardon for dis- 
 obedience in past years, and promised to amend. 
 He kept his promise, and what with the hen that 
 laid golden eggs, and the bags of bezants and 
 deniers, and the marvellous harp that played of 
 its own accord, Jack and his mother no longer 
 suffered poverty or felt tedium.
 
 PUSS IN BOOTS 
 
 MILLER left all he had to his three 
 sons. To the eldest he gave the mill ; 
 to the second he gave the ass; to the 
 third the cat. 
 
 Very sad was the youngest over 
 what fell to him. The two eldest 
 were not kind, they managed very 
 well together. The first ground the corn into 
 flour, and the second took it about in sacks on the 
 ass and sold it. But the third could do nothing 
 with the cat but keep the mill clear of rats and 
 mice. One day he said : ' I am very much alone 
 and very poor in the world, and I live on the 
 charity of my brothers. They will soon turn me 
 out, and then I shall die of hunger and cold, when- 
 ever my cat has devoured the last mouse.' The 
 cat heard him, came and rubbed himself against 
 his legs, and said: 'Do not be troubled, dear 
 master. Have a pair of boots made for me, and 
 give me a sack, and you will soon see that you are 
 better off with me than are your brothers with the 
 mill and the ass.' 
 
 The young man had got a piece of gold in his 
 pocket ; it was all the money he had. He spent 
 that in getting a pair of very handsome boots for 
 his cat, and he also got a sack, as puss required. 
 14
 
 When the cat had got what he had asked for, PUSS 
 then he drew on his boots they were topped with IN 
 crimson leather and he threw the sack over his BOOTS 
 shoulder, and went away to a warren, where there 
 were many rabbits. Then he put some sow- 
 thistles and some bran at the bottom of the sack, 
 and throwing" himself down as though he were 
 dead, he waited till some foolish young rabbit 
 should come and be snared. 
 
 Nor had he long to wait, for very soon a silly 
 bunny came up, and attracted by what was in the 
 sack, went in. Then the cat drew the cords that 
 shut the neck of the sack and killed the rabbit. 
 Very proud of what he had done, he went to the 
 king's palace, and asked to speak with his Majesty. 
 He was readily admitted, when, marching in his 
 boots to the foot of the throne, he made a pro- 
 found bow, and throwing down the rabbit on the 
 steps of the da'is, said: 'Sire, the Marquess of 
 Carabas has enjoined me to present you with a 
 rabbit from his warren. With onion sauce, boiled, 
 your Majesty will find it excellent.' 
 'Tell your master,' answered the king, 'that he 
 could hardly have afforded me a greater pleasure. 
 My cook never dreams of sending me up rabbit, 
 on which I dote. Thank him cordially from me.' 
 Next day the cat concealed himself in the stand- 
 ing corn, with his sack open. Soon two partridges 
 entered ; he drew the strings and caught them. 
 Then again, he went to the palace, and presented 
 them to the king in the name of his master, the 
 Marquess of Carabas. 
 
 The king was delighted, and ordered that the 
 messenger should be given something to drink. 
 The cat asked for a saucerful of milk he touched 
 nothing stronger, said he; on principle he was a 
 teetotaller. 
 
 The cat continued his course; he caught in like 
 manner, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, teal, wild-
 
 PUSS 
 
 IN 
 BOOTS 
 
 duck, fieldfare, and kept the palace larder pretty 
 well supplied with game during the season. 
 One day when the cat knew that the king was 
 going out a drive beside the river, along with his 
 daughter, who was the loveliest princess in the 
 world and heir to his throne, the cat said to his 
 master: 'If you will follow my advice, your for- 
 tune is made. You have but to bathe in the river, 
 at the spot I shall point out to you, and leave the 
 rest to me.' The young fellow did as was advised, 
 
 without understanding what was the purpose of 
 the cat. Whilst he was in the water, the carriage 
 of the king drew near; it was gilded and had glass 
 windows, and was drawn by cream-coloured horses 
 with gold and red trappings. 
 The cat now began to run up and down the 
 bank, screaming : ' Help 1 help ! my master, the 
 Marquess of Carabas, will be drowned.'
 
 The king hearing the cries, put his head out of PUSS IN 
 the window and bade the coachman draw up. BOOTS 
 Then he recognised the cat which had brought 
 him so many good things. He called the cat to 
 the carriage-side and asked what distressed him. 
 'Sire!' answered the cat, * whilst the most noble 
 the Marquess of Carabas has been bathing 
 some thieves have run away with his clothes. I 
 am afraid if he remains much longer in the water 
 he may have cramp and go under.' 
 In fact the cat had carried away his master's 
 poor, mean garments, and had hidden them under 
 a stone. 
 
 The king, who was not merely compassionate, but 
 also generous and not above feeling gratitude for 
 services rendered, at once ordered his attendants 
 to go back to the palace for the most splendid suit 
 they could find. ' I believe,' said the king, ' there 
 is a very fine suit made for me some twenty years 
 ago, when I was courting. I was then less cor- 
 pulent than at present. You will find it in the 
 lower right-hand drawer of the mahogany chest. 
 I have little doubt it will fit the marquess to a 
 nicety that is, if he is a graceful man I was 
 immensely graceful twenty years ago.' 
 Owing to the minute and exact instructions 
 given by his Majesty, the suit, which was exceed- 
 ingly splendid, was soon found and brought to the 
 lad in the water, who quickly clothed himself in it 
 and then came to the coach door to pay his 
 respects to the king and the princess. 
 The youth looked so engaging in the dress in 
 which his Royal Highness had been invested when 
 he went courting her mother, that the princess 
 immediately lost her heart to him, and felt that the 
 world to her would be a blank without him. 
 The king was also touched, for the sight of the 
 youth in this suit which he became, rather than 
 the suit became him awoke old feelings of senti- 
 
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 PUSS IN mentality in the bosom of the king; he wiped his 
 BOOTS eyes, and entreated the most noble marquess to 
 enter the carriage with him and his daughter; 
 and nudging the princess, he whispered : ' I was 
 like that when I went a-sweethearting.' 
 The cat, delighted that his schemes had so well 
 succeeded, ran on ahead of the carriage; and 
 having passed through a field in which harvesters 
 were cutting and making stacks of golden corn, 
 he said to them : ' Good people ! unless you tell the 
 king who is coming this way that these cornfields 
 belong to the Marquess of Carabas, you will all be 
 made mincemeat of.' 
 
 The harvesters were somewhat alarmed at the 
 appearance of the cat in boots ; they were exceed- 
 ingly afraid of being made into mincemeat. 
 Presently the gilded coach of the king passed. 
 He stopped it and inquired of the peasants to 
 whom these splendid fields of grain belonged. 
 They answered, as they had been instructed, ' To 
 the most noble the Marquess of Carabas.' 
 1 Upon my word ! ' said the king, addressing the 
 miller's son, ' you have a noble heritage.' 
 The young man bowed and blushed; and the 
 king and princess were pleased at his modesty. 
 The king nudged his daughter, and whispered: 
 *I was tremendously shy when I went a-courting.' 
 The cat ran ahead, and came into a meadow in 
 which were mowers making hay. He said to 
 them : ' Good people ! unless you tell the king who 
 is coming this way that these meadows belong to 
 the Marquess of Carabas, you will all be pickled 
 like young walnuts.' 
 
 When the king soon after came into the meadow 
 and smelt the sweet hay, he bade the coach stop, 
 and he inquired of the mowers to whom the 
 meadows belonged. They answered, as instructed, 
 that they belonged to the most noble the Mar- 
 quess of Carabas. 
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 * Goodness!' exclaimed the king, addressing the PUSS IN 
 miller's son, 'you have indeed a noble heritage.' BOOTS 
 
 The young man stammered something unintelli- 
 gible. The king nudged his daughter, and said in 
 a whisper : ' I also stuttered and stammered when 
 I was paying my addresses to your mother.' 
 The cat ran on, and passed through a forest in 
 which woodcutters were engaged thinning the 
 timber. 
 
 He halted, and addressed them, and said : ' Good 
 people ! unless you say that all these woods belong 
 to the Marquess of Carabas, you will all be stewed 
 in your syrup like prunes.' 
 
 When soon after this the king's coach entered 
 the woods, the king called to the driver to stop, 
 and he signed to a woodcutter to come up. He 
 asked him whose forests these were, and he re- 
 plied that they belonged to the most noble the 
 Marquess of Carabas. 
 
 1 Well, I never ! ' exclaimed the king to the miller's 
 son, ' you have verily a splendid inheritance.' 
 The poor lad was so bewildered that all he could 
 do was to respond with a sickly smile. 
 The king nudged his daughter, and whispered: 
 ' I also sniggered when I asked your mother to 
 name the day. She said my snigger was more 
 eloquent than words.' 
 
 The cat ran on, and saw at the end of the wood 
 a magnificent palace. He went in, and found that 
 it belonged to an ogre, who was also a magician 
 and enormously rich, for all the lands through 
 which the cat had run belonged to the domain 
 of this palace. The cat asked leave to see the 
 ogre. He said he could not think of passing that 
 way without paying him his respects. 
 The ogre received him with civility; even ogres 
 enjoy flattery. 
 
 *I have been informed,' said the cat, 'that you 
 are so clever and so profound in your acquire- 
 
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 PUSS IN ments, that you can transform yourself into any 
 BOOTS shape you like. But this may be merely idle 
 gossip, not based on any foundation of truth. For 
 myself I never believe half the tittle-tattle I hear.' 
 
 I But it is really true, ' said the ogre. 
 The cat smiled incredulously. 
 
 ' I will at once show you my power,' said the ogre ; 
 and in a moment transformed himself into a lion. 
 The cat was so frightened that he made a bolt 
 out of the window and ran up the water-pipes and 
 did not rest till he was on the roof. This was 
 difficult for him, because he wore boots, and boots 
 are calculated for a high-road, and not for scram- 
 bling. 
 
 After some time, he plucked up courage to de- 
 scend. 
 
 'What do you think of my power now?' asked 
 the ogre, who had resumed his former shape. 
 
 * I think that your power is great,' answered the 
 cat, 'yet hardly all that I should have thought 
 had I given belief to what is said.' 
 
 * How so ? ' asked the ogre. 
 
 ' I heard, for instance, on my way here, that you 
 were a great bear.' 
 
 * I can make myself that in a moment,' answered 
 the ogre. 
 
 'I am sure you are that already,' answered the 
 
 cat courteously. ' Others said you were an awful 
 
 bore or boar I did not ask them to spell the 
 
 word.' 
 
 ' I can transform myself into that instantly.' 
 
 I 1 am certain you need no transformation to be 
 that most completely,' said the cat, with a bow. 
 ' I also heard that you were in reality quite insig- 
 nificant as a personage, and a nobody. Now, any 
 fool can puff himself up into something greater 
 than himself, but it takes a wise man to make 
 himself appear less than he really is Can you do 
 
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 * In a moment,' answered the ogre, and he PUSS IN 
 changed himself into a mouse. BOOTS 
 
 Instantly the cat was on him and had eaten 
 him. 
 
 Then he walked to the gate of the palace, and 
 arrived there just as the royal carriage drove up. 
 ' I wonder whose magnificent palace this is? ' said 
 the king. 
 
 Then the cat ran down the steps, opened the 
 door of the carriage, and said : * Your Majesty- 
 welcome to the palace of the most noble Marquess 
 of Carabas.' 
 
 'Why, this is truly a surprise,' said the king. 
 'What a splendid inheritance is yours, Marquis! 
 Give my daughter your arm. We will pick a 
 crumb with you, Carabas. I 'm vastly hungry with 
 my drive.' 
 
 The miller's son clumsily offered his arm as 
 bidden to the princess. Her father nudged her, 
 and whispered : ' I also was a great gawky when I 
 proposed to your mother.' 
 
 Then all entered the great hall, and the king 
 could not contain his surprise and admiration at 
 all he saw. The cat ran down into the kitchen 
 and ordered up a cold collation, and into the cellars, 
 where he chose out the best wines ; and the king 
 said he had never enjoyed his victuals so heartily 
 as that day. Then turning to the miller's son, he 
 said : * If you like, Carabas, you shall be my son- 
 in-law. Say : I adore you will you be mine ? to 
 the princess. I did that when I solicited the hand 
 of her mother.' 
 
 The miller's son did not wait to be told this a 
 second time. The princess at once accepted him, 
 and they were married and lived happily. 
 The cat became a great lord, and had no occa- 
 sion to run after and eat mice. 
 
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 22
 
 CINDERELLA 
 
 |HERE was once a gentleman, a CINDER- 
 widower, who took for his second ELLA 
 wife a lady who was a widow with 
 two daughters. He, for his part, had 
 a daughter by his first wife. 
 The second wife was extremely proud 
 and haughty in her demeanour, and 
 her two daughters had inherited their mother's 
 qualities. 
 
 The gentleman's daughter by his first wife was 
 most amiable and gentle, in which points she 
 resembled her own mother. 
 
 No sooner had the marriage taken place than 
 the ill-humour of the stepmother became manifest. 
 She became jealous of the good qualities in the 
 child, which made her own daughters appear by 
 contrast the more disagreeable. She put upon 
 her all the meanest tasks, and held her to them 
 with inexorable severity. The young girl had to 
 clean pots and pans, to scrub the floors and sweep 
 the steps. She was obliged to do all the servile 
 work of the house, and be as a slave to her half- 
 sisters. For a bed she was given an old straw 
 paillasse in an attic, where it was cold, and where 
 ran the rats, whereas her sisters occupied the best 
 
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 CINDER, rooms in the house and feather-beds. They had 
 ELLA also in their rooms cheval glasses in which they 
 could admire themselves from top to toe. 
 The poor girl endured all without complaining. 
 She did not dare to speak to her father about it, 
 because he was completely under the thumb of his 
 new wife. Moreover, he was much engaged in 
 business which carried him away from home for 
 weeks together, and she considered that if she 
 were to speak to him about her treatment, her step- 
 mother and sisters would serve her still worse as 
 soon as his back was turned. When she had done 
 her daily tasks, she was wont to creep into a 
 corner of the fireplace, and sat among the cinders, 
 for which reason her eldest sister called her Cinder- 
 slut, but the second who was not quite so ill- 
 tempered as the other, called her Cinderella. 
 Although, poor girl, she was given the shabbiest 
 clothes, and the dirtiest occupation, she was a 
 hundred times more beautiful than her sisters in 
 their finest dresses. 
 
 It happened that the king gave a ball, to which 
 were invited all persons of quality. Amongst 
 others the two young ladies of the house received 
 invitation. No one thought of Cinderella, for no 
 one knew of her existence ; or if at any time they 
 had known, they had forgotten her since she had 
 been banished to the kitchen. 
 The two daughters of the lady were greatly 
 excited about the ball ; they discussed how they 
 should be dressed and how they would have their 
 hair done up, and what jewels they would wear. 
 'For my part,' said the eldest, 'I will wear red 
 velvet and lace, and a turban of red and yellow, 
 with an ostrich feather.' 
 
 'And I,' said the younger, 'I shall wear sere 
 green velvet and satin embroidered with gold, and 
 I will frizzle up my hair and tie it with amber silk 
 ribbons.' 
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 When the time approached they made Cinderella 
 
 lace them, and patch them, and paint them, and 
 
 frizzle them, and shoe them. 
 
 'How would you like to be at the ball?' asked 
 
 one of the sisters of Cinderella. 
 
 'As for me!' answered she, *I do not think a 
 
 king's palace is the place for me, nor would my 
 
 sooty and soiled gown appear to advantage in a 
 
 ball-room.' 
 
 CINDER- 
 ELLA 
 
 'That is true indeed,' laughed one of the 
 sisters. 'That would be a rare joke to see you at 
 the ball.' 'And what a fool you would look if 
 the prince asked you to dance a minuet,' said the 
 other. 
 
 For two days before the ball, the two damsels 
 ate nothing; they were desirous to have the small- 
 est waists of any ladies who appeared, and in 
 lacing them, Cinderella broke a score of laces 
 
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 CINDER- before she had got them done up tightly enough 
 ELLA to satisfy their vanity. When it came to patching, 
 the sisters were extremely particular. ' I,' said one, 
 ' will have a square patch on the top of my nose. 
 I think it will heighten my complexion.' 
 4 And I/ said the other, ' will have a round one in 
 the middle of my forehead. It will make me so 
 interesting.' 
 
 When the young ladies departed with their 
 mother, then Cinderella was left quite alone in the 
 house. 
 
 She sat herself on a heap of ashes in the corner 
 of the fireplace and began to cry. 
 Then all at once the hearth opened, and up 
 through it came a little woman with a red cloak 
 and a black pointed hat This was her godmother, 
 who was a fairy. 
 
 The fairy godmother asked Cinderella why she 
 was crying. 
 
 Cinderella could only stammer 'I wish Oh, I 
 wish ... I wish ... I wish . . .' 
 
 * I see clearly,' said the godmother, ' that you also 
 would like to go to the ball ; is it so ?' 
 
 * Indeed indeed I should,' sobbed the poor girl. 
 1 Very well, then, so you shall. Go into the garden 
 and bring me a pumpkin.' 
 
 Cinderella at once want to pick the finest she 
 could find ; it was yellow streaked with green. 
 She took it to her godmother, but had no idea 
 what would be done with it. 
 
 The fairy scooped out the inside, leaving only the 
 skin. Then she tapped it with her staff, and in 
 a moment it was changed into the most beautiful 
 coach, gold and green. 
 4 Now,' said she, * bring me the mouse-trap.' 
 Cinderella obeyed. In the mouse-trap were six 
 little mice. The fairy opened the door and as the 
 mice ran out, she give each a tap with her rod, 
 and it was transformed into a beautiful horse with 
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 flowing mane and tail. She then attached the CINDER- 
 six horses to the coach, the horses were all of a ELLA 
 beautiful brownish grey. 
 
 'What are we to do for a coachman?' asked 
 Cinderella. 
 
 ' Fetch me the rat-trap,' said the godmother. The 
 girl did as desired. In it were three rats. The 
 fairy took the fattest, and with a touch of her wand 
 changed him into a pompous and dignified coach- 
 man. 
 
 Then she said, ' Go into the garden, and you will 
 there find six lizards behind the watering pot, 
 bring them to me.' 
 
 No sooner had Cinderella done what was com- 
 manded, than the fairy changed them dexterously 
 into six sleek lackeys, which mounted behind the 
 coach and hung on to it with all the grace and 
 facility as if they had been bred to it. 
 The fairy then said to Cinderella : ' There now, you 
 are set up with a conveyance in which to go to 
 the ball.' 
 
 ' That is very true,' answered the girl, ' but, alas ! 
 my clothes are so mean and soiled, that I shall be 
 ashamed to get out of my beautiful coach.' 
 ' That is easily remedied,' said the fairy, and she 
 touched the garments worn by her godchild. 
 They were at once changed into the most splendid 
 silk, studded with diamonds. 
 'And now to make you complete,' said the fairy, 
 1 1 give you two glass slippers, the only ones there 
 are in the world.' 
 
 When Cinderella was thus dressed, she mounted 
 her carriage, and thanked her godmother grate- 
 fully. The good fairy said to her: 'I am well 
 pleased that you should enjoy yourself. But re- 
 member to leave before midnight. If you remain 
 a moment after the last stroke of the clock, then 
 your carriage will turn into a pumpkin, your horses 
 into mice, your driver into a rat, your flunkeys into 
 
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 CINDER- lizards, and all your beautiful garments will revert 
 ELLA to the condition of dirty, patched rags.' 
 
 Cinderella promised her godmother to remember 
 what she had said, and to return most certainly 
 before midnight. 
 
 Then she started, with a heart bounding with joy. 
 When she arrived at the palace, it was announced 
 to the prince, the king's son, that a lady in the 
 most splendid equipage ever seen was at the gates, 
 and that she would not give her name. 
 The prince at once ran out to salute her and 
 invite her to the ball. He gave her his hand to 
 help her to descend, and led her into the great hall 
 where the company was assembled. 
 Then a great silence fell on all. The dancers 
 ceased dancing, the musicians ceased playing, and 
 the gossips ceased gossiping, all were eager to see 
 the strange princess. 
 
 On all sides were heard whispers of, 'What a 
 radiant beauty! what superb jewels! what an 
 exquisite dress who could have been her milliner ? 
 What a style in the doing of her hair who could 
 have been her hairdresser? What wonderful 
 slippers, who could have been her shoemaker?' 
 The king, although old, could hardly take his 
 eyes off her, and he whispered to the queen, that 
 except herself, he had never seen a greater beauty. 
 The queen, who was old and fat, accepted the 
 compliment gracefully, and smiled. All the ladies 
 observed Cinderella attentively, and endeavoured 
 to engrave in their memories every detail of her 
 dress, so as to get their next ball-dresses made 
 like it. The son of the king seated Cinderella in 
 the most honourable place, danced with her, and 
 himself brought her refreshments. As for himself, 
 he could eat nothing, so taken up was he with 
 attention to her, and in admiration of her beauty. 
 Cinderella seated herself by her sisters, and was 
 very civil to them. She gave them some of the 
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 oranges the prince had peeled for her, and talked CINDER- 
 to them most sweetly. They were lost in as- ELLA 
 tonishment, and never for an instant recognised 
 her. 
 
 Presently Cinderella heard the clock strike a 
 quarter to twelve. Then she rose, made a grace- 
 ful courtesy to the king and queen and to the com- 
 pany, and hastened away. On her return home 
 she found her godmother in the chimney corner. 
 She thanked the fairy for the favour granted 
 her, and begged that she might be allowed to go 
 to the ball at the palace on the following night, as 
 the prince had expressly invited her. 
 Whilst she was thus talking, she heard the 
 coach drive up that conveyed home her sisters and 
 their mother. She hastened to the door, opened 
 for them, yawned and rubbed her eyes, and said : 
 ' How late you are ! It must be past one o'clock.' 
 * Ah, ha ! ' exclaimed her eldest sister, ' you have 
 missed something. There has been not only a 
 most splendid entertainment, but there arrived 
 at it a most illustrious princess, so beautiful, that 
 she nearly came up to me.' 
 'And to me,' said the second. 
 'And she was most superbly dressed her taste 
 was almost equal to mine.' 
 'And to mine,' said the second. 
 'She was very civil to us, and gave us some 
 of her oranges. Indeed for ease and graceful 
 courtesy, I should say she came almost up to me.' 
 ' And to me,' said the second. 
 Cinderella listened to all that was said with 
 great interest ; she asked the name of the princess. 
 But that said her sisters 'is not known; the 
 king's son did his utmost to find it out and failed. 
 He says he would give a great deal to know 
 it.' 
 
 'O dear, dear!' said Cinderella, 'I should like to 
 see her; do, dear sisters, let me go with you to- 
 
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 CINDER, morrow night, spare me some of your clothes. 1 
 ELLA should like to see this princess.' 
 
 'Hoity-toity! this is a fine idea!' exclaimed the 
 sisters. ' We should die of shame to be seen at a 
 great ball with such as you and have it known 
 too that we were related.' 
 
 Cinderella expected this refusal. She was not 
 sorry ; she would have been sorely embarrassed if 
 the sisters had consented to lend her their clothes, 
 and take her with them. 
 
 Next evening the sisters departed for the ball, 
 and all happened as on the previous night. This 
 time Cinderella was even more splendidly dressed 
 than on the first night. 
 
 The king's son was all the evening at her side, 
 and said to her the prettiest things imaginable. 
 Cinderella was so happy that the time passed 
 unobserved ; and she forgot what her godmother 
 had said to her ; so that she heard the first stroke 
 of twelve when she supposed it was only eleven 
 o'clock. Then she sprang from her seat and fled 
 as swiftly as a fawn. 
 
 The prince followed her, but could not overtake 
 her ; however, in her flight she let fall one of her 
 glass slippers, and as the prince stooped to pick 
 it up she vanished. Cinderella arrived at home, 
 panting, in her soiled and patched dress, on foot, 
 without coach and attendance, nothing of all her 
 magnificence remained except the odd glass 
 slipper. 
 
 The prince inquired of the guards at the palace 
 gate if they had seen a beautiful princess pass, 
 and which way her coach had gone; but they 
 declared that no one except a scullery-maid had 
 passed that way ; and upon looking for her coach, 
 it was nowhere to be seen. 
 
 When the two sisters returned from the ball, 
 Cinderella asked them if they had enjoyed them- 
 selves, and if the beautiful lady had been there ; 
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 they replied that she had, but that she had fled at CINDER- 
 the stroke of twelve and had left behind a glass ELLA 
 slipper the most lovely that could be conceived ; 
 that the king's son had picked it up, and that he 
 had been quite disconsolate after she had dis- 
 appeared, and had refused to dance or to eat or 
 drink anything, but had sat in a corner sighing 
 and looking at the glass slipper. 
 On the following morning the town was aroused 
 by the blowing of trumpets, and, upon the people 
 coming out to know the occasion, they found the 
 royal heralds with a chamberlain and guards, and 
 an attendant carrying a crimson velvet cushion, 
 upon which was placed the glass slipper. The 
 chamberlain announced that all single ladies were 
 to try on the glass slipper, and that the prince had 
 declared he would marry the one whom it would 
 fit 
 
 The slipper was tried first on the princesses, 
 then on all the noble ladies, then on all the court 
 ladies, but in vain ; their feet were too large. Then 
 it was tried on in the town by the daughters of 
 the citizens, and the chamberlain brought it to the 
 house of the sisters. The eldest saw at a glance 
 that her foot would not go in, so she made an 
 excuse, ran into the kitchen and cutoff her toes. 
 But even so her foot would not fit~mfo tlie sEbe, 
 and she was obliged to abandon the attempt. 
 Then it was offered to the second sister. She saw 
 at a glance that it was too small for her foot, so 
 she ran into the kitchen and cut off her heel. 
 But even so she could not get her foot into the 
 glass slipper. 
 
 The chamberlain was about to leave when he 
 caught sight of Cinderella in the chimney corner, 
 and he requested her to try on the glass slipper. 
 The sisters set up a loud laugh, and said the 
 idea was ridiculous! However, the chamber- 
 lain insisted on it, and no sooner was the glass
 
 CINDER- slipper put to her foot, than it slipped on as if 
 ELLA made for it 
 
 The amazement of the sisters was great, but it 
 was greater still when Cinderella produced the 
 other slipper the fellow from her pocket, and 
 put it on her foot. 
 
 Then the hearth opened, and through it rose the 
 fairy godmother. She touched Cinderella, and her 
 clothes became more beautiful and costly than 
 those she had worn at the balls. 
 Then her sisters recognised her as the princess 
 they had seen and admired. They threw them- 
 selves at her feet and implored pardon for all 
 the injuries they had done her. Cinderella raised 
 them and kissed them, and said that they could 
 make up for the past by loving her for the future. 
 The fairy godmother then said that Cinderella 
 must go to the court in a splendid equipage, 
 whereupon, as by magic, the gilded coach drawn 
 by six greys, with the pompous coachman on the 
 box, and the six lackeys behind, drew up at the 
 door. 
 
 In this she drove to the palace, where she was 
 well received by the prince, who thought her more 
 beautiful by daylight than by that of candles. 
 A few days after, there was a grand marriage. 
 After that Cinderella got her sisters to lodge in 
 apartments in the palace, and after a little urgency, 
 two noblemen were persuaded to marry the sisters, 
 who sincerely promised and vowed on their side to 
 be better-tempered in their married state than 
 they had been as spinsters. And the noblemen 
 promised and vowed, on their part, if they did not, 
 they would give them shabby clothes, and smut 
 their faces till they became amiable again.
 
 VALENTINE AND ORSON 
 
 CHAPTER I 
 
 JEPIN, King of the Franks, had a sister VALEN- 
 named Bellisance, who was exceed- 
 ingly beautiful, and who was asked 
 in marriage by many kings and 
 princes. 
 
 The lady's choice fell upon Alex- 
 ander, Emperor of Constantinople, 
 who came to the court of King Pepin to marry 
 the princess. Great rejoicings took place on the 
 occasion in all parts of the kingdom ; and soon 
 after the marriage the emperor took his leave, and 
 carried his lovely bride in great splendour and 
 triumph to Constantinople. 
 
 The Emperor Alexander's prime minister was a 
 selfish and subtle man; unhappily his influence 
 with the emperor was very great. This man, ob- 
 serving the gentleness and sweetness of the Lady 
 Bellisance, began to fear that she would under- 
 mine his influence, and he wickedly resolved to 
 seek the destruction of the innocent empress. The 
 emperor was of a credulous and suspicious temper, 
 and the prime minister found means at length to 
 infuse into his mind suspicions of the empress. 
 One day when the emperor was alone, he entered 
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 VALEN the apartment, and throwing himself at his 
 TINE AND master's feet, said: 'May Heaven guard your 
 ORSON majesty from the base attempts of the wicked and 
 treacherous! I seek not the death of any man, 
 nor may I reveal the name of the person who has 
 intrusted to me a dreadful secret ; but, in the most 
 solemn manner, I conjure your majesty to beware 
 of the designs of your empress ; for that beautiful 
 and clever lady is faithless and disloyal, and is 
 even now planning your dethronement. Alasl 
 my heart is ready to burst with indignation, to 
 think that a lady of such charms, and the sister 
 of a great king, should become so dishonourable 
 and wicked.' 
 
 The emperor giving perfect faith to his favourite's 
 tale could no longer restrain his fury ; and abruptly 
 leaving him, he rushed into the apartment of 
 the empress, and in the fiercest manner dragged 
 the fair Bellisance about the chamber by her 
 long and beautiful hair. ' Alack ! my dear lord,' she 
 cried, ' what causes you to commit this outrage ? ' 
 ' Base wretch ! ' he exclaimed, ' I am but too well 
 informed of your wicked proceedings ; ' then dash- 
 ing her with violence upon the ground, he left her 
 speechless. The attendants of the empress finding 
 her lying senseless on the floor, uttered loud 
 screams, which presently brought all the courtiers 
 into the chamber. 
 
 Every one was sorry for their amiable queen; 
 and the nobles demanded an audience of the 
 emperor, to represent to him the wrongs he had 
 done to an honourable lady, with whom no one 
 before had ever found any fault. But the emperor 
 was still blinded with passion, and to their repre- 
 sentations he answered: 'Let no man dare to 
 defend a woman who has basely betrayed me. 
 She shall die ; and they who interfere in her behalf 
 shall partake in the dreadful punishment that 
 awaits treason.' 
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 The empress on recovery from her swoon, fell VALEN 
 upon her knees, and thus addressed the emperor : 
 'Alasl my lord, take pity on one who never 
 harboured an evil thought against your person 
 or dignity ; and if not upon me, at least I implore 
 you have compassion on your two children 1 
 Let me be imprisoned or put to death, if it so 
 pleaseth you ; but, I beseech you, save my poor 
 children ! ' 
 
 The rash emperor, misled by the false tales of 
 the prime minister, would not hearken to her: 
 and the courtiers, perceiving that nothing could 
 mitigate his rage, removed Bellisance from his 
 presence. 
 
 Her faithful servant, Blandiman, now threw him- 
 self at her feet, exclaiming, 'Ah! madam, let me 
 prevail on you to quit this unhappy place, and 
 suffer me to conduct you and your children to 
 your brother, the good King Pepin. Innocent and 
 noble lady, follow my counsel ; for if you stay here 
 the emperor will bring you to a shameful death.' 
 'No, my faithful servant,' replied she; 'I cannot 
 follow your advice. If I should steal away 
 privately from the court, it might be said I had 
 fled because I was guilty. No ; I had rather die 
 the most cruel death than bear the blame of that 
 of which I am innocent.' 
 
 The emperor so far relented, that he would not 
 pronounce sentence of execution upon his queen ; 
 yet, as his mind was continually excited by false 
 accusations against her, he resolved to banish her 
 from his dominions, and immediately commanded 
 her to quit Constantinople. At the same time he 
 published an edict, forbidding all persons, on pain 
 of death, to assist or succour the unfortunate lady, 
 allowing her no other attendant than her servant 
 Blandiman, whom she had brought with her from 
 France. Sentence having been thus pronounced, 
 the queen, Blandiman, and the two children,
 
 VALEN- hastened away. As she passed through the city, 
 TINE AND she was met by multitudes of people lamenting the 
 ORSON joss O f so g 00 d an empress. When she had left 
 Constantinople, 'Alas!' cried she, 'in what un- 
 happy hour was I born, to fall from so high an 
 estate to so low a condition as I am now in ! ' 
 As she was thus complaining and weeping with 
 anguish, her servant said to her, ' Madam, be not 
 discomforted, but trust in God, who will keep and 
 defend you.' 
 
 He had hardly spoken, before he espied a fountain, 
 which he and his lady at once approached. After 
 refreshing themselves at the fountain, they pro- 
 ceeded towards France. Many weary days and 
 nights had been spent in travel, when, arriving in 
 the forest of Orleans, the disconsolate princess 
 was so overcome with grief and fatigue, that she 
 sank, and was incapable of proceeding farther. 
 Her faithful attendant gathered the fallen leaves 
 and the moss to make a couch for her on which 
 to rest, and then hastened away, to seek some 
 habitation where he might procure food for his 
 unfortunate mistress. 
 
 During Blandiman's absence the empress fell 
 asleep, with her two infant boys laid on the couch 
 beside her, when suddenly a huge bear rushed 
 out of the forest, and, snatching up one of the 
 children in its mouth, disappeared with its prey. 
 The wretched mother, distracted at the fate of her 
 child, pursued the bear with shrieks and lamenta- 
 tions, till, overcome with anguish and terror, she 
 fell into a swoon near the mouth of the cave into 
 which the bear had carried her child. 
 It happened that King Pepin, accompanied by 
 several great lords and barons of his court, was 
 that same day hunting in the forest of Orleans, 
 and chanced to pass near the tree where the other 
 little boy lay sleeping on his bed of moss. The 
 king was astonished with the beauty of the child, 
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 who opened his eyes as the king stood gazing on VALEN 
 
 him, and, smiling, stretched out his little arms, as 
 
 if to ask protection. 'See, my lords,' said King 
 
 Pepin, ' this lovely infant seems to ask my favour. 
 
 Here is no one to claim it, and I will adopt it for 
 
 my own.' 
 
 The king little imagined it was his nephew, the 
 
 son of his sister Bellisance, that he now delivered 
 into the hands of one of his pages, who took the 
 babe to Orleans to be nursed, and gave it, by the 
 king's orders, the name of Valentine, because it 
 was found on S. Valentine's day. 
 Blandiman, who had now returned, after looking 
 in vain for assistance, missed his mistress; and 
 after searching the forest for her, he at length 
 
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 VALEN- espied her on the ground, tearing her hair, and 
 TINE AND uttering piercing cries of grief. ' Ah, Blandiman ! ' 
 ORSON she exclaimed, 'can there exist in the world a 
 being more encompassed with grief and sorrow? 
 I left Constantinople the mother of two beautiful 
 children, my only comfort under my bitter sorrow. 
 A ravenous bear has now snatched one from my 
 arms, and a no less cruel beast of prey has doubt- 
 less devoured the other. At the foot of yonder 
 tree I left it when I pursued the bear; but no 
 trace of either of my children remains. Go, Blandi- 
 man, leave me here to perish, and tell the Emperor 
 of Constantinople to what a horrible fate, by listen- 
 ing to evil counsel, he has destined his innocent 
 wife and children.' 
 
 At this moment they were interrupted by the 
 sudden appearance of a huge giant, who imme- 
 diately attempted to seize the empress. Blandi- 
 man sprang to his feet, stepped before him, and 
 began to draw and defend himself. His efforts, 
 however, were unavailing: the giant prevailed, 
 and slew him ; and throwing the unfortunate lady 
 over his shoulder, proceeded towards his castle. 
 
 CHAPTER II 
 
 MEANTIME the bear that had carried away the 
 infant, bore it to its cave, and laid it down unhurt 
 before her young ones. The young bears, how- 
 ever, did not devour it, but stroked it with their 
 rough paws; and the old bear, perceiving their 
 kindness for the little babe, gave it milk, and 
 nourished it in this manner for the space of a 
 whole year. 
 
 The boy became hardy and robust; and as he 
 grew in strength he began to range the forest, and 
 attack the wild beasts with such fury that they 
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 used to shun the cave where he continued to live VALEN- 
 with the old bear, who loved him with extreme 
 fondness. He passed eighteen years in this kind 
 of life, and grew to such wonderful strength, 
 that he was the terror of the neighbouring 
 country. The name of Orson was given to him, 
 because he was nurtured by a bear ; and the re- 
 nown of this wild man spread over all France. 
 He could not speak, and uttered no other sounds 
 than a wild kind of growl to express either his 
 anger or his joy. King Pepin often entertained 
 a great desire to see this wild man of the woods ; 
 and one day rode with his retinue into the forest 
 of Orleans in hopes of meeting him. The king 
 left his train at some distance, rode on, and 
 
 Sassed near the cave which Orson inhabited, 
 n hearing the sound of horses' feet, the wild 
 man rushed upon the king, and would have 
 strangled him in an instant but for a valiant 
 knight, who galloped up and wounded Orson with 
 his sword. Orson then quitted the king, and, 
 running furiously upon the knight, caught him 
 and his horse and overthrew both. The king, 
 being quite unarmed, could not assist the knight, 
 but rode away to call the attendants to his rescue. 
 However, before they arrived on the spot, the 
 unfortunate knight was torn to pieces, and Orson 
 had fled to the thickest part of the forest, where, 
 notwithstanding all their endeavours, they could 
 not discover him. The noise of this adventure 
 increased every one's terror of the wild man, and 
 the neighbouring villages were nearly abandoned 
 by their inhabitants. 
 
 Valentine, in the meanwhile, had been educated 
 in all kinds of accomplishments with the king's 
 two sons and his fair daughter, Eglantine. 
 Nothing could exceed the fondness of the young 
 people for each other ; indeed, there was never a 
 lovelier princess than Eglantine, or a more brave 
 
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 VALEN- and accomplished youth than Valentine. The 
 f? E n N k| n observing his inclination for arms, indulged 
 ORSON jjim w ^ armour and horses, and after creating 
 him knight gave him a command in his army that 
 was about to march against the Saracens. Valen- 
 tine soon distinguished himself above the other 
 leaders in battle. He fought near the king's 
 side ; and when his majesty was taken by a troop 
 of the pagans, Valentine rushed through their 
 ranks, slew hundreds of them, and replacing the 
 king on his horse, led him off in triumph. After- 
 wards, when the Saracen city was besieged, he 
 was the first to scale the walls and place the 
 Christian standard on the battlements. By his 
 means a complete victory was obtained, and peace 
 restored to France. 
 
 Having conquered the Saracens, Valentine returned 
 to the court of King Pepin, and was received with 
 loud acclamations by the people, and joyfully 
 welcomed by the Princess Eglantine. The distinc- 
 tions and favour showered on him raised the 
 envy and hatred of the king's sons, who plotted 
 together to destroy Valentine. 
 It happened very shortly after the return of 
 Valentine from his victory over the Saracens, that 
 a petition was presented to the king by a deputa- 
 tion of peasants, praying relief against Orson, the 
 wild man of the woods ; the fear of whom was now 
 become so great that the peasants dared not go 
 out to till their fields, nor the shepherds to watch 
 their flocks. The king immediately issued a 
 proclamation, saying, if any man would undertake 
 to bring Orson dead or alive to the city, he should 
 receive a thousand marks of gold. 
 'Sire,' said his sons, 'we think no person is so 
 proper to undertake this enterprise as the found- 
 ling Valentine, on whom your majesty lavishes 
 such great favours, and who, it seems, aspires to 
 the hand of your daughter. Perhaps if he 
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 conquers the savage with his sword, you will not VALEN- 
 think it then too much to reward him with the TI *l, A J 
 hand of our sister Eglantine.' 
 Valentine saw through the malicious design of 
 the king's sons ; and the king himself wished to 
 protect him, and advised him not to encounter 
 such an enemy. 
 
 ' Pardon me, my liege,' replied Valentine ; 'it con- 
 cerns my honour that I go. I will encounter this 
 danger, and every other, rather than not prove 
 myself worthy of your majesty's favour and pro- 
 tection. To-morrow I will depart for the forest at 
 break of day.' 
 
 When the Princess Eglantine heard of Valentine's 
 determination, she sought to turn him from his 
 purpose; but finding him inflexibly resolved to 
 attack the wild man, she adorned him with a 
 scarf, embroidered by her own hands, and then 
 retired to her chamber to pray for his safety. 
 At the first dawn of morning Valentine arose, put 
 on his armour, and with his shield polished like a 
 mirror, he departed for the forest. On his arrival 
 there, he alighted, tied his horse to a tree, and 
 penetrated into the thickest part of the wood in 
 search of Orson. 
 
 He wandered about a long time in vain; till 
 coming near the mouth of a large cave, he thought 
 that might be the hiding-place of the wild man. 
 Valentine then climbed a high tree near the cave ; 
 and scarcely was he seated among the branches, 
 before he heard Orson's roar in the forest. Orson 
 had been hunting, and came with a swift pace, 
 bearing upon his shoulders a buck he had killed. 
 Valentine could not help admiring the beauty of 
 his person, the grace and freedom of his motions, 
 and his appearance of strength and agility. He 
 felt a species of affection for the wild man, and 
 wished it were possible to tame him without 
 having recourse to weapons. Valentine now tore
 
 VALEN- off a branch of the tree, and threw it at Orson's 
 *NE AND feet; who, looking up and espying Valentine in 
 UKSON the treCj uttere( i a g row l of fury, and darted up 
 the tree like lightning. Valentine as quickly 
 slipped down on the other side. Orson seeing 
 him on the ground leaped from the tree, and, open- 
 ing his arms, prepared in his usual manner to rush 
 upon and overthrow his antagonist ; but Valentine 
 holding up his polished steel shield Orson sudden- 
 ly beheld, instead of the person he meant to seize, 
 his own wild and terror-striking figure. Upon 
 Valentine's lowering the shield, he again saw his 
 enemy, and with a cry of transport prepared to 
 grasp him in his arms. The strength of Orson 
 was so very great, that Valentine was unable to 
 defend himself without having recourse to his 
 sword. When Orson received a wound from the 
 sword, he uttered loud shrieks of anger and sur- 
 prise, and instantly tearing up by the roots a large 
 tree, furiously attacked Valentine. A dreadful 
 fight now ensued, and the victory was a long time 
 doubtful; Orson received many dreadful wounds 
 from the sword of Valentine, and Valentine with 
 great difficulty escaped from being crushed to 
 death beneath the weighty club of Orson. At last 
 Valentine's skill prevailed, and the wild man was 
 conquered, and lay prostrate on the ground at his 
 feet. 
 
 Valentine now made signs to Orson that he 
 wished him to accompany him, on which he quietly 
 suffered his hands to be bound; and Valentine 
 having mounted his horse, the two brothers pro- 
 ceeded towards Orleans. 
 
 CHAPTER III 
 
 WHEREVER they passed, the people on seeing 
 the wild man, ran into their houses and hid them- 
 42
 
 selves. When Valentine arrived at an inn where VALEN- 
 he intended to rest during the night, the terrified 
 inhabitants fastened their doors, and would not 
 suffer them to enter. Valentine made signs to 
 Orson, who placed his shoulder against the door, 
 and forced it open in an instant ; upon which the 
 people of the inn all ran out at the back-door, and 
 would not venture to return. A great feast was in 
 preparation, and there were plenty of fowls and 
 good provisions roasting at the fire. Orson tore 
 the meat off the spit with his hands, and devoured 
 it greedily; and espying a caldron of water, he 
 put his head into it and drank like a horse. 
 In the morning, Valentine resumed his journey, 
 leading Orson as before. On arriving at the city, 
 the inhabitants shut their doors, and ran into the 
 highest rooms to gaze upon the wild man. When 
 they reached the outer court of King Pepin's palace, 
 the porter in a great fright barred the gate with 
 heavy chains and bars of iron, and would not be 
 prevailed upon to open it. After soliciting admit- 
 tance for some time, and being still denied, Valen- 
 tine made a sign to Orson, who, tearing up one 
 of the large stone posts that stood by, shattered 
 the gate to pieces. The queen, the Princess 
 Eglantine, and all their attendants, fled to hide 
 themselves when they heard that Orson was 
 arrived ; and Valentine had the greatest difficulty 
 to persuade them to believe that Orson was no 
 longer furious and savage as he had been in the 
 woods. At length the king permitted him to be 
 brought in ; and the whole court soon gathered in 
 a crowd in the apartment, and were much amused 
 by his wild actions and gestures, although they 
 were very cautious not to come near him. On 
 Valentine's making signs, he kissed the king's 
 robe, and the hand of the Princess Eglantine ; for 
 Orson had now become so attached to Valentine 
 that he would obey him in all things, and would 
 
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 VALEN- suffer no other person to attempt to control him. 
 
 TINE AND if Valentine went for a moment out of his sight, 
 
 ORSON ne WO uld utter cries of distress, and overturn every 
 
 one that stood in his way, while he ran about the 
 
 palace in search of him ; and he slept at night in 
 
 Valentine's chamber on the floor, for he could not 
 
 be prevailed to lie on a bed. 
 
 Very soon after the capture of Orson, a herald 
 appeared at the court of King Pepin, from the 
 Duke of Aquitaine, summoning all true knights to 
 avenge the cause of the Lady Clerimont, daughter 
 to the noble duke, who was held in cruel captivity 
 by Atramont, the black knight: the herald pro- 
 claimed that whoever should conquer him would 
 receive the hand of the lady in marriage, together 
 with a princely dowry. This knight was so famous 
 for his cruelty and his victories, that the young 
 lords of the court all drew back, and were unwill- 
 ing to enter the lists; for it was known that he 
 was defended by enchantment, and it was his 
 practice to hang upon a high tree all the knights 
 whom he had defeated. Valentine, however, 
 offered himself without hesitation ; and though he 
 did not intend to ask the lady in marriage, he 
 nevertheless determined to attempt her rescue 
 from the hands of the giant. 
 
 Valentine, followed by Orson as his squire, soon 
 reached the castle of the black knight, and imme- 
 diately demanded the freedom of the captive lady. 
 This was refused, and the two knights at once 
 began the combat. The fight was long and equal. 
 At length Atramont demanded a parley : ' Knight,' 
 said he to Valentine, 'thou art brave and noble; 
 behold, yonder hang twenty knights whom I have 
 overcome and put to death : such will be thy fate ; 
 I give thee warning.' 
 
 ' Base traitor,' replied Valentine, ' I fear thee not ; 
 come on I defy thee.' 
 
 1 First,' rejoined the black knight, ' fetch me 
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 yonder shield ; for in pity to thy youth, I tell thee, VALEN 
 
 unless thou canst remove that shield, thou canst 
 
 not rescue the lady, nor conquer me.' 
 
 Valentine approached the shield; but, in spite of 
 
 all his efforts, he could not loosen it from the tree, 
 
 though it appeared to hang on only a slender 
 
 branch. Valentine, breathless with his exertions 
 
 to pull down the shield, stood leaning against the 
 
 tree, when Atramont, with a loud laugh, exclaimed, 
 
 4 Fly and save thyself, fair knight ; tor since thou 
 
 canst not move the shield, thou art not destined 
 
 to be my victor. Further, know there is no one 
 
 living who can subdue me, unless he be the son of 
 
 a mighty king, and yet has been suckled by a wild 
 
 beast.' 
 
 Valentine started on hearing these last words, 
 
 and immediately ran to Orson, and led him to the 
 
 enchanted shield. On Orson's raising his arm 
 
 towards it, it dropped instantly from its place. A 
 
 loud blast of wind rushed through the trees, the 
 
 ground rocked beneath their feet, and the black 
 
 knight trembled and turned pale; then gnashing 
 
 his teeth he seized his sword, and attacked Orson 
 
 with desperate fury. At the first blow, Atramont's 
 
 sword broke in pieces upon the enchanted shield. 
 
 Next he caught up a battle-axe, which also 
 
 snapped instantly in two. He then took a lance, 
 
 which was shivered to atoms in the same manner. 
 
 Furious with these defeats, he threw aside his 
 
 weapons, and trusting to his great strength, 
 
 attempted to grasp Orson in his arms : but Orson, 
 
 seizing him as if he had been a mere child, dashed 
 
 him on the ground, and would have instantly 
 
 destroyed him, had not Valentine interposed to 
 
 save his life. Orson continued to hold him down 
 
 till some chains were brought, when, in despite of 
 
 the furious struggles of the black knight, Orson 
 
 bound him in strong fetters, to lead him away a 
 
 prisoner. 
 
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 VALEN- Atramont, finding himself conquered, addressed 
 TINE AND himself to Valentine, and said : 'This savage man 
 ORSON i s m y conqueror, and there is some mystery in his 
 fate. Hasten to the castle of the giant Ferragus, 
 where, if you can conquer him, you will find a 
 brazen head, kept by a dwarf, that will explain to 
 you who this savage is. You will also be able to 
 set at liberty all the captives whom he keeps con- 
 fined in his dungeons.' 
 
 He then directed them on their way to the 
 giant's castle; and after they had rested and 
 refreshed themselves, they took their departure. 
 
 CHAPTER IV 
 
 THEY had to pass over many a hill and valley, 
 and through wild and trackless forests; at last 
 they came in view of the giant's castle, to which 
 the entrance was by a bridge of brass. The build- 
 ing itself was of marble, and the battlements were 
 surmounted by golden pinnacles, which glittered 
 richly in the evening sun as the two brothers ap- 
 proached the castle. Beneath the bridge of brass 
 a hundred bells were fastened by a strange device, 
 so that neither man nor beast might pass over 
 without a loud alarm being given. The moment 
 the two travellers began to cross the bridge the 
 bells sounded, and immediately the great gates of 
 the castle were thrown open, and a huge giant 
 stalked forth, bearing in his hand a knotted club 
 of steel. He immediately summoned them in a 
 voice of thunder to lay down their arms. 
 ' Yield, you caitiffs ! ' said he, ' or I will make you 
 food for the wolves and birds of prey. No one 
 comes here and escapes with his life so long as 
 I can wield my good club.' 
 
 'Vain boaster,' replied Valentine, 'I scorn you 
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 and your threats ! I come determined to force the VALEN- 
 brazen gates of your castle and to set free your T JNE AND 
 prisoners.' ORSON 
 
 With these words he put spurs to his steed, and 
 aimed his trusty spear at the giant's head. The first 
 thrust made the giant bleed, and he, in his turn, 
 aimed a desperate blow at the knight. This happily 
 missed, and left Valentine an opportunity of attack- 
 ing the giant with his sword, which he did with the 
 greatest courage, aiming blow after blow, first on 
 one side, then on another, with the utmost agility 
 and skill. But at last the giant, mad with pain and 
 rage, saw that his adversary was beginning to flag, 
 and found opportunity to deal him a tremendous 
 blow with his mace, which laid both horse and 
 rider senseless on the ground. He now grinned a 
 hideous grin, and, stooping down, he was about 
 to aim a second blow, exclaiming, * Now, caitiff, 
 breathe thy last.' But before he could raise his 
 arm to strike, two tremendous blows descended 
 upon his own head, and the monster fell groaning 
 to the earth. These blows came from the knotty 
 club of Orson, who, seeing his friend's danger, ran 
 up just in time to save him. The giant was dead ; 
 and, with Orson's care and attention, Valentine 
 soon began to recover. 
 
 They now began to search the giant's castle, 
 both to set free his captives and to find the dwarf 
 who would give the promised explanation. As 
 they went through the gloomy apartments and 
 dungeons, they found the bones of many murdered 
 knights who had been overcome by the giant, and 
 at last, in a little dim cell lighted by one small 
 window, they found a lady lying on the ground 
 and bathed in tears. At their entrance she lifted 
 up her eyes and begged for mercy. Valentine 
 gently raised her, and assured her that they were 
 come to succour her, that the giant was killed, 
 and that the castle-gates were thrown open. They 
 
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 VALEN- then led her out of the dungeon into one of the 
 TINE AND apartments of the castle, and supplied her with 
 ORSON fo^ and w i nC) an( j attended to all her wants. 
 
 They then inquired her name and her story, 
 when she related to them her whole history, as it 
 has been already told, from the time of her mar- 
 riage to the hour when the fierce giant slew her 
 trusty attendant, and carried her off by force to 
 the castle. But, when they heard her name, and 
 that she was sister to King Pepin, they were 
 beyond measure amazed and overjoyed ; for they 
 had often heard the sad story of the Empress of 
 Constantinople, and how the emperor, after she 
 had gone, had discovered the treachery of his 
 prime minister, and had made long and anxious 
 search for his wife and children, but in vain. 
 
 CHAPTER V 
 
 VALENTINE and Orson determined to set out 
 for the coast of France as soon as the Lady Belli- 
 sance was able to travel, knowing how overjoyed 
 the old king would be to see his long-lost sister. 
 But, before taking their departure, they went to 
 search for the dwarf, who at last was found in one 
 of the turrets of the castle, and who immediately 
 expressed his willingness to serve his deliverer, 
 now that his cruel master was dead. 
 They desired him to lead them to the chamber 
 where the brazen head was kept, which he imme- 
 diately did. Valentine fixed his eyes upon the 
 head, anxious to hear what it would say con- 
 cerning his birth. At length it spake thus : 'Thou, 
 O renowned knight, art called Valentine the Brave, 
 and art the man destined to be the husband of the 
 Princess Eglantine of France. Thou art son to the 
 Emperor of Greece, and thy mother is Bellisance, 
 sister to King Pepin of France. She was unjustly 
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 banished from her throne, and after many wander- VALEN 
 ings, she was seized by a giant and confined in a TINE Q jJ D 
 dungeon of this castle, where she has been for OR SON 
 twenty years. The wild man, who hath so long 
 accompanied thee, is thy brother. You were both 
 lost in the forest of Orleans. Thou wert found 
 and brought up under the care of King Pepin thy 
 uncle, but thy brother was stolen and nurtured 
 by a bear. Proceed to France with the innocent 
 empress, thy hapless mother. Away, and prosper ! 
 These are the last words I shall utter. Fate has 
 decreed, that when Valentine and Orson enter this 
 chamber, my power ends.' 
 
 Having thus spoken, the brazen head fell from its 
 pedestal, and in the fall was broken into a thou- 
 sand pieces. 
 
 The two youths stood for a moment fixed with 
 astonishment ; they then joyfully embraced each 
 other, and rejoined the empress to tell her the 
 extraordinary news they had just heard. Imagine 
 her surprise when she saw before her her two long- 
 lost sons. To describe her emotions on this joyful 
 occasion would be impossible. 
 After the first transports were over, they prepared 
 for their departure. The stables of the giant's 
 castle furnished them with horses ; and everything 
 else necessary for their journey was found in its 
 well-stored recesses. So, taking with them the 
 dwarf as their servant, the whole party proceeded 
 towards France. 
 
 The meeting of King Pepin and his dear sister 
 was, we need not say, a happy and joyful one. A 
 courier was immediately despatched to Constan- 
 tinople to inform the Emperor Alexander of the 
 arrival of his empress at the capital of France. 
 The messenger found him still mourning the loss 
 of his innocent queen, and refusing all comfort 
 from those around him, from the thought that by 
 his own folly and rashness he had been the cause 
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 VALEN- of her banishment and death. The news was like 
 TINE AND life to the dead; and the emperor, as soon as he 
 ORSON had sufficiently collected himself to give the proper 
 orders, set off with his whole court to meet his 
 long-lost queen, and to bring her back in triumph 
 to her throne. His delight was still further in- 
 creased when he saw the two youths his sons, and 
 embraced them for the first time since they were 
 children. 
 
 Great rejoicings, feasts, dances, and tournaments 
 were held in honour of these events in all parts 
 of the French king's dominions; and, in due 
 time, the emperor and his queen, accompanied by 
 Orson, took their departure for their own country. 
 Valentine remained at the court of his uncle, and 
 was shortly after married to the fair Princess 
 Eglantine. 
 
 At the death of the monarch they succeeded to 
 the empire, and were blessed with a long and 
 prosperous reign.
 
 by kind and good people, who would give them THE 
 food and shelter. .^SSI 
 
 But the poor little children were so frightened $000 
 and confused that they did not understand in 
 which direction to go. They waited a long while 
 for the man, and, as he did not come back, they 
 wandered in the wood ; and in place of getting out 
 of it, by a sad mishap they turned, and went back 
 into its very depths. 
 
 These pretty babes, all hand in hand, 
 
 Went wandering up and down ; 
 But never more could see the man 
 
 Approaching from the town. 
 Their pretty lips with blackberries 
 
 Were all besmeared and dyed ; 
 But when came on the darksome night, 
 
 They sat them down and cried. 
 
 Thus wander'd these poor innocents 
 
 Till death did end their grief; 
 In one another's arms they died 
 
 As wanting due relief. 
 No burial this pretty pair 
 
 Of any man receives, 
 But Robin-redbreast, piously, 
 
 Did cover them with leaves. 
 
 It must now be told how that the wicked uncle 
 got no rest in mind or body. Nothing prospered 
 with him. His fields were blighted, and his cattle 
 died in stall. His barns caught fire, and his 
 substance wasted. 
 
 He had sent his sons in a merchant-ship to 
 Portugal, and a violent storm arose, wrecked the 
 vessel, and his sons were drowned. 
 So badly did the uncle fare, that, in seven years, 
 all his lands and goods were in pawn or lost ; and 
 himself smitten with an ague that never left him, 
 but made him shiver and shake.
 
 THE As for the man who had left the Babes in the 
 BABES wood, he was convicted of a robbery and thrown 
 WOOD * nto Prison, when he confessed the whole story 
 
 how he was hired by the uncle, how he had fought 
 
 with and killed his fellow, and how he had deserted 
 
 the children in the wood. 
 
 Thus it was the whole story came to the light of 
 
 day. 
 
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 PRETTY MARUSCHKA 
 
 LR away in the hazy purple of antiquity, 
 when all stepmothers were wicked, 
 and all younger sons were successful, 
 there lived on the confines of a forest 
 a woman who had two daughters : the 
 one her own, the other only a step- 
 child. Naturally, the love of the 
 mother was concentrated on her own Helena, and, 
 as naturally, she disliked Maruschka, who was the 
 fairest, the gentlest, and the most pious of the 
 two girls. 
 
 Little did pretty Maruschka know of her own 
 surpassing beauty a fact proving to us how 
 remote from the present age was that in which 
 these damsels lived. Her hair was like the waving 
 gold of the cornfield when the wind soughs over 
 it, and her eyes were as the blue forget-me-not 
 which smiles and glimmers in a quiet nook by the 
 brookside. She was slim and graceful; her step 
 was light, for her heart was free. Wherever she 
 went she brought cheerfulness and smiles; like 
 the little golden sunbeams which pierce among 
 the tree-shadows of a forest, and light up unex- 
 pected beauties where all before was gloom ; now 
 painting a saffron butterfly, now kindling an 
 
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 PRETTY 
 
 MAR- 
 USCHKA
 
 PRETTY emerald moss-tuft, now making a scarlet lily flame 
 MAR- against the dusk of the forest glades behind. 
 
 USCHKA Helena was dressed by her mother in gay colours 
 for Sunday and Feast-day, but poor little Mar- 
 suchka had only a dingy grey gown, cast off by 
 her sister. Helena wore black shoes with silver 
 buckles, but pretty Maruschka clattered up the 
 churchyard path in wooden clogs. Helena wore 
 a false gold chain of great links round her neck, 
 but her half-sister had only a turquoise-coloured 
 ribbon and a little silver cross with a crystal in 
 it that was her only ornament and that had been 
 given her by a lady whom she had guided into the 
 road, when she had lost her way in the forest. 
 As the mother and the two girls went to church 
 on Sundays, the lads were all in the yard hanging 
 about the tombstones ; and the old woman heard 
 them whisper, 'There is pretty Maruschka;' but 
 never once did they say, ' See pretty Helena.' So 
 she was angry, and hated the golden-haired, blue- 
 eyed maiden. At home she made her do all the 
 hard work scrub the floors, cook the victuals, 
 mend the clothes whilst Helena stood all day 
 before her glass, combing her hair and adorning 
 herself with trinkets, and wishing it were Sunday 
 that she might flare before the eyes of the young 
 men in the churchyard. 
 
 Helena and her mother did all that lay in their 
 power to make the little girl's life miserable. They 
 scolded her, they beat her, they devised schemes 
 of annoyance for her, but never could they ruffle 
 the sweet temper of Maruschka. 
 One day, in the depth of winter, Helena cried out, 
 'Ah, mel would that I had a bunch of violets in 
 my bosom to-morrow, when I go to church. Run, 
 Maruschka, run into the forest and pluck them for 
 me, that I may have them to smell at whilst the 
 priest gives us his sermon.' 
 
 'Oh, my sister 1' answered Maruschka, 'who ever 
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 heard of violets being gathered in midwinter, PRETTY 
 under the deep snow ? ' TT MR- 
 
 ' Idle hussey ! ' screamed Helena ; ' go at once and USCHKA 
 fetch them. Have them I will, and you shall not 
 come back without them.' 
 
 Then the mother chimed in with, ' Mind and bring 
 a large bunch, or you shall not be taken in here 
 for the night. Go!' and she caught her, thrust 
 her from the house, and slammed the door behind 
 her. 
 
 Bitterly weeping, the poor maiden wandered 
 into the forest. The snow lay deep everywhere, 
 undinted by human foot ; white wreaths hung on 
 the bushes, and the sombre pine-boughs were 
 frosted over with snow. Here were the traces of 
 a hare, there the prints of a badger. An owl 
 called from the depths of the forest. The girl lost 
 her way. Dusk came on, and a few stars looked 
 through the interlacing boughs overhead, watching 
 Maruschka. An icy wind moaned through the 
 trees, shaking the pines as though they quaked 
 with mortal fear, and then they bent their branches 
 and shot their loads of snow in dust to the ground. 
 Strange harp-like sounds reverberated through 
 the gloom, and gratings of bough on bough, which 
 seemed as though the wood demons were gnawing 
 at fallen timbers. Now a great black crow, which 
 had been brooding among dark firs and pines, 
 startled by the footfall and sobs of the maiden, 
 expanded his wings, and, with a harsh scream, 
 rushed away, noisily, sending the life-blood with a 
 leap to the girl's heart. Suddenly, before her far 
 up on a hill-top a light appeared, ruddy and 
 flickering. Maruschka, inspired with hope, made 
 for it, scrambling up a rocky slope through deep 
 snow-drifts. She reached the summit, and beheld 
 a great fire. Around this fire were twelve rough 
 stones, and on each stone sat a man. Three were 
 grey-bearded, three were middle-aged, three were 
 
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 USCHKA 
 
 PRETTY youths ; and the last three were the youngest and 
 MAR- fairest. They spake not, but looked intently on 
 t k e roar i n g flames. He who sat in the seat of 
 honour had a long staff in his hand. His hair 
 was white, and fluttering in the cold wind. 
 
 Maruschka was startled, and watched them 
 with astonishment for a little while ; then muster- 
 ing courage, she stepped within the circle and 
 said : 
 
 ' Dear, good friends, please suffer me to warm 
 myself a little while at the fire, for, indeed, I am 
 perishing with cold.' He with the flowing white 
 hair raised his head, and said 
 'Yes, child, approach. But what brings you 
 here ? ' 
 
 ' I am seeking violets,' she answered. 
 1 Violets ! It is not the time for violets, when the 
 snow lies deep ? ' 
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 'Ah, sir! I know that well; but sister Helena PRETTY 
 and mother have bidden me bring them violets, MAR- 
 and if I do not I must perish in the cold. You, USCHKA 
 kind shepherds, tell me where I may find violets ! ' 
 Then the white aged one arose from his seat, 
 stepped to one of the blooming youths, put his 
 staff into his hand, and said 
 1 Brother March, take thou the pre-eminence.' 
 Then the Month March sat himself on the chief 
 stone, and waved his staff over the fire. Instantly 
 the flames rushed up and blazed with greater 
 brilliancy, the snow began to thaw, the hazel- 
 bushes were covered with catkins, and glossy buds 
 appeared on the beech. Green herbs thrust up 
 through the moist soil, a primrose gleamed from a 
 dusky bank, and a sweet fragrance of violets was 
 wafted by on a gentle breeze. Under a bush, the 
 ground was purple with their scented blossoms. 
 1 Quick, Maruschka, pluck ! ' ordered March. The 
 girl hastily gathered a handful. Then she cour- 
 tesied to the twelve Months, thanked them cordially, 
 and hurried home. 
 
 Helena was amazed when her half-sister came 
 with the bunch to the door. She opened it to 
 her, and the house was filled with the delicious 
 odour. 
 
 'Where did you find them?' she asked. 
 1 High up on the mountain, under a hawthorn 
 bush.' 
 
 Helena took the flowers, and set them in her 
 bosom. She let her mother smell at them, but she 
 never gave one to Maruschka. 
 When they came home from church next day, 
 Helena cast off her gay shawls, and sat down to 
 supper. But she had no appetite for what was on 
 the table. She was angry with her sister ; for all 
 the lads had fixed their eyes on Maruschka, and 
 had not even been attracted to her by the fragrant 
 bunch of violets. ' How beautiful is Maruschka
 
 PRETTY to-day !' had said some of the older people ; and 
 none had spoken a good word of her. 
 So sne sat and sighed, and hated the pretty girl 
 more and more. 
 
 * Oh that I had strawberries ! ' she said. ' I can eat 
 nothing this evening but strawberries. Run, Mar- 
 uschka, into the forest and gather me a dishful.' 
 
 * Dear sister, this is not the time of the year for 
 strawberries. Who ever heard of strawberries 
 ripening under the snow?' 
 
 But the stepmother angrily exclaimed : ' Run, 
 Maruschka, fetch them at once, as your sister has 
 ordered, or I will strike you dead ; ' and she thrust 
 her from the door. 
 
 The poor girl cried bitterly ; she looked back at 
 the firelight which glimmered through the case- 
 ment, and thought how warm it was within, whilst 
 without it was so piercingly cold. But she dared 
 not return unless she had with her the desired 
 fruit. So she plunged into the forest. The snow 
 lay deep, and nowhere was a human footprint. 
 Snow began to fall in fine powder, whitening her 
 shoulders, clinging to the folds of her grey dress, 
 and forming a cap of ice on her golden hair. In 
 that dull rayless night there was no light to show 
 the blue ribbon, which strayed among the tree 
 boles, or to twinkle on the crystal of the silver 
 cross. 
 
 Presently Maruschka saw, high up on the summit 
 of a rugged hill, a blazing fire. She scrambled to 
 it, and there she found the Twelve sitting solemn 
 and silent around the flames, and the Ice Month, 
 with his staff, sat still on the seat of honour. 
 
 * Dear, good friends, please suffer me to warm 
 myself a little while at the fire,' she asked in a 
 beseeching voice; 'for, indeed, I am perishing 
 with cold.' 
 
 Then the one with the drifting white locks raised 
 his head and said 
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 'Yes, child, approach. But what brings you here ?' PRETTY 
 I am seeking strawberries,' she answered. MAR- 
 
 ' Strawberries! It is not the time for strawberries USCHKA 
 when the snow lies deep ? ' 
 
 'Ah, sir! I know that well; but sister Helena 
 and mother have bidden me bring them straw- 
 berries, or they will strike me dead. You, kind 
 shepherds, tell me where I may find strawberries.' 
 Then the white Ice Month arose from his seat, 
 stepped across the area to one of the young men, 
 put the staff into his hand, and said 
 ' Brother June, take thou the pre-eminence.' 
 Then the Month June sat himself on the chief 
 stone, and waved his staff over the fire. Instantly 
 it glowed like molten gold, beams of glory 
 streamed from it through the forest, and it shone 
 like a sun resting on the earth. Overhead, the 
 clouds flamed and curled in wreaths of light-tinted 
 rose, carnation, and purple, athwart a sky blue as 
 the forget-me-not. Every trace of snow vanished, 
 and the earth was buried in green. The trees were 
 covered with rustling leaves. Blue-bells gleamed 
 under their shadows, and then died away. Red- 
 robin blushed in tufts, and then shed its ragged 
 petals. Wild roses burst into glorious flower, and 
 the soft air was charged with the scent of the 
 sweet-briar. From among the forest-glades called, 
 in cool notes, a wood-dove. The thrush began to 
 warble, and the blackbird to pipe. A bright-eyed 
 squirrel danced among the fresh green leaves on 
 the tree-tops. Beside a brown stone was a patch 
 of sloping green. It was dotted with little white 
 stars with golden hearts. Now the leaves drop 
 off, and the hearts swell, and flush, and glow, and 
 become crimson. 
 
 ' Quick, Maruschka, pluck ! ' said June. 
 Then the girl joyfully hurried to the slope, and 
 gathered an apronful of the luscious strawberries. 
 
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 PRETTY She courtesied to the twelve Months, thanked them 
 MAR- cordially, and hurried home. 
 
 USCHKA Helena was astonished as she saw her come to 
 the house, and she ran to open the door. The 
 whole cottage was fragrant with the odour of the 
 strawberries. 
 
 'Where did you gather them?' asked Helena. 
 1 High up on the mountains, under a brown rock.' 
 Helena took the strawberries, and ate them with 
 her mother. She never offered even one to pretty 
 Maruschka. 
 
 Next day, Helena had again no appetite for her 
 supper. 
 
 'Oh, if I had only ripe apples!' she said; and 
 then, turning to her sister, she ordered, 'Run, 
 Maruschka, run into the wood and gather me 
 some ripe apples.' 
 
 ' Dear sister, this is not the time of the year for 
 apples. Who ever heard of apples ripening in an 
 icy wind ? ' 
 
 But her stepmother cried put, ' Run, Maruschka, 
 fetch the apples as your sister has required, or I 
 will strike you dead.' 
 
 And she thrust her from the door into the cold 
 winter night-air. 
 
 The maiden hastened, sobbing, into the wood ; the 
 snow lay deep, and nowhere was there a human 
 footprint. The new moon glimmered in a clear 
 sky, and sent its feeble beams into the forest deeps, 
 forming little trembling, silvery pools of light, which 
 appeared and vanished, and formed again. And a 
 low wind whispered a great secret in the trees, but 
 so faint was the tone that none could make out 
 what it said. There was a little opening in the 
 wood ; in the midst stood a grey wolf looking up 
 at the moon and howling; but when Maruschka 
 came near, it fled, and was lost among the shadows. 
 The poor maiden shivered with cold, and her teeth 
 chattered. Her lips were purple and her cheeks 
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 white ; and the tears, as they formed, froze on her PRETTY 
 long eyelashes. She would have sunk on a snow- 
 drift and died, had she not seen, up high on a 
 rugged hill-top, a blazing fire. Towards it she 
 made her way, and found it to be the same she had 
 seen before. Round about, solemn and silent, sat 
 the Twelve, and the Ice Month was on the seat of 
 honour, clasping the staff of power. 
 
 * Dear, good friends, please suffer me to warm my- 
 self a little while at the fire,' she asked, in suppli- 
 cating tones ; ' for, indeed, I am perishing with cold.' 
 Then the one with the long white hair and frosty 
 beard raised his head, and said : ' Yes, child, ap- 
 proach ; but what brings you here ? ' 
 
 ' I am seeking ripe apples,' she answered. 
 
 * Ripe apples ! It is not the time for ripe apples, 
 when the snow lies deep ? ' 
 
 'Ah, sir ! I know that well ; but sister Helena and 
 mother have bidden me bring them ripe apples, or 
 they will strike me dead. You, kind shepherds, tell 
 me where I may find ripe apples.' 
 Then the Ice Month arose from his seat, stepped to 
 one of the elder men, put the staff into his hand, 
 and said 
 
 ' Brother September, take thou the pre-eminence.' 
 Then the Month September sat himself on the 
 chief stone, and waved his staff over the fire. 
 Whereat it glowed like a furnace, red and fierce ; 
 sparks flew about, and volumes of glaring hot 
 smoke, like the vapour of molten metal, rolled up 
 to heaven. In a moment the snow was gone. 
 The trees were covered with sere leaves ; the oak 
 foliage was brown and crumpled, that of the ash 
 yellow as sulphur ; other trees seemed leafed with 
 copper. Stray leaves floated past and were whirled 
 by little wind-eddies into rustling heaps. A few 
 yellow flowers shook in the hot air. Pinks hung 
 over the rocks, covering their faces with wandering 
 shadows. Ladyfern waved and wafted its pleasant 
 
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 PRETTY odour. A constant hum of bees and beetles and flies 
 MAR- sounded through the wood. Maruschka looked 
 
 USCHKA a bout her for apples, and beheld a tree on whose 
 branches hung the ruddy fruit. 
 ' Quick, Maruschka, shake ! ' commanded Sep- 
 tember. Then she shook, and there fell an apple ; 
 she shook again, and there fell another. ' Quick, 
 Maruschka, hasten home ! ' said the Month. 
 Then she courtesied to the Twelve, thanked them 
 cordially, and returned to the house of her step- 
 mother. 
 
 Helena marvelled not a little when she saw the 
 red apples. 
 
 1 How many have you plucked ? ' she asked. 
 ' Only two.' 
 
 'Where did you find them?' 
 ' High up, on the mountain-top, on a tree weighed 
 down with them.' 
 
 ' Why did you not gather more ? Did you not eat 
 them on your way home ? ' asked Helena, fiercely. 
 ' Oh, dear sister, I have not tasted one ! I shook 
 once, and down fell an apple ; I shook twice, and 
 there fell another. I might not bring away more.' 
 Helena struck her, and drove her to the kitchen. 
 Then she tasted one of the apples. Never before 
 had she eaten one so sweet and juicy. The step- 
 mother ate the second. 
 
 'Mother!' exclaimed Helena, 'give me my fur 
 dress. I will go to the hill and bring some apples. 
 That hussey has eaten all she took except two.' 
 Then she wrapped herself up, and hurried into the 
 wood. The snow lay deep, and nowhere was a 
 human footprint Helena lost herself; but presently 
 she was aware of a hill, and a fire burning at the 
 summit. She hastened to the light. There she 
 saw a great blaze, and round it sat the twelve 
 Months, silent and solemn. He with the long 
 snowy locks sat on the seat of honour, holding 
 the rod of power. Helena stared at them, then, 
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 pushing through the circle, went to the fire, and PRETTY 
 began to warm herself. nU^Sr A 
 
 * What seek you here ? ' asked the Ice Month, with USCHKA 
 a frown wrinkling his white brow. 
 'That is no business of yours,' answered Helena, 
 sharply, over her shoulder. 
 
 The Ice Month shook his head, and, raising his 
 arm, waved the staff over the fire. 
 Instantly the flames sank, and the fire was reduced 
 to a glowing spark. The clouds rolled over the sky, 
 and, bursting, discharged snow in such quantities 
 that nothing was visible in earth and heaven but 
 drifting white particles. An icy wind rumbled in 
 the forest and roared round the hill. Helena fled. 
 Everywhere white fleeting spots whirling, falling, 
 rising, scudding! She ran this way, then that; 
 she stumbled over a fallen log, she gathered her- 
 self up and ran again ; then she plunged into a deep 
 drift ; and the white cold down from the breast of 
 heaven whirled and fell, and rose, and fleeted, and 
 danced this side of her, and dropped here on her, 
 and rested there on her, and lodged on this limb, 
 and built up a white heap on that limb, then 
 bridged over one fold and filled up another. She 
 shook herself, and the particles fell off. But then 
 they began theirwork again : they spangled her with 
 white, they wove a white net, they filled up the in- 
 terstices of her lace, they built a mound over her 
 arm, they buried her foot, they raised a cairn above 
 her bosom. Then they spun a dance around the 
 white face which looked up at them, and began 
 to whiten it still more ; lastly, they smoothed the 
 sheet over her, and the work was done. 
 The mother looked out of the window and 
 wondered that Helena did not return. Hour after 
 hour passed, and her daughter came not. 
 4 Maybe the apples are so sweet that she cannot 
 eat enough,' thought the mother. ' I will go seek 
 them too.' 
 
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 PRETTY So she wrapped herself up in a thick shawl and 
 MAR- went forth. 
 
 The S now lay deep, and nowhere was a human 
 footprint. She called Helena, but received no 
 answer. Then she lost her way. The snow fell, 
 and the wind howled. 
 
 Maruschka sat over the fire and cooked supper. 
 Mother and sister came back no more.
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 
 
 HERE was a merchantman once, who BEAUTY 
 was very rich. AND THE 
 
 He had three daughters, and he BEAST 
 spared no expense to provide them 
 with an excellent education. 
 His daughters were beautiful; but 
 the youngest so excelled her sisters 
 
 that, from earliest childhood, she was called the 
 Beauty, and afterwards this name slipped into, 
 simply, Beauty. 
 
 But the real cause why she was so much more 
 admired than her sisters was that she was 
 amiable and they were not ; and the sweetness of 
 her disposition shone out in her face and made 
 it doubly sweet. No frown ever spoiled her fair 
 brow ; no pout was ever on her pleasant lips. She 
 possessed the charm of good temper which makes 
 even a plain face agreeable. 
 
 The merchant's elder daughters were idle, ill- 
 humoured, and proud ; and people did not consider 
 them as beautiful, because they saw only the bad 
 temper that was in the expression of their faces. 
 The pride of the young ladies was so great that 
 they despised all such as were of their own rank 
 in life, and wished to be the friends of noble 
 ladies and princesses. They hunted after grand 
 
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 acquaintances, and met with many mortifications 
 accordingly. They gave themselves great airs, and, 
 
 BEAUTY 
 AND THE 
 
 BEAST to s i! OW the world how high in life they were, they 
 held up their noses. Their whole time was spent 
 in balls, operas, and visiting and driving about 
 Meanwhile, Beauty kept to her books ; and, when 
 not at work, she loved in kindly way to go among 
 the sick and poor, and comfort them. Thus it 
 came about that she was as much beloved by the 
 poor as she was admired by the rich. 
 As it was well known that their father was a well- 
 to-do man, many merchants asked the girls in 
 marriage; but all these offers were refused, be- 
 cause the two eldest had set their minds on 
 marrying only nobles, and the youngest had no 
 wish to be married at all. 
 
 Beauty's great desire was to be with her father 
 when he was old and feeble, and to be then his 
 comfort 
 
 One unhappy day the merchant returned home, 
 very downcast, to inform his children that his 
 ships had been wrecked, his head clerk had 
 defrauded him, and that the firms which owed 
 him money were bankrupt He was, therefore, a 
 ruined man. Beauty wept because her father was 
 unfortunate and unhappy, and asked him what 
 was to be done. 
 
 'Alack, dear child!' he replied, 'I must sell this 
 house, and go to live in a cottage in the country ; 
 and we shall have to work with our hands to put 
 bread into our mouths.' 
 
 'Well, father,' said Beauty, 'I can spin and knit 
 and sew very neatly. I daresay I shall be able to 
 help you.' 
 
 The elder daughters said nothing, but resolved to 
 marry such of their rejected lovers as were richest 
 They speedily found, however, that their rejected 
 lovers rejected all their advances, now that they 
 were poor. 
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 be for him if the children were to die before they THE 
 
 grew to years of discretion, for then he would have ,?A5!s 
 
 the little boy's three hundred pounds a year, and WOO 
 
 the little girl's five hundred pounds. He kept 
 
 them in his own house for a twelvemonth and a 
 
 day, and then he formed a wicked device to get 
 
 rid of them both. 
 
 There were two wicked men who lived not far off, 
 
 who were ready to do any bad act if paid for it, 
 
 and he sent for these men, and bargained with 
 
 them to take the babes out into the greenwood, 
 and to kill them there. His wife, their aunt, was 
 a good and kind woman, and would never have 
 consented to such wickedness, whatever gain it 
 might bring, so he told her an artful tale, that it 
 was his purpose to send the children to a friend of 
 his in London, who would see to their schooling. 
 He then gave over the two children to the men 
 with whom he had agreed, and told them that they 
 were going to London where were toy-shops, and 
 
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 THE as many toys to be had for the asking as their 
 BABES hearts could desire. 
 
 WOOD Away then went those pretty babes, 
 
 Rejoicing at that tide, 
 Rejoicing with a merry mind, 
 They would a cock-horse ride. 
 
 The two men conveyed them into the wood ; and, 
 as they went, the children talked to them of what 
 they would do when they got all the pretty toys in 
 London town. And one of the men, who was 
 softer-hearted than the other, became sorry for 
 what he had taken in hand to do. But the second 
 man was hard, and he would not listen to his 
 fellow, and said he would kill them outright. 
 So they fell from words to blows ; and they drew 
 their swords and fought; and he who was most 
 merciful in heart slew the other. 
 Now, when he saw that his fellow was dead, he 
 thought he might be taken and hanged for murder, 
 and that he must fly; but he could no ways see 
 what he could do with the poor babes, who stood 
 sobbing frightened at seeing the men fighting. 
 He took the children by the hand, 
 
 Tears standing in their eye, 
 And bade them straightway follow him, 
 
 And look they did not cry. 
 And two long miles he led them on, 
 
 While they for food complain ; 
 ' Stay here,' said he, ' I '11 bring you bread 
 
 When I come back again.' 
 
 Then he went away, and never came back. He 
 ran from the wood, and tried to escape into a 
 distant part of the country. Now, he had brought 
 the poor babes on very near to the edge of the 
 wood, and not a mile from where there were some 
 cottages, and he thought that they would make 
 their way out from under the trees and be found 
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 On the other hand, such as had admired Beauty BEAUTY 
 pressed their services on her, and would gladly 
 have shared their fortunes with her. She, how- 
 ever, could not think of deserting her father when 
 he was reduced to low estate. She felt she must 
 abide by him, and work for him. 
 Very soon, the grand house in town was sold, as 
 well as all the rich furniture, and the merchant 
 and his daughters retired into the country. 
 Beauty now rose at four o'clock every morning. 
 She cleaned the house, laid and lighted the fires, 
 prepared the breakfast, and put flowers on the 
 table. Then she cooked the dinner, and made the 
 house tidy. She was happy, and sang like a lark 
 over her work, and slept peacefully, and had 
 pleasant dreams. 
 
 Meanwhile, her sisters grew peevish, dissatisfied, 
 and miserable. They would not work ; and, as they 
 had no occupation and no amusement, the days 
 dragged along and seemed as though they would 
 never end. They did nothing but regret the past, 
 and grumble over the present. As they had no 
 one to admire them, they neglected their personal 
 appearance and became veritable dowdies. 
 Perhaps they perceived that the contrast between 
 their sister and themselves was not to their advan- 
 tage, for they became spiteful in their manner to 
 Beauty, and held up their hands and declared that 
 she had always been fit only to be a servant. 
 'It is clear as daylight,' said they to Beauty; 
 'that Nature made you to occupy a menial 
 position, and now you are in your proper place. 
 As for us, we are ladies. We can't soil our 
 fingers, we can't dust the furniture, we can't scrub 
 the floor. We are above such things.' 
 The merchant heard, after a while, that there was 
 some chance of retrieving part of his fortune if he 
 made a journey to a country where one of his 
 richest vessels had been wrecked. He must claim 
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 BEAUTY what had been recovered from the sea. Accord- 
 AND THE ingly, he bade his daughters farewell, and he did 
 BEAST so j n a hopeful spirit, for he believed he would get 
 back enough to make their life more comfortable. 
 Before leaving, he asked his daughters what they 
 would desire him to bring for them on his return, 
 as a little token that he remembered them. 
 The eldest asked for a diamond necklace. The 
 second wished for a whole suite of pearls. The 
 youngest said, 'Dear father, bring me a white 
 rose.' 
 
 So the father kissed all his daughters, and de- 
 parted. He was successful ; and had recovered so 
 much of his property that he hoped to reopen his 
 business, and in time recover all that was lost. 
 When he prepared to return home, he remem- 
 bered the requests of his daughters, and bought 
 diamonds for the eldest and pearls for the second ; 
 but he sought everywhere in vain for a white rose. 
 This distressed him greatly, as his youngest 
 daughter was his favourite child. 
 Now, as he was on his way home, he lost his way 
 in a wood. Night was closing in, and as the 
 merchant was aware that there were wolves, 
 bears, and wild boars in that country, he was very 
 anxious to find a shelter for the night. 
 Presently he perceived in the distance a twinkling 
 light, and he urged his horse in that direction. 
 But, to his surprise, instead of coming to a wood- 
 man's hut, he found himself in front of a magnifi- 
 cent castle, to which led a stately avenue, com- 
 posed of orange and lemon-trees hung with fruit 
 He did not hesitate to pass down this avenue, and, 
 at the end, he came to the steps leading to the 
 front gate, and through the open door shone the 
 light that had attracted him. 
 He entered, having first knocked at the door, and 
 looked round him expecting to see servants. But 
 no one responded to his knock, and the hall was 
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 wholly deserted. He passed through several BEAUTY 
 galleries and empty rooms all illuminated and all 
 empty and finally stayed his course in a smaller 
 apartment where a fire was burning, and a couch 
 was prepared as if for some one to lie on it. Being 
 very tired and cold, he cast himself down on the 
 couch and fell asleep. 
 
 After a pleasant and refreshing slumber he awoke, 
 and found he was still alone; but a little table 
 stood by him, and on it was spread a delicious 
 repast. As he was extremely hungry, he sat at 
 the table, and partook of all the good things on it. 
 Then he threw himself on the couch again, and 
 again fell asleep. 
 
 When he awoke, the morning sun shone into the 
 room, the little table was still at his side, but on 
 it was now spread an excellent breakfast 
 The merchant began now to be very uneasy at the 
 intense stilness of the house, and perplexed at 
 seeing no one. He left the little room and entered 
 the garden, which was beautifully laid out, and 
 was full of flowers. 'Well,' said the merchant to 
 himself, 'this wonderful place seems to have no 
 master. I will go home and bring my daughters 
 to it, and we shall be able to claim it as our home ; 
 for I discovered it, and it belongs, as far as I can 
 see, to no one.' 
 
 He then went to fetch his horse, and, as he turned 
 down the path to the stable, he saw a hedge of 
 white roses on each side of it Thereat the 
 merchant remembered the request of his youngest 
 daughter, and he plucked one to take to her. 
 Immediately he was alarmed by hearing a horrible 
 noise. Turning in the direction of the sound, he 
 saw a frightful Beast, which seemed to be very 
 angry, and which exclaimed 
 'Who gave you permission to gather my roses? 
 Was it not enough that I suffered you to lie on my 
 couch, and warm yourself at my fire, and eat my 
 
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 BEAUTY supper and breakfast? Your insolence shall not 
 
 ND THE go unpunished.' 
 
 BEAST The merchant, terrified at these words and threats, 
 dropped the rose, and casting himself on his knees, 
 cried: 'Forgive me, sir; I am sincerely grateful 
 for your hospitality, which was so profuse that I 
 hardly thought you would grudge me one rose.' 
 The Beast's anger was not mitigated by this speech. 
 1 1 pay no regard to your excuses,' said he. ' You 
 shall most certainly die.' 
 
 'Alas!' exclaimed the merchant. 'Oh, Beauty! 
 Beauty ! why did you ask this fatal thing of me ? 
 The white rose you desired will be the death of 
 your father.' 
 
 The Beast asked the merchant the meaning of this 
 exclamation, and the merchant then related the 
 story of his misfortunes, and of the requests made 
 by his daughters. 'It cost me nearly all I re- 
 covered of my fortune,' said he, 'to buy the diamonds 
 and pearls for my eldest girls ; I did not think I 
 was doing any harm in plucking the poor little 
 white rose for my youngest.' 
 
 The Beast considered for a while, and then said 
 * I will pardon you on one condition, that is, that 
 you will give me one of your daughters.' 
 ' Oh ! ' exclaimed the merchant ' If I were so cruel 
 as to buy my own life at the expense of one of my 
 children, what excuse could I make to bring her 
 here?' 
 
 ' No excuse is needed,' answered the Beast ' If 
 she comes at all, she will come willingly. Let me 
 see if any one of them be brave enough, and loves 
 you dearly enough, to come here and save your 
 life. You seem to be an honest man. I give you a 
 month in which to return home and propose to 
 one of your daughters to come here to me. If none 
 of them be willing, then I expect you, on your 
 honour, to return here to your death. Say good- 
 bye to them for ever.' 
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 eluctantly 
 
 He did not think any of his daughters would come ; AND 1 
 but it reprieved him for one month, and gave him BEAST 
 an opportunity of saying farewell to them, and of 
 settling his affairs. 
 
 He promised to return at the appointed time, and 
 then asked permission to set off at once. 
 But the Beast would not allow this till the next 
 day. 'Then,' said he, 'you will find a horse ready 
 for you. Go in, and eat your dinner, and await my 
 further orders.' 
 
 The poor merchant, more dead than alive, went 
 back into the palace, and into the same room in 
 which he had rested before. There he found a 
 most delicious meal prepared for him. He was, 
 however, in no mood to eat ; and if he swallowed a 
 few mouthfuls, it was only lest he should anger the 
 Beast by refusing all food from his table. When 
 he had finished, he heard a trampling in the pass- 
 ages, and, shortly, the monstrous Beast appeared, 
 who repeated the terms of the agreement they had 
 made ; and he added 
 
 1 Do not get up to-morrow until after sunrise, and 
 till you have heard a bell ring. Then you will find 
 your breakfast prepared for you here, and the 
 horse you are to ride will be ready in the court- 
 yard. He will bring you back again when you 
 come with your daughter a month hence. Fare- 
 well ! take a white rose for Beauty ; and remember 
 your engagement.' 
 
 The merchant was only too glad when the Beast 
 went away, and though he could not sleep for sad- 
 ness of heart, yet he lay down on the couch. Next 
 morning, after a hasty breakfast, he went to gather 
 the rose for Beauty, mounted the horse, and rode 
 swiftly away. 
 
 The gloomy thoughts that weighed on his mind 
 were not dispersed when he drew up at his cottage 
 door. His daughters, who had been uneasy at his 
 
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 * jf long absence, were prodigal of their embraces, and, 
 BE/* "THE seeing him ride home on such a splendid horse, 
 /BEAST t h ey felt quite sure that he had been success f u i i n 
 
 his journey. He gave his elder daughters the 
 gems and pearls they had desired, and, as he 
 handed the rose to Beauty, he sadly said, 'You 
 little know, my darling, what this has cost me.' 
 This saying greatly excited the curiosity of his 
 children, and they gave him no rest till he had told 
 them the whole story from beginning to end. 
 The elder daughters urged him to break his 
 promise and remain at the cottage; but their 
 father said that a promise was a promise, whether 
 made to a king or a pauper, a man or a beast, and 
 that he must fulfil it. Then the two eldest were 
 very angry with Beauty, and told her that it was 
 all her fault If she had asked for something 
 sensible this would not have happened. 
 'If it be my fault,' answered Beauty meekly, 'it is 
 only fitting that I should suffer for it. I will, there- 
 fore, go back with my father to the palace of the 
 Beast.' 
 
 At first her father would not hear of this, but 
 Beauty was firm. 
 
 As the time drew near she divided all her little 
 possessions between her sisters, and said good-bye 
 to all she loved. 
 
 Now, it must be told, that when Beauty had received 
 the white rose she put it in water, and when she 
 had heard how it was won, and what it entailed, 
 she had wept nightly over it, and her tears falling 
 on it seemed to have preserved it in its beauty, for 
 at the end of the month it was as fresh as when 
 first picked; and the scent was so sweet that it 
 perfumed the whole house. She put the white 
 rose in her bosom, when the day came for de- 
 parture, and she mounted on a pillion behind her 
 father to depart. 
 
 The horse seemed to fly rather than gallop ; and 
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 Beauty would have enjoyed the journey if it were BEAUTY 
 not for the dreadful prospect of the Beast at the AND THE 
 end of it. Her father constantly urged her to BEAST 
 dismount and turn back, but she would not hearken 
 to this. 
 
 At last they reached the avenue of orange trees, 
 and then a wonderful sight was seen. Every 
 orange was like a globe of light ; the oranges were 
 
 deep yellow, and the lemons pale yellow, and all 
 shone like lamps. Moreover, beautiful lights 
 played about the palace, and sweet music mur- 
 mured among the trees. 
 
 1 The Beast must be very hungry,' said Beauty, * if 
 he makes such rejoicing over getting such a little 
 mouthful as myself.' 
 
 The horse now stopped at the foot of the flight of 
 
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 BEAUTY steps leading to the gate, and when she had dis- 
 
 AND THE mounted, her father led her through the halls and 
 
 BEAST galleries to the little room in which he had rested 
 
 and been regaled when there on his former visit 
 
 Again the fire was burning, and on the table a 
 
 lavish supper was spread. 
 
 The merchant knew that this was meant for them ; 
 and Beauty, who was rather less frightened now 
 that she had passed through so many rooms with- 
 out seeing the Beast, was willing to begin, for her 
 long ride had made her hungry. 
 They had hardly finished eating, before they heard 
 tramp, tramp ! gtumo. stumpj It was the sound 
 of the beast approaching ; and Beauty clung to her 
 father in terror, which was heightened when she 
 saw how greatly alarmed he was. 
 But when the Beast entered, like a brave and a 
 courteous girl she stood up, mastered her fear, and, 
 making a low courtesy, said : ' I thank you, Mr. 
 Beast, for my pretty white rose.' 
 Then the Beast was pleased. He saw the little 
 flower in her bosom, looking white and fresh as 
 when first picked ; and he said, somewhat gently 
 ' Did you come quite willingly, Beauty ? ' 
 'Yes, Mr. Beast,' said Beauty, and dropped another 
 courtesy. 
 
 * And will you be willing to remain with me, when 
 your father is gone ? I will not eat you my food 
 is only crystallised rose and violet leaves. I eat 
 nothing more solid or less aesthetic.' 
 ' Yes, Mr. Beast,' answered Beauty ; and the 
 thought that she was not to be eaten revived 
 her courage, and she dropped another little 
 courtesy. 
 
 4 1 am well pleased with you,' said the Beast. * You 
 shall stay. As for you,' he now turned to the 
 merchant, ' at sunrise, to-morrow, you must depart. 
 When the bell rings, rise quickly and eat your 
 breakfast, and you will find the same horse wait- 
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 ing to take you home; but remember, you must BEAUTY 
 never venture to seek my palace again.' 
 Then, turning to Beauty, he said : 'Take your father 
 into the next room, and help him to choose 
 presents for your sisters. There are two port- 
 manteaus there. Fill them with whatever you 
 like to send home. All are yours, and at your 
 disposal.' 
 
 Then the Beast made a clumsy bow, put his paw 
 to his heart, and said : * Good-bye, Beauty ; good- 
 bye, merchantman.' 
 
 Beauty was very sorrowful to have to part with 
 her father, and much dismayed at the thought of 
 being left alone in the great palace with no one 
 but the Beast. However, she promptly obeyed his 
 orders. The room they entered was full of the 
 costliest objects, the most splendid dresses, and 
 the richest jewelry. After making a selection, 
 she put them in the portmanteau which she 
 intended to contain the presents for her sisters. 
 Then she found a trunk full of gold coins, and 
 with them she stuffed the second portmanteau, 
 which was for her father. 
 
 But Beauty and her father much doubted whether 
 the horse could carry the load. However, on 
 reaching the courtyard, there they saw two horses 
 beside that on which the merchant had ridden. 
 They moved the portmanteaus down, and strapped 
 them on the pack-horses' backs. Then the mer- 
 chant bade his daughter a tender farewell with 
 many tears, and rode away. 
 
 Then Beauty wept bitterly, and wandered sadly 
 back to the room in which she had eaten. She 
 soon found herself so sleepy that she threw her- 
 self on the couch and closed her eyes, and was at 
 once in the world of dreams. 
 
 Now, in her dreams, she saw something very 
 strange. She thought that there stood before her 
 a Prince, handsomer than any man she had ever
 
 BEAUTY seen, wearing: a crown of white roses on his head. 
 
 BEAST He said to her: <Beaut y' y ur fate is not as 
 forlorn as you suppose. Be true-hearted as you 
 are beautiful, and all will be well in the end.' 
 Beauty awoke, after a long sleep, much refreshed. 
 She then began to explore the palace. The first 
 room she entered was lined with looking-glasses, 
 and Beauty saw herself reflected on every side. 
 Then she saw a bracelet hanging down from a 
 chandelier. She took it, looked at it, and saw 
 that from it hung a locket, and in this locket was 
 the portrait of the very Prince she had seen in her 
 dream. 
 
 The next room she entered was tapestried round 
 with foliage, and it was full of musical instruments. 
 Beauty knew how to play some of them ; and she 
 amused herself for some time trying them, and 
 playing the different ballad tunes that came into 
 her head. First she sang 
 There was a fair maiden, all forlorn, 
 
 With hey ! with ho ! for the rain ; 
 And she sat herself down all under a thorn, 
 
 The poppies are red in the grain. 
 
 Next she sang 
 
 There rode a knight when the moon shone bright, 
 
 He rode to the lady's hall ; 
 He sang her a lay, bade her come away, 
 
 And follow him at his call. 
 He courted her many a long winter night, 
 
 And many a short winter day, 
 And he laid in wait, both early and late, 
 
 For to take her sweet life away. 
 
 Then she sang 
 
 There came an earl a-riding by, 
 
 A gipsy maid espied he ; 
 O nut-brown maid, to her he said, 
 
 I prithee, come away with me. 
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 I '11 take you up, I '11 carry you home, BEAUTY 
 
 I '11 put a safeguard over you ; A *Jg THE 
 
 Your slippers shall be of Spanish leather, 
 And silken stockings all of blue. 
 
 And last of all she sang 
 Green gravel ! Green gravel 1 
 
 The grass is so green, 
 The fairest young damsel 
 
 That ever was seen. 
 O Beauty ! O Beauty ! 
 
 Your true love is dead, 
 He sends you a letter 
 
 To turn round your head. 
 
 Then Beauty was tired of singing and playing, and 
 she went into the next room, which was a library, 
 and it was full of books. She pulled down several 
 and looked at them, and thought that surely it 
 would take her all her life to read the books she 
 saw there. 
 
 Then she walked in the garden, and wondrous 
 were the flowers and the fruit there. Never had 
 she seen so many and such beautiful flowers ; never 
 had she tasted such delicious fruit 
 At last day declined, and she came indoors. A bril- 
 liant light illumined all the rooms; she found supper 
 prepared for her, and she seated herself to eat. 
 Then she heard, tramp, tramp! stump, stump! 
 and in came the Beast 
 
 He asked her if she thought she could be happy in 
 his palace ; and Beauty answered, that everything 
 was so beautiful that she would be very hard to 
 please if she could not be happy. Then he asked 
 if he might sit down and eat his meal with her. 
 ' Oh ! what shall I say ? ' cried Beauty, for she knew 
 that she could not eat in comfort, with him munch- 
 ing crystallised rose-leaves and violets out of a 
 bon-bon box on the other side of the table.
 
 BEAUTY ' Say exactly what you think, 1 he replied. 
 
 AND THE 'Oh! no, Beast!' said Beauty, hastily. 
 BEAST < Since you will not good-night, Beauty,' he said ; 
 and she responded : 'good-night, Beast.' 
 When she was asleep she again dreamed of the 
 mysterious Prince. 
 
 Next day she found a room in which were silks 
 and canvas and needles, and all sorts of articles 
 for embroidery. 
 
 Then she entered an aviary full of beautiful birds, 
 which were so tame that they flew to Beauty as 
 soon as they saw her, and perched on her shoulder 
 and hands. 
 
 The day passed a little more heavily than the last, 
 and Beauty began to long for some one to talk to, 
 and even was pleased when at supper she heard 
 the tramp, tramp! stump, stump! of the Beast 
 coming along the passages. 
 
 She now put a chair on the side of the table op- 
 posite her, and when the Beast said, 'May I sit 
 down and eat with you, Beauty?' she answered, 
 ' Oh ! please do, Beast ! ' 
 
 That night she dreamed of the Prince again, and 
 he smiled at her and looked pleased. 
 Next day she walked in the woods, and she saw 
 deer there, fleet and graceful; and she came on 
 fish-ponds in which were gold and silver fish. She 
 went to the music-room and tried to play and sing, 
 but became tired of her loneliness, and wished 
 greatly for supper, when the Beast would appear 
 and she could talk with him, and hear him talk. 
 When day declined, and the palace was lighted up 
 for supper, then she waited impatiently for the 
 tramp, tramp ! stump r stump 1 and when the Beast 
 came in she ran to meet him, dropped a courtesy, 
 and said, ' Please, Beast, can you play and sing ? ' 
 'Yes, Beauty.' 
 
 * Would you play and sing with me, sometimes ? ' 
 she asked. 
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 'Certainly, Beauty! if you wish it.' 
 
 Next day when she entered the music-room, the 
 
 Beast was there, and she found that not only could BEAST 
 
 he play very charmingly on many instruments, but 
 
 also could sing a rich bass. They made together 
 
 quite a charming little concert, singing duets and 
 
 playing different instruments, and this wore the 
 
 morning away. 
 
 In the afternoon, Beauty was quite dull by herself. 
 
 She wandered in the library, looking at one book 
 
 after another, and she could not choose which to 
 
 read. 
 
 So at supper she ran along the gallery to meet the 
 
 Beast directly she heard his tramp, tramp ! stump, 
 
 stump ! and, dropping a little courtesy, she said : 
 
 'Please, Beast! will you tell me what books to 
 
 read ? ' 
 
 'Certainly, Beauty!' he answered; and next day 
 
 she found him in the library, and he read with her, 
 
 and explained to her difficult passages, and so a 
 
 very pleasant morning was passed. 
 
 In the afternoon, Beauty walked in the garden, 
 
 admiring the flowers, and wishing that she knew 
 
 their names. At supper, when she heard the 
 
 tramp, tramp ! stump, stump ! of the Beast, she 
 
 ran to meet him, and, taking one of his paws in her 
 
 hand, said : ' Please, Beast ! will you walk in the 
 
 garden with me ? ' 
 
 'Certainly, Beauty!' he answered; and next day 
 
 when she went into the garden there he was, and 
 
 he was able to tell her all about the flowers, their 
 
 names and their properties, and whence they 
 
 came. 
 
 That evening, at supper, she said to the Beast: 
 
 ' Please, Beast ! may I make you a pair of slippers? 1 
 
 1 Certainly, Beauty ! ' he answered. ' But my feet 
 
 are very big and clumsy/ 
 
 ' Oh ! ' said she, ' not half so big and clumsy as 
 
 those of an elephant/ 
 
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 So she amused herself in embroidering for the 
 AND THE Beast a pair of slippers. The ground was tur- 
 BEAST q uo i se blue, and on it were white roses, with 
 stamens of gold, and the pods for seed were 
 scarlet Never before or after were such beautiful 
 slippers made. 
 
 That night she dreamed that she saw the Prince. 
 He looked at her, smiling, and showed that he wore 
 her slippers which she had made for the Beast 
 and they had shrunk to the size of his finely-formed 
 feet. 
 
 One day she was in the forest, and she thought : 
 4 Oh ! how nice it would be to ride out hunting, but 
 how dull to ride all alone ! ' 
 
 So that evening at supper, she ran to the Beast, 
 when she heard his tramp, tramp ! stump, stump ! 
 and, catching hold of both his paws, she said : 
 * Please, Beast ! will you go hunting with me ?' 
 1 Certainly, Beauty 1 ' he answered. 
 Next day there was a fine hunt, and Beauty 
 enjoyed herself vastly. 
 
 One day, when Beauty was walking in the garden 
 with the Beast, she passed with him by the hedge 
 of white roses, and she put out her hand and 
 picked one. Then he said to her: 'Beauty, will 
 you marry me ? If so give me the white rose.' 
 ' Oh 1 what shall I say ? ' cried Beauty ; for she was 
 sorry to offend the Beast, who had been so kind to 
 her, and such an agreeable companion, and so 
 eager to forestall all her wishes ; but, at the same 
 time he was a Beast. 
 
 He said, seeing her hesitation : ' Say just what you 
 think.' 
 
 Then Beauty answered hastily, 'Oh ! no, Beast !' 
 That night she dreamed of her Prince, and that he 
 looked sad and wobegone. 
 
 So everything went on for a time, until at last, 
 happy as she was, Beauty began to long for the 
 sight of her father and sisters ; and one evening, 
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 seeing her look very sad, and her eyes red, the Bt. 
 
 Beast asked her what was the matter. AND 'i 
 
 Beauty had quite ceased to be afraid of him. She BEAST 
 
 knew that he was gentle and kind in spite of his 
 
 ferocious appearance; and clever and learned in 
 
 spite of his being such an animal ; and quite dainty 
 
 and courteous in his manners, though a Beast. 
 
 She answered, that she was longing to see her 
 
 home once more. 
 
 Upon hearing this, the Beast seemed greatly 
 
 affected. He sighed, and said: 'Ah! Beauty, will 
 
 you desert your poor Beast like this ? Is it because 
 
 you hate me that you want to leave me ? ' 
 
 ' No, dear Beast,' answered Beauty, softly. ' Indeed 
 
 I do not hate you, and it would make me very 
 
 unhappy if I thought I should never see and talk 
 
 with you again. But I do long greatly to see my 
 
 father. Let me go, if only for two months, and I 
 
 promise to return to you, and stay with you the 
 
 rest of my life.' 
 
 The Beast said: 'I can refuse you nothing, and 
 
 that you well know. Take the four boxes; you will 
 
 find in the room next your own, and fill them 
 
 with whatever you like to take away with you. 
 
 But remember your promise, and return when 
 
 two months have expired, or you will find your 
 
 faithful Beast dead. You will not need any 
 
 carriage to bring you back. Only say good-bye to 
 
 your father and sisters the night before you come 
 
 away, and then, in your room, turn this ring I give 
 
 you on your finger, and say : " I wish to be with my 
 
 Beast again." ' 
 
 As soon as Beauty was by herself, she hastened to 
 
 fill the boxes with all the rare and precious things 
 
 she saw about her. Then she went to bed, but 
 
 could hardly sleep for joy. And when at last she 
 
 did begin to dream of her beloved Prince, she 
 
 saw him lying stretched on the grass, sad and 
 
 weeping. 
 
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 When she opened her eyes, she could hardly 
 AV ^ THE believe her senses. She was in a very different 
 BEAST place f rom the p a i ace O f the Beast. The room 
 was neat and comfortable, but not splendid. 
 Where could she be ? She dressed herself hastily, 
 and then saw that the boxes she had packed were 
 in the room. 
 
 Whilst she was wondering where she was, she 
 heard her father's voice. She at once left the 
 room, and, seeing him, threw herself into his arms. 
 She was, in fact, in the new house to which her 
 father had removed from the cottage, when his 
 fortunes were improved. Her sisters were greatly 
 astonished to see her. All embraced her with 
 demonstrations of the greatest joy, but her sisters 
 were not in heart glad to see her. Their jealousy 
 was not extinguished. 
 
 She was made to tell her story, and it filled all 
 with astonishment. But when she said that her 
 stay with them was limited to two months, then 
 /her father was sorrowful, but her sisters secretly 
 v rejoiced. 
 
 Her father had much to tell her, and her sisters 
 had made many acquaintances, and the time was 
 spent in going about making visits and in receiv- 
 ing company. Nevertheless, somehow, Beauty 
 did not feel as happy as she had been with her 
 Beast. The time had come at last when she ought 
 to return ; but her father was so sorrowful when she 
 spoke of departure, and there was always some- 
 thing arranged for the next day for which she was 
 expected to remain, so that she did not fulfil her 
 promise exactly. Besides, she so loved her father 
 that she could not make up her mind to bid him 
 good-bye. 
 
 One night she had a dreadful dream. She thought 
 she was back again in the Beast's palace, and that 
 she was walking through the rooms seeking him. 
 Not finding him anywhere, she went into the 
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 garden and called him, but received no 
 At last, having reached a portion of the shrub- 
 beries that was allowed to run wild, she heard 
 groans issuing from a cave. 
 
 She penetrated into it, and found the Beast 
 prostrate on the ground, and apparently dying. 
 He reproached her with having forgotten him and 
 broken her promise, and reminded her of what he 
 had said, that her absence protracted beyond the 
 two months allotted to her would be death to him. 
 Beauty was so terrified by this dream that she 
 sprang from her bed, hastily clothed herself, ran 
 to her father's room, roused him, said farewell; 
 then she did the same to her sisters, and, still 
 agitated with the thoughts of the dying Beast, 
 turned her ring and wished herself back again in 
 his palace. 
 
 Hardly had she done this before she was again in 
 the little chamber in which she had spent so many 
 agreeable hours. She looked about ; no Beast was 
 there. Then, although it was night, she ran out 
 into the garden, calling him and seeking him. She 
 was still searching for him when the grey of dawn 
 appeared. Then she was able to find her way, 
 and she sought the wilderness she had been in, in 
 her dream, and at last lit on the cavern of which 
 she had dreamed. 
 
 In fact, from this now issued the most lamentable 
 sighs and groans. 
 
 She ran in and saw the poor Beast stretched on 
 the earth, and evidently exceedingly weak and 
 suffering. 
 
 'O Beast! Beast!' she cried; 'I am so sorry! 
 So heartily sorry that I have delayed my return. 
 Oh, tell me you will recover ! 
 ' Nothing now will restore me but one thing,' he 
 answered in a faint voice. 
 * Tell me what that is, and it is yours.' 
 'The rose,' he answered ' the white rose. You 
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 find it growing over the mouth of this cave. 
 remem ber if you give me that, you give me 
 yourself with it You accept me as your husband.' 
 In a moment, without speaking, Beauty sprang 
 out of the cave and hastily plucked a beautiful 
 white rose that hung down over the mouth. 
 Returning to the poor Beast, she gave it him, and 
 said : ' Dear Beast ! indeed I am yours. I love you 
 with all my heart' 
 
 'Will you kiss me on my snout? ' asked the Beast 
 'Indeed indeed I will,' answered Beauty. 
 At that moment the sun rose and poured its golden 
 beams into the cave, and made the walls glitter 
 and twinkle like a cave of rainbow, and indeed 
 they were all of ruby, carbuncle, amethyst, topaz, 
 emerald, and every imaginable stone. 
 The reflection was so dazzling that Beauty having 
 kissed the Beast covered her eyes. When she 
 drew her hands away he had disappeared. In 
 his place stood her long-dreamed-of, beautiful 
 "-"Prince. Then he took her by the hand, and said : 
 'Dear Beauty, to you, to your faithfulness and 
 goodness, I owe my delivery. I have been be- 
 witched by a cruel fairy, who said I should remain 
 in the form of a hideous monster until some 
 maiden would consent to be my wife, and in token 
 of her consent give me a white rose, and kiss me 
 on the mouth. This is my palace, I have an im- 
 mense kingdom and innumerable treasures. You 
 shall be my queen, and we will make your father 
 happy, and, if possible, your sisters shall be made 
 contented. I shall never forget what you have 
 done for me, and all my life shall be devoted to 
 rendering you happy.'
 
 THE YELLOW DWARF 
 
 |NCE upon a time there lived a queen THE 
 who had an only daughter, whom she YELLOW 
 loved so excessively that she never WARF 
 corrected her faults or thwarted her 
 wishes. The consequence of this 
 folly was, the young lady grew up 
 very self-willed and unamiable. Her 
 great beauty made her likewise very proud. She 
 was called All-fair, and the fame of her beauty 
 spread through all the surrounding courts, and 
 many princes became so enamoured as to offer her 
 marriage. But the princess rejected them all, 
 much to the annoyance of the queen, her mother, 
 who was very anxious to see her daughter well 
 married. When she found all her entreaties were 
 of no avail, she resolved to go and consult the 
 Fairy of the Desert respecting the best course to 
 be adopted towards her stubborn daughter. It 
 was, however, difficult to gain access to this fairy ; 
 for she was guarded by two fierce lions. The 
 queen, however, knew of a certain cake that would 
 appease their fury, and enable her to pass by them. 
 Providing herself with this, she set out privately 
 towards the fairy's dwelling. After walking several 
 miles, she became so excessively weary that she 
 lay down under a tree, and fell into a sound sleep. 
 
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 THE Suddenly she was awoke by the roaring of the 
 Hons, who were approaching her. She jumped up 
 and se i ze( j her basket of cakes to appease their 
 fury; but, alas, it was empty! The poor queen 
 was in an agony of terror, not knowing what to do. 
 It was impossible to escape from the furious lions, 
 and there appeared no other prospect for her than 
 a cruel death. At this moment she heard a noise 
 in the tree, which attracted her attention ; and on 
 looking up, she saw an ugly yellow dwarf, about 
 three feet high, picking oranges. 
 'Ah, queen,' said he, 'you are in great danger! 
 These lions have destroyed many; and how will 
 you escape, seeing you have no cakes ? ' 
 ' Alas,' said the queen, weeping, ' I know not ; for 
 I have lost my cakes.' 
 
 ' There is but one way,' replied the dwarf. ' I know 
 what has brought you here; and if you will 
 promise me your daughter in marriage, I will save 
 you from the lions ; if not, they shall devour you.' 
 The queen, horrified at the thought of sacrificing 
 her beautiful daughter to such a hideous creature, 
 made him no answer ; but a terrible growl from 
 the lions, who were just ready to spring upon her, 
 so terrified her, that she gave her promise, and 
 then fainted away. When the queen came to her- 
 self she was in bed in her own palace. All that 
 had passed seemed as a dream ; nevertheless she 
 was so persuaded of its reality, that her spirits 
 gave way, and she sank into such a state of 
 melancholy that she cared for nothing. 
 Princess All-fair loved her mother very tenderly, 
 and she grieved to see her in such a state of 
 dejection. After trying in vain to ascertain the 
 cause of the queen's sorrow, that she might 
 comfort her, the princess determined on paying a 
 visit to the Fairy of the Desert, to ask her advice 
 on the subject All-fair, having provided some 
 cakes for the lions, started secretly on her danger- 
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 DWARF 
 
 ous journey. It so happened that she took the THE 
 same road as her mother had taken, and accord- YELLOW 
 ingly arrived at the unlucky orange-tree. Attracted 
 by the luscious appearance of the oranges, she put 
 down her basket and plucked some to eat. Whilst 
 the princess was enjoying the fruit, she heard the 
 roaring of the lions, which were advancing towards 
 her. Alarmed at this terrible sight, she hastily 
 
 picked up the basket to take out some cakes ; but 
 she found to her great sorrow that the basket was 
 empty. All-fair, overwhelmed with terror, wrung 
 her hands and sobbed aloud. The hideous Yellow 
 Dwarf now made his appearance, and asked the 
 princess what had brought her to that place. She 
 told him she was going to consult the Fairy of the 
 Desert as to the cause of her mother's sorrow. 
 
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 THE 'Oh,' replied he, 'you need not go any farther to 
 YELLOW ascertain that. I can tell you the cause. She has 
 DWARF promised you to me in marriage, and now is so 
 ungrateful as to repent of her promise.' 
 ' What ! ' exclaimed the princess ; ' the queen, my 
 mother, promised me to such a hideous creature as 
 you ! Impossible ! ' 
 
 ' Oh, very well,' replied the Yellow Dwarf ; ' as you 
 please, young lady. The lions will soon punish 
 you for your insolence.' 
 
 The lions were about to seize on poor All-fair, 
 when she cried to the Dwarf, ' Oh, save me ! and I 
 will promise to marry you, rather than be eaten by 
 these monsters.' 
 
 On saying these words she fainted from terror. 
 When she recovered from her swoon, she found 
 herself in her own apartment, and round one of 
 her fingers was a ring of red hair, so tightly 
 fastened that she could not remove it The princess 
 now became as melancholy as her mother. The 
 queen and all her court were greatly distressed at 
 the alteration in the princess, and they concluded 
 that the most likely way of diverting her thoughts 
 would be by urging her to marry. The princess 
 listened to their proposals, and at length consented 
 to marry the King of the Golden Mines, who had 
 long tried to gain her affections. This king was 
 exceedingly rich and powerful. 
 When all was agreed upon, preparations were 
 made to celebrate the nuptials in the most mag- 
 nificent style. The King of the Golden Mines 
 expended large sums of money in purchasing all 
 that was splendid and gorgeous, and the palace 
 glittered with gold and precious stones. 
 At length the day arrived for the celebration of the 
 marriage: but as the party were proceeding to 
 perform the ceremony, they saw an ugly old fairy 
 approaching them, riding on a box drawn by two 
 peacocks. Coming up to the queen, she shook 
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 her crutch in a malicious manner, saying, 'Oh, oh, THE 
 this is the way you perform the promise you made YELLOW 
 to my friend the Yellow Dwarf. I am the Fairy DWARF 
 of the Desert, and I will not allow such unfaithful- 
 ness to my friend to go unpunished; therefore 
 decide whether you will marry him or die.' 
 This unexpected appearance of the fairy filled the 
 queen and princess with the greatest alarm. But 
 the King of the Golden Mines drew his sword, 
 and going up to the fairy, he said, ' Fly, wretch ! 
 or I will strike off thy head.' 
 The king had no sooner uttered these words than 
 the box flew open, and out started the Yellow 
 Dwarf, seated on a huge wild cat; who, placing 
 himself before the fairy, said, * Hold, rash youth ! 
 your rage must be vented against me ; I am your 
 rival and enemy. I claim the princess, who is 
 pledged to me by the ring of hair on her finger.' 
 * Hideous monster!' exclaimed the prince, 'you 
 are too contemptible to be noticed by me.' 
 The dwarf, enraged at this scornful speech, drew 
 his sword and challenged the king to fight. Im- 
 mediately the air was darkened; and amidst 
 lightnings and thunder the two peacocks were 
 transformed into giants of enormous size, who 
 stood on each side of the Yellow Dwarf, vomiting 
 fire. All the spectators were terrified at this 
 fearful sight, excepting the King of the Gold 
 Mines, who with undaunted courage attacked his 
 terrible enemy; but his brave heart sank within 
 him when he saw the Fairy of the Desert, mounted 
 on a fiery dragon, advance towards his beloved 
 All-fair and strike her to the ground. The king 
 hastened to the assistance of his lady; but the 
 dwarf flying before him on his cat, seized All-fair 
 and carried her off. 
 
 The fairy, having fallen in love with the king, 
 carried him aloft in the air, and conveyed him to a 
 frightful cavern, and chained him up ; hoping thus 
 
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 THE to make him forget All-fair, and secure him for 
 herself. But finding this plan unsuccessful, she 
 changed herself into a lovely girl, and going to the 
 king she removed his fetters, and placed him by 
 her side in a chariot drawn by swans, which flew 
 rapidly through the air. In their flight they passed 
 over a palace of polished steel, the brilliance of 
 which attracted the king's notice, and on looking 
 down he saw All-fair weeping bitterly in the 
 garden. 
 
 The princess, attracted by a noise in the sky, 
 looked up, and saw to her great sorrow the King 
 of the Gold Mines seated in the chariot with the 
 fairy. Stung to the heart at this sight she in- 
 wardly reproached the king with want of fidelity 
 to herself, and piteously bewailed her unhappy 
 condition. The poor king still loved her tenderly, 
 and would have rejoiced, if he could, to have 
 thrown the fairy from the chariot, and hastened to 
 her rescue. But the chariot passed swiftly on, 
 until they approached a magnificent palace on the 
 sea-coast, at which the swans descended. The 
 fairy then alighted and led the king into the 
 palace, in which was everything that could delight 
 the eye. 
 
 The king knew that his companion was a fairy, 
 and he suspected she was the Fairy of the Desert, 
 although she appeared as a lovely young woman. 
 He resolved therefore, to ingratiate himself with 
 her if possible, and to conceal his dislike of her, in 
 the hope that he might have some opportunity of 
 escaping. The fairy, supposing her charms had 
 now made some impression upon the prince, 
 allowed him to walk beyond the gardens of the 
 palace. 
 
 One day as he was walking by the sea-shore, he 
 was surprised by the appearance of a mermaid, 
 which spake to him in a melodious voice, and said : 
 ' I am aware, O king, of the attachment existing 
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 between you and princess All-fair; I know also THE 
 the misery you endure, and am come to release YELLOW 
 you from it. I am an enemy to the Fairy of the DWAR F 
 Desert and the Yellow Dwarf; if you, therefore, 
 will trust to me, I will deliver you and the princess 
 out of their power.' 
 
 The king gratefully accepted the proffered aid; 
 and seating himself on the mermaid's back, pro- 
 mised to do all that she should direct. They then 
 sailed off; and as they went, the mermaid told 
 him all that had befallen the princess, and that 
 she was now confined in the steel castle of the 
 dwarf. 
 
 At length they drew near to the place, when the 
 mermaid told him that he would have many power- 
 ful enemies to overcome before he could reach his 
 beloved princess. ' But,' said she, ' if you take this 
 sword,' which she then gave him, ' and follow my 
 directions, you will be able to destroy them all. 
 Beware lest the sword fall from your hand; for 
 if you once lose possession of it, you will not be 
 able to recover it, and certain destruction will fall 
 upon you.' 
 
 The king promised to use the utmost caution; 
 and after warmly thanking the mermaid for her 
 kind services, he started for the castle. The first 
 danger he encountered was two enormous lions, 
 which guarded the outer gate. He advanced 
 boldly towards them, and with one blow laid them 
 dead at his feet. On reaching the inner court the 
 king was assailed by six fierce dragons of pro- 
 digious size, but he quickly destroyed them with 
 his magic sword. The king then entered the 
 castle, and was met by a band of lovely females, 
 who forbade his entering, telling him that they 
 were appointed to guard the castle, and that their 
 lives would be forfeited if they allowed any person 
 to enter. The king was so moved by their en- 
 treaties that he could not resist them, until he 
 
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 THE heard a voice say : ' Strike, or the princess is for 
 YELLOW ever lost.' He now saw this was a cunning trick 
 DWARF o f t jj e dwarf to ensnare him, and without hesita- 
 tion he attacked and scattered them. The king 
 then advanced to the place where he had seen the 
 princess, and throwing himself at her feet he de- 
 clared his unalterable love for her. 
 The princess drew herself from him and said: ' Did 
 I not see you riding with the Fairy of the Desert? 
 Is that your fidelity and love ? ' 
 The king related to her all the circumstances; 
 and while talking he thoughtlessly dropped the 
 magic sword, which the Yellow Dwarf seeing from 
 behind a bush, sprung forward and seized. 
 * Now,' said he, 'you are in my power ; and unless 
 you consent to give up the princess to me, I will 
 at once destroy you.' 
 
 The king replied: 'No, never will I do that! I 
 scorn the terms you propose.' 
 The malicious dwarf immediately struck off his 
 head. This dreadful spectacle broke the heart of 
 the poor princess, and she fell upon the body of 
 her beloved and died. 
 
 The kind mermaid grieved over the fate of these 
 faithful lovers; and resolving to unite in death 
 those who were so cruelly separated in life, she 
 transformed them into two trees, which grew side 
 by side, and intertwined their branches. 
 
 1 06
 
 HOP-O'-MY-THUMB 
 
 IS it fell upon a day there lived a wood- HOP-O'-MY- 
 cutter and his wife on the outskirts THUMB 
 of a great forest. They had seven 
 children, and all were boys. The 
 eldest was ten, and the youngest 
 seven years old. 
 
 The parents were very poor, and the 
 children were nearly the same age, for they were 
 twins, with the exception of the youngest, and 
 unable to earn their bread. 
 
 The father was sore puzzled how to provide for 
 them. What made matters worse was that the 
 youngest was very sickly and weak. When he 
 was born, he was but the size of a man's thumb, 
 and this made his father call him Hop-o'-my- 
 Thumb. This poor child bore the blame of what- 
 ever went amiss in the house; he was always 
 thought to be in the wrong ; he was, however, far 
 more clever than was supposed. Indeed, he had 
 more sense in his little noddle than in all those 
 of his brothers put together. He spoke very little, 
 but then he kept his ears wide open. 
 Just as Hop-o'-my-Thumb had reached his seventh 
 year, the land was afflicted with a great famine, 
 and food became so dear that the woodcutter and 
 his wife found great difficulty in getting even dry 
 
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 HOP-O'-MY- bread for their family. At last they spent their 
 THUMB i as t penny, and knew that when they had finished 
 the loaf that was then in the house they must 
 starve. 
 
 Very sad and wretched were the pair that evening 
 as they sat over the wood fire, thinking of what 
 awaited them. The children had been long in bed, 
 and were, as the parents thought, asleep, and 
 knew nothing of the miseries of the coming day. 
 'My dear wife,' said the woodcutter, breaking a 
 long silence, and his voice sounded hoarse and 
 hollow, 'my dear wife, I have something to say 
 to you. I cannot bear to see our poor dear children 
 die of the slow pangs of hunger. I think we had 
 better take them into the forest to-morrow, and 
 leave them there. It is possible that the fairies 
 may take pity on their innocence and helplessness, 
 and carry them off to live with them. At any rate, 
 we shall be spared seeing them die, and hearing 
 their cries for food.' 
 
 'Oh, husband,' said the poor startled woman, 
 'how can you think of so dreadful a deed ? Have 
 you forgotten that the wolves which haunt the 
 woods would be much more likely to eat the poor 
 babes up than the fairies to feed them ? Oh, no, 
 no ! I will never consent.' 
 
 But the husband was a man who, when once he 
 had resolved on a thing, was not easily turned 
 from his purpose ; so he talked, and argued, and 
 scolded his poor wife, till he made her give an 
 unwilling consent to his proposal. 
 ' Heaven, you see, has left us to starve,' he said ; 
 ' therefore we need not care what we do, or what 
 becomes of us.' 
 
 These were foolish and wicked words. Heaven 
 never forgets us, and the woodcutter ought to 
 have been patient and have waited till help came, 
 or else he should have died bravely without daring 
 to do wrong. But he had lived very long in the 
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 forest, and had not been taught what is right and HOP-O'-MY- 
 
 what is wrong. THUMB 
 
 Weeping very bitterly, the wife at last went to bed, 
 
 and soon after her husband followed. As he closed 
 
 the door of the room behind him, you might have 
 
 seen a little dark object creep out from under the 
 
 bench on which the woodcutter and his wife had 
 
 been sitting. This was none other than Hop-o- 
 
 my-Thumb. He fixed his sharp little eyes on the 
 
 red embers, and seemed lost in thought. Then he 
 
 nodded his head, and he crept out of the room into 
 
 a large closet where he and his brothers slept. 
 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb had not intended to listen to 
 
 what his parents were saying. He had been very 
 
 cold in bed from hunger, and having found that 
 
 the warmth of the fire made him feel better, he 
 
 had stolen softly under the bench, meaning to give 
 
 himself a good warming before he went to sleep. 
 
 But when he heard his father's resolve to leave 
 
 them in the wood, he was afraid to let him know 
 
 that he was there, and scarcely dared breathe till 
 
 his father and mother were gone to bed. 
 
 As you may suppose, Hop-o'-my-Thumb slept little 
 
 that night. He was glad when he saw the dawn 
 
 peep in at the window; then he rose, without 
 
 waking his brothers, and went down to the brook 
 
 near the hut, and filled his pockets with smooth 
 
 round pebbles, as white as snow. 
 
 By-and-by the woodcutter called out, in a cheerful 
 
 voice : 
 
 * Get up, my little sons, and come with me into the 
 
 wood. I will give you a treat. You shall help me 
 
 to bind the fagots.' 
 
 Now the little boys very much liked to help their 
 
 father, feeling proud to be useful. 
 
 ' And I will go with you,' said the mother, though 
 
 she gave a deep sigh as she spoke. 
 
 They each had a slice of bread for breakfast, and 
 
 then they all set out for the forest. 
 
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 HOP-O'-MY- That morning was lovely. The leaves were 
 THUMB glistening with dew, and the birds were singing 
 on the branches. Everything looked fresh, and 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb could hardly believe that any 
 one could be so cruel as his father and mother 
 intended to be. But he took care as he went 
 along to drop the pebbles, and no one noticed 
 what he did. The trees gradually closed in, so 
 that they had to walk separately, and about ten 
 feet apart, and thus they followed each other in a 
 long line ; the youngest coming last. When the 
 thicket opened a little, the woodcutter began his 
 work, and the children helped him, picking up the 
 smaller branches and binding them into fagots. 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb did the same. 
 Whilst they were thus employed, the parents stole 
 away unperceived ; and as soon as they were out 
 of sight, hurried to their house, leaving their poor 
 little boys alone in the forest. 
 By-and-by the sun went down, and Peter, the 
 eldest boy, cried 
 
 1 Father and mother ! where are you ? It is grow- 
 ing dark. Is it not time to go home ? ' 
 But no voice answered him ; only the echo cried, 
 1 Home ! home ! ' mocking them. 
 The little boys ran hither and thither, calling on 
 their parents, and at last, finding that they were 
 left alone, they all huddled into a group, with their 
 arms round each other, and began to cry. Then 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb spoke 
 
 1 Do not cry, brothers, for I can show you the way 
 home.' 
 
 The little boys were glad when they heard him say 
 this ; and they crowded round him, asking eagerly 
 why their father and mother had left them. 
 Then Hop-o'-my-Thumb told his brothers all that 
 he had overheard. 
 
 * But do not fear,' he added ; * I have strewn 
 white pebbles all the way we came, and these will 
 no
 
 HOP-O'-MY- guide us out of the forest Only we must set out 
 THUMB at once, before the darkness falls.' 
 
 So holding on to each other, the little string of 
 children followed Hop-o'-my-thumb, who looked 
 for the pebbles which he had thrown behind him 
 as he came along in the morning. The moon was 
 shining, and by its light the pebbles glistened as 
 snow, so that by their aid all safely reached the 
 door of the woodman's hut There, however, they 
 paused, afraid to go in, since they knew that their 
 parents wished them dead. 
 
 Meanwhile, the woodcutter and his sorrowful 
 wife had reached their dwelling before sunset, and 
 had scarcely entered the room, where no sound of 
 little feet would, they believed, ever be heard 
 again, than they were struck with remorse and 
 horror. 
 
 Before either of them could speak, they heard a 
 cheerful voice at the door 
 
 4 Here, Hugh, woodman,' it cried, ' I have brought 
 you help in time of need. The squire is sorry for 
 the distress you are in, and has sent you some 
 rabbits. A good many, too, because he knows 
 you have a large family. " Give those who have 
 children the largest share," he said to me this 
 morning. So, there, you have seven times as much 
 as your neighbours.' 
 
 The woodcutter turned pale, and trembled as he 
 heard those words. Here was help come (chiefly 
 for the sake of the children) and he had cast them 
 forth to perish! He could scarcely find voice to 
 thank the forester for the gift. The good-natured 
 fellow thought that his husky accents came from 
 want, and nodding good-naturedly, he said 
 'Ay, ay, I'll thank my master for you. Now, 
 Goody, make haste and cook your goodman some 
 food, for he looks half-starved.' 
 Then he hurried away to carry help to another 
 suffering family. 
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 You may imagine that the pair had little appetite HOP-O'-MY- 
 for the supper thus sent to them. THUMB 
 
 1 Oh,' cried the wife, ' if only if only our babes were 
 here to partake of this good food. But no ! the 
 wolves are devouring them. My pretty ones will 
 be eaten up in the lonely forest ! ' and she gave her- 
 self up to passionate grief, threw herself on the 
 floor, and would not be comforted. Meantime her 
 husband, though feeling very miserable, made up 
 the fire, and began to roast a pair of rabbits. When 
 ready, he bade his wife come and eat some of the 
 food. 
 
 * No, no,' she cried, ' I will not eat it. I want my 
 children ; where are my darling babes ? ' 
 
 * Here we are, mother,' cried seven little voices all 
 at once outside the door, and with a cry of delight 
 the woman opened it, and saw her sons hand in 
 hand standing close to it. 
 
 She clasped them in her arms, and wept and 
 laughed, and kissed them, as if she were mad with 
 ioy ; and then she drew them in, and washed their 
 faces and hands, and made them sit down, and 
 fed them from her own plate before she would 
 taste a morsel herself. As to her husband, he also 
 was very glad. 
 
 Whilst the supply of rabbits lasted they lived very 
 comfortably and merrily ; and the little boys, when 
 seated by the fire, would often repeat how wise 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb had been to strew pebbles 
 along the way, and thus the father learned how 
 his plan had been defeated. 
 
 But the famine grew worse and worse, and the 
 lord of the manor could no longer supply his 
 tenants with food, for all the rabbits in his warren 
 and in the woods had been killed and eaten. The 
 woodcutter again grew morose, and once more 
 determined to take his boys into the wood and 
 there lose them. But as he was sure his wife 
 would never consent to this, he persuaded her one 
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 HOP-O'-MY- day to go into the nearest town and beg for help ; 
 THUMB anc j while she was away, he again told his sons to 
 accompany him. But this time he watched Hop- 
 o'-my-Thumb, and took care that the child did not 
 get any pebbles. However, as he gave each boy 
 a slice of bread, poor Hop-o'-my-Thumb thought 
 that would do as well, and as he walked he took 
 care to throw crumbs of bread all along the path- 
 way. 
 
 By-and-by the father proposed a game of 'hide- 
 and-seek ' amongst the trees, and as the children 
 played at it, he managed to slip away and leave 
 them alone in the forest. 
 
 When they were tired of play, and found that their 
 father had once more deserted them, they began 
 to cry bitterly, but Hop-o'-my-Thumb said : 
 'Do not weep, my dear brothers, I will take you 
 home.' 
 
 And he began to look for the path, by the crumbs 
 of bread. Alas ! the birds had eaten them all up ! 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb did not, however, despair. 
 ' My dear brothers,' he said, ' we were protected 
 before ; we shall not be deserted now. Do not let 
 us waste the short time of twilight in tears, but 
 hurry on, and see if we can find a shelter for the 
 night' 
 
 They all said they would do whatever he told 
 them, for they saw that he was wiser than they 
 were. So Hop-o'-my-Thumb led the way and they 
 endeavoured to find a beaten track. But now 
 night closed in, and a high wind raged in the 
 forest; the trees creaked and groaned, till the 
 terrified children expected to be beaten or crushed 
 by their mighty boughs. 
 
 Every now and then they heard in the distance the 
 howl of the wolves ; a heavy rain poured down and 
 soaked their thin garments; their feet slipped in 
 the mire, and they fell repeatedly. 
 At last Hop-o'-my-Thumb climbed to the top of a 
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 high tree. From this height he could look all HOP-O'-MY- 
 around, and he perceived a light in the distance. THUMB 
 He took notice in which direction it lay, descended 
 to the ground, and led his brothers in the way that 
 led to it. However, it was long before they could 
 see the light as they trudged along, and they were 
 beginning to despair, when they came suddenly 
 on it, and found that it proceeded from a large 
 house on the outskirts of the wood. 
 They knocked at the door at once, and it was 
 opened by a good-natured-looking woman, who 
 asked what they wanted. Hop-o'-my-Thumb told 
 her that they were poor children who had lost 
 their way in the forest, and begged that she would 
 take pity on them and give them a night's lodging. 
 The good woman, seeing these seven poor little 
 babes, with their long hair wet and draggled, 
 hanging round their sweet faces, and their soft 
 imploring eyes, wept for pity, and answered 
 * Ah, my poor darlings ! You do not know whither 
 you are come ! This is the house of an ogre, who 
 eats little children.' 
 
 'Alas, madam!' said Hop-o'-my-Thumb, 'what 
 shall we do? If you do not give us a night's 
 shelter the wolves will devour us, and sooner than 
 that we should prefer to be eaten by the ogre. 
 But, perhaps, he will have pity upon us, and spare 
 our lives at your entreaty.' 
 
 The ogre's wife, who hoped that she might be able 
 to hide them from her husband till the next day, 
 yielded to the children's entreaties, and let them 
 in. She told them to sit down and warm them- 
 selves by the fire, which was large enough to roast 
 a whole sheep for the ogre's supper. 
 Now she was the giant's second wife ; he had killed 
 her father and mother, and had carried her off, 
 against her will. 
 
 Just as they were beginning to get warm they 
 heard a loud knocking at the door.
 
 HOP-O'-MY- ' Here comes my husband/ said the woman, in a 
 THUMB whisper ; ' make haste, and let me hide you.' 
 
 And she concealed them as well as she could under 
 the bed. But it is difficult to conceal seven boys. 
 Then she went and admitted her husband. 
 The ogre asked if his supper were ready and his 
 wine drawn, and immediately seated himself at 
 the table. The sheep was served at once ; it was 
 still half raw, but he liked it all the better. 
 When he had eaten it he looked about him, and 
 spied a little shoe lying near the fire. 
 ' What is this ?' he asked, in a terrible voice. ' You 
 have had children by the fireside where are they ?' 
 'Husband, how can you be so silly?' said the 
 poor trembling wife; 'surely that is only our 
 eldest daughter's doll's shoe.' 
 The giant might have been deceived, but just at 
 that moment poor Peter, who had caught a cold, 
 happened to sneeze. 
 
 With a savage roar the ogre jumped up, and 
 dragged the seven pretty children from under the 
 bed, where they were hidden. 
 'Ah!' said he to his wife, 'this is the way you 
 deceive me, is it? It would serve you right if I 
 were to eat you ; but you are serviceable to me, 
 you do my cooking. However, these children come 
 just as I wanted them. Three ogres are coming to 
 dine with me the day after to-morrow, and they 
 will greatly enjoy such a feast The children may 
 not be fat, but they are tender.' 
 The poor boys cast themselves at the ogre's feet, 
 and, with many tears, besought him to spare them : 
 but they had fallen into the power of the most cruel 
 of the ogres, who had no pity. He answered their 
 prayers by telling his wife that he would have them 
 roasted and served up with apple sauce. 
 He then got his axe, and was about to cut off their 
 heads, when his wife said 
 ' It would be better to keep them for a day or two, 
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 and feed them up, for as you see they are half- HOP-O'-MY- 
 starved, and terribly thin.' THUMB 
 
 The giant took up Hop-o'-my-Thumb and pinched 
 his arms. 
 
 'You are right,' he said; 'they must be fattened. 
 This child is nothing but skin and bone.' 
 So their long want of food saved their lives for 
 the nonce. Then the woman, with real pleasure, 
 but as if to oblige her husband, brought them a 
 good supper, and coaxed them to eat, and they 
 were so hungry that they were glad to do so, 
 although they were trembling with fear. Mean- 
 time the ogre sat down to the table, and, being 
 very merry at the thought of the delicate dinner he 
 would give his friends, he drank a great deal of wine ; 
 more by a dozen glasses than usual, and thus he 
 grew so tipsy that he was obliged to go to bed early. 
 Then the good woman put the seven little boys 
 to bed in the same room with the giant's own 
 daughters by his first wife, who was dead, and 
 they were just about their ages. These seven 
 little ogresses had very white skins, small eyes, 
 and little noses and mouths, like other children ; 
 but they had long and sharp teeth far apart. 
 Though they were too young to do much mischief, 
 they were as cruel as their father, and would bite 
 pieces out of little children whenever they could 
 get at them. The ogresses had been in bed some 
 time, and were fast asleep. They lay side by side 
 in a big bed; each of them wore a golden crown on 
 her head. The ogre's wife put a nightcap on each 
 of the boys. 
 
 Now Hop-o'-my-Thumb was afraid that the giant 
 might change his mind, and kill them in the night ; 
 so, as soon as the good woman was gone, he took 
 off the gold crowns from the heads of the little 
 ogresses, and put them on his brothers and him- 
 self; and he set the nightcaps on the little girls' 
 heads. This was a very wise proceeding. The 
 
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 HOP-O'-MY- ogre was so tipsy that he could not sleep, and as 
 
 THUMB he lay thinking of the nice meal his guests would 
 
 make, he forgot all about the fattening up, and 
 
 determined to kill the boys and have them cooked 
 
 for his breakfast. 
 
 So he got out of bed, took his axe, and went to 
 their room in the dark. Then he felt the beds, 
 and finding the crowns on the boys' heads, he took 
 them for his daughters, left them and went to the 
 other bed, and cut off the heads of the young 
 ogresses. Satisfied with what he had done, he 
 went back to bed, not knowing, of course, what a 
 mistake he had made. 
 
 As soon as Hop-o'-mv-Thumb heard the ogre 
 snoring, he awakened his brothers, and told them 
 to make haste and dress and follow him. They 
 obeyed, and Hop-o'-my-Thumb stole with them 
 downstairs, and opened the back-door, without 
 making the least noise. Then they climbed over 
 the garden-wall and got into the road. 
 They ran as fast as they could all night, not know- 
 ing which way they went. 
 
 When the ogre awakened in the morning he said 
 to his wife : ' Go upstairs and dress those seven 
 boys for breakfast.' 
 
 The wife was delighted to hear him speak, as 
 she thought, so kindly ; for she had no idea that 
 he meant 'cook' by 'dress,' but believed that he 
 wished her to put on the little boys' clothes for 
 them. So she ran upstairs. But when she entered 
 the bedroom she was horror-struck to find that 
 her seven step-daughters had all lost their heads. 
 She gave a scream and fainted away. 
 The ogre, who thought his wife had been gone a 
 long time, at last went in search of her, and when 
 he saw what had happened he was full of rage. 
 He shouted till he had brought his wife to her 
 senses. 
 
 Then the weeping woman said : ' Husband, if you 
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 had not been so cruel, this would never have HOP-O'-MY- 
 happened!' THUMB 
 
 * It is all the fault of those imps of boys,' roared 
 the giant ; ' they stole my daughters' crowns and 
 put their nightcaps on my daughters' heads. I 
 will follow them and punish them. Go fetch me 
 my seven-league boots. 
 
 The woman obeyed, and the ogre, having put on 
 his seven-league boots, sallied forth and strode 
 over the country in search of the children. 
 But Hop-o'-my-Thumb was on the watch, perched 
 at the top of a poplar-tree, and when he saw the 
 giant stalking over mountains, and crossing rivers 
 at a single step, he descended, and said to his 
 brothers : ' Let us hide in this hole under a rock.' 
 He had observed the cavity before, and when his 
 brothers were all inside it, he covered it with 
 stones and boughs, and then hid himself under a 
 dock-leaf, for he was sure the giant would not 
 find so small a being as himself. 
 The ogre, who had been striding about in all 
 directions, was now tired with his journey, and 
 felt inclined to rest. It so chanced that he lay 
 down close by the very spot where the seven 
 children were concealed. As he was much ex- 
 hausted by going about the country search- 
 ing for the boys, and in every direction but the 
 right one, he soon fell asleep, and began to snore 
 so loud that the little fugitives were terribly 
 frightened. 
 
 But Hop-o'-my-Thumb drew his brothers gently 
 out of the hollow, and bade them make haste 
 home while the giant slept, and not trouble them- 
 selves about him. 
 
 When they were gone, Hop-o'-my-Thumb crept 
 quietly to the ogre, and gently drew off his boots 
 and put them on his own legs. The seven-league 
 boots were fairy boots, and would adapt them- 
 selves to any size of foot, consequently they suited 
 
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 HOP-O'-MY- Hop-o'-my-Thumb exactly, and he set out in them 
 
 THUMB at once. But as he was quite sure that the giant 
 
 would pursue him in order to recover them, he did 
 
 not take the road homewards, but went off in an 
 
 opposite direction. 
 
 As he had expected, the giant woke up a few 
 minutes afterwards, and, finding his wonderful 
 boots gone, was in a towering passion. He looked 
 about for them, and finding the trace of the huge 
 heel, he at once pursued Hop-o'-my-Thumb. But 
 what chance had his bare feet against the seven- 
 league boots ? Hop-o'-my-Thumb, looking back, 
 beheld the giant blinded by his fury striding over a 
 precipice. He saw how that the ogre missed his 
 footing, and fell crashing down to the bottom. 
 The rocks echoed with the noise of his fall, as his 
 huge form dashed from crag to crag, and Hop-o'- 
 my-Thumb held his breath with awe. 
 'Poor children have reason to be glad you are 
 gone,' thought the boy, * and I dare say your kind 
 wife will not be sorry.' 
 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb was now both tired and hungry, 
 so he made haste to lead his brothers home. 
 The very day after the father had left his children 
 in the wood, the forester again called at the 
 cottage. This time he brought some flour and 
 half a pig, the lord of the manor having sold some 
 land to buy food for his people. 
 He was surprised to find only the wife at home, 
 and she crying bitterly. 
 
 4 Why, good wife, where are all your children ? ' he 
 asked ; ' and where is my little friend Hop-o'-my- 
 Thumb, of whom my lord is quite fond?' 
 The bereaved mother answered only by a burst of 
 tears. Then the man, suspecting that something 
 was wrong, insisted on knowing the truth, and the 
 broken-hearted woman confessed all. 
 The forester was much shocked. He set off at 
 once for the village, called together the neighbours, 
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 and went and took both the woodcutter and his HOP-O'-MY- 
 wife prisoners. THUMB 
 
 So when the six brothers returned home with 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb, they found nobody in the wood- 
 man's hut. However, in the excitement of the 
 moment, the villagers had left the bacon and flour 
 in the cupboard, and so Hop-o'-my-Thumb said 
 1 Let us get some food while we can.' 
 And he made a fire, cut rashers off the bacon, made 
 a few cakes of flour and water, which he baked 
 in the oven, and gave his brothers a good dinner. 
 They were much surprised when night came and 
 still their parents were absent ; but they shut up 
 the house, said their prayers, and went to bed, 
 hoping that father and mother would soon return 
 and tell them what they had better do. However, 
 as they did not come, the boys resolved to stay a 
 .little longer at home, and, as they had plenty of 
 food, they managed to live very comfortably. 
 Meantime, in his dreary prison, the woodcutter 
 had time to reflect on his crime. His wife never 
 ceased reproaching him for it. 
 'What do you think,' she would say, 'will be the 
 judgment of our good squire on you ? ' 
 The husband had not a word to answer. Indeed, 
 he was so unhappy that he rather wished to be 
 well punished. 
 
 At last the boys became seriously alarmed at the 
 absence of their parents. 
 
 * Ah ! Hop-o'-my-Thumb, and we used to despise 
 you ! ' said the eldest brother. ' We see now how 
 mistaken we were. Can you help us now to the 
 sight of father and mother ? ' 
 'Well, I shall go into the village to-morrow and 
 find out where they are,' said Hop-o'-my-Thumb. 
 Then they sat chatting and laughing round a 
 wood-fire, which danced and crackled as if it, too, 
 were glad, and cast a ruddy glow upon the seven 
 little happy faces laughing round it 
 
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 HOP-O'-MY- The next morning early Hop-o'-my-Thumb put on 
 THUMB his seven-league boots and was in the village in a 
 moment, for it was only ten miles off. He found it 
 in a great state of commotion. The people were 
 gathered together on the village green, talking all 
 at once. So Hop-o'-my-Thumb went up to them, 
 and asked a woman what was the matter. 
 ' Oh, my little dear,' said she she was a stranger, 
 and did not know Hop-o'-my-Thumb. 'Oh, my 
 dear, the squire has just held a court and con- 
 demned a cruel woodcutter and his wife to death. 
 The wicked people had cast forth seven innocent 
 babes to be eaten by the wolves.' 
 ' Ah P thought Hop-o'-my-Thumb, * those are my 
 father and mother. I am only just in time.' 
 So he stepped home again, and said to his 
 brothers 
 
 ' Make haste and walk as fast as you can to the 
 village, and show the squire that we are yet alive.' 
 So the six brothers set out and walked as fast as 
 their little feet could carry them. 
 Then Hop-o'-my-Thumb, taking them by the hand, 
 led the little string of boys to the house of the 
 forester, who was greatly astonished to see them 
 alive and well. 
 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb related his adventures, and the 
 forester insisted on taking them to the squire, who 
 listened to their story with great interest. Of 
 course, as the children were not dead, the wood- 
 cutter and his wife were not put to death ; but the 
 squire, though he restored the mother to her 
 children, kept the father in prison for two months 
 as punishment. 
 
 Then the squire sent some of his soldiers, con- 
 ducted by Hop-o'-my-Thumb, to the ogre's house, 
 to see what had become of his wife. 
 They found that she had gone away to her kinsfolk 
 in the country whence the ogre had carried her off, 
 and the squire, on whose land the dwelling stood, 
 
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 at once bestowed it and all the ogre's wealth on HOP-O'-MY- 
 Hop-o'-my-Thumb. THUMB 
 
 So Hop-o'-my-Thumb took up his abode in that 
 once dreaded house, and lived there with his 
 father, his mother, and his brothers. 
 His seven-league boots made them all rich, for 
 whenever any one wished to send letters, or make 
 inquiries at a distance, they sent to Hop-o'-my- 
 Thumb and asked him to go for them, and as he 
 was paid a large sum for every journey, or we may 
 say step, he took, he became a very wealthy man. 
 
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 WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT 
 
 MERCHANT once upon a time, 
 Who had great store of gold, 
 Among his household placed a boy 
 Sore pinched by want and cold ; 
 No father and no mother watched 
 
 With love o'er this poor boy, 
 Whose dearest treasure was a cat, 
 
 His pet, and only joy, 
 That came to him beseechingly, 
 
 When death was at the door, 
 And kindly to relieve her wants 
 He shared his little store. 
 
 This boy was called Richard Whittington. He 
 had lost his father and mother, and, having no 
 friends, had come up to London to seek his fortune. 
 London streets, he had been told, were paved with 
 gold. Alas ! he found them only deep in mud, and 
 hard hard with stones. 
 
 After many privations and disappointments, and 
 when nearly starved, he was taken into the house 
 of a merchant named Fitzwarren. 
 In this house he would have lived very happily, if 
 it had not been for the cook, who was very ill- 
 natured, and who would beat him with the broom, 
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 and made him turn the spit on which was the WHIT- 
 roast meat, like a dog. He was given a room in TINGTON 
 the garret, in which to sleep, which was overrun c/J? 
 with rats and mice. But Dick had brought up 
 from his country town with him his dear cat, and 
 this cat soon drove away the tormentors. 
 
 A grateful cat ! no mice might live 
 
 Where she put up to dwell, 
 And Whittington could sweetly sleep 
 
 While puss watched o'er his cell. 
 
 Now it happened that soon after this, the merchant, 
 Mr. Fitzwarren, had a ship ready to sail with 
 various commodities, which were to be sold or 
 exchanged for others, whereby he would gain great 
 profit. 
 
 Now it was customary at that time for a master 
 to ask his servants if they would like to venture 
 their little savings in the same vessel, and so give 
 them a chance of turning their money over and 
 increasing their little stores. 
 Now all the servants in Mr. Fitzwarren's house 
 gave up something to embark in the venture, and 
 the master asked Dick Whittington what he would 
 put into the ship. But poor Dick had nothing 
 save his pussy-cat, and rather than not have some 
 share in the venture, but with tears in his eyes, he 
 gave up his cat, at the advice of Alice, the mer- 
 chant's daughter. So says the ballad 
 
 Now by the strand a gallant ship 
 
 Lay ready to set sail, 
 When spoke the merchant, ' Ho ! prepare 
 
 To catch the fav'ring gale ; 
 And each who will his fortune try, 
 
 Haste, get your goods on board, 
 The gains ye all shall share with me, 
 
 Whate'er they may afford ; 
 
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 WHIT- From distant lands where precious musks 
 TINGTON And jewels rare are found, 
 AI J HIS what joy to waft across the seas 
 
 Their spoils to English ground ! ' 
 So hasted then each one on board, 
 
 With what he best could find, 
 Before the ship for Afric's strand 
 
 Flew swiftly with the wind. 
 The little boy he was so poor, 
 
 No goods had he to try, 
 And as he stood and saw the ship, 
 
 A tear bedimmed his eye, 
 To think how fortune smiled on all 
 
 Except on his sad lot 
 As if he were by gracious Heaven 
 
 Neglected and forgot! 
 The merchant and his daughter too, 
 
 Fair Alice, marked his grief, 
 And with a gentle woman's heart, 
 
 Intent on kind relief, 
 She bade him bring his cat to try 
 
 Her fortune o'er the sea ; 
 1 Who knows,' she said, ' what she may 
 catch 
 
 In gratitude to thee !' 
 With weeping and with sore lament 
 
 He brought poor puss on board. 
 And now the ship stood out for sea, 
 
 With England's produce stored ; 
 And as she sped far out of sight, 
 
 His heart was like to break ; 
 His friend was gone that shared his crust, 
 
 Far sweeter for her sake. 
 Humble his lot the merchant knew, 
 
 But knew not that the cook 
 With blows and cuffs the boy assailed, 
 
 And surly word and look, 
 Until his life a burden seemed, 
 
 Too grievous to be borne, 
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 Though Alice oft would pity him, WHIT- 
 
 So lowly and forlorn. ' TINGTON 
 
 AND HIS 
 
 The cross-grained cook was very angry at the CAT 
 kindness shown to poor Dick by Alice, and she 
 treated him more roughly than before, and sneered 
 at him for having sent his cat to sea. ' Do you 
 suppose,' she said, 'that your cat will sell for 
 sufficient to buy a stick wherewith I may thrash 
 you?' 
 
 At length poor Whittington could endure this harsh 
 treatment no longer, and he resolved that he would 
 run away and seek his luck elsewhere. So he 
 packed up his few goods in a bundle, and started 
 one morning, All Saints' Day, which is the ist of 
 November, and he walked as far as Holloway; 
 which was then all fields, and there were no houses. 
 There he sat himself down on a stone, which to 
 this day remains, and is called * Dick Whittington's 
 Stone,' l and he was very sad to think how solitary 
 he was in the world, and how badly he had fared. 
 Moreover he could not tell which way he should go. 
 While he was thus considering, the bells of Bow 
 Church, which at that time were only six, began to 
 ring for service, and their sound, borne on the 
 breeze, seemed to say to him 
 
 * Turn a-gain, Whitt-ing-ton, 
 Thrice Lord Mayor of Lon-don.' 
 
 The same words would come with the chime of 
 the bells again, and over again into his head. He 
 tried to laugh and began to cry. And still the 
 bells rang on 
 
 'Turn again, Whittington, 
 Thrice Lord Mayor of London.' 
 
 He shook his head and stood up, and took a few 
 
 1 It now forms part of a lamp-post 
 
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 WHIT- steps along the road to Finchley. But he had not 
 
 TINGTON gone far before he heard the bells again calling 
 
 AND Hlb n ..*. 
 
 CAT OUt ~~ 
 
 ' Turn again, Whittington, 
 Thrice Lord Mayor of Lon 
 
 London.' 
 
 And somehow, he did not fancy the Finchley road, 
 so he turned back and he now took the road to 
 Enfield. But he had not taken many steps along 
 that way before again he heard Bow bells, and they 
 still sang in his ear 
 
 'Turn again, Whittington, 
 Thrice Lord Mayor of London.' 
 
 Then he laughed through his tears, and said to 
 himself, * Lord Mayor of London ! That is a strange 
 notion; but after all, Mr. Fitzwarren was good 
 to me, and so was Mistress Alice, and perhaps I 
 can bear the ill-nature of the cook, if I have the 
 thought before me that I shall be Lord Mayor of 
 London and ride in a coach.' 
 So Dick walked back by the way he had come, 
 and got into his master's house before the cook 
 came downstairs. 
 
 Now, the very first news which came to his ears that 
 morning when he got back to the house were 
 glad tidings. 
 
 Good news he quickly hears, 
 How that a richly laden ship, 
 
 Amid ten thousand cheers, 
 Had entered port from distant climes 
 
 Full freighted with their gold, 
 By traffic gained for English wares 
 
 In honest barter sold* 
 With shout and song the crew rejoiced 
 
 Not less the folk on shore 
 Told of adventures strange and rare 
 
 Among the blackamoor ; 
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 And how their king was glad to see WHIT- 
 
 Our English sailors bold, TING TON 
 
 Who sat and ate and drank with him ^T 
 
 From cups of purest gold. 
 Once on a day, amid their cheer, 
 
 When healths went gaily round, 
 How were the crew amazed to see, 
 
 In swarms upon the ground, 
 Unnumbered rats and mice rush forth 
 
 And seize the goodly cheer, 
 While stood the wond'ring guests aloof, 
 
 Overwhelmed with dread and fear. 
 ' Oh ! ' said the king, ' what sums I 'd give 
 
 To rid me of such vile 
 Detested brutes, whose ravages 
 
 Our bed and board defile ! ' 
 
 Now when the captain and sailors heard this, they 
 recollected the cat of Dick Whittington ; so they 
 told the king that they had an animal on board which 
 would rid him very speedily of all the vermin. 
 'Bring the beast to me,' said the king, 'and if it 
 be as you say, I will lade your vessel with gold 
 dust in exchange for it.' 
 
 So the captain sent a sailor to the ship, whilst a 
 second dinner was being got ready. The sailor 
 soon caught the puss, tucked her under his arm, 
 and arrived at the palace in time to see the swarm 
 of rats rush in to eat up the second meal that had 
 been served. 
 
 Now when the cat saw and smelt the rats, whish 
 she went out of the sailor's arms, and away she 
 rushed upon the rats, and nipped and killed them 
 one after another, and those who saw her, and 
 had time, fled to their holes like wind. 
 The king laughed and kicked his feet about, and 
 clapped his hands, and was so delighted that he 
 said he must and would have the beast, even if 
 it cost him half his kingdom. 
 
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 WHIT- The captain now called the cat to him and showed 
 TINGTON her to the king, who at first was afraid to touch 
 CAT ker, but after a while, to show his manliness and 
 his royal fearlessness, put out a finger and touched 
 the cat, who at once began to purr. The king had 
 never heard this sound before, and it frightened 
 him, and he went under the table. But presently 
 he put out his head from under the table-cloth 
 to ask if all was safe. When he was assured that 
 the cat would do him no harm, then like a man 
 and a hero he came back to his place, and be- 
 coming bolder, with impunity patted the cat. After 
 a while even the queen summoned courage to 
 caress the cat, and say : ' Puss ! Puss ! ' whereupon 
 the cat stepped into her lap, coiled herself up, and 
 went to sleep. The king was now quite deter- 
 mined to have the cat. He bargained with the 
 captain to buy all the rest of the ship's cargo, but 
 in payment for the cat he gave ten bags all full of 
 the finest gold dust 
 
 The captain then took leave of the king, and 
 having a fair wind set sail for England, and after 
 a prosperous voyage arrived safely in London 
 port. This was the news that reached Dick 
 Whittington that morning of All Saints' Day 
 when he returned to his master's house, and now 
 as he heard it he no longer thought that the Bow 
 bells told what was impossible, as he was master 
 of ten great sacks of gold dust. 
 Now the cook was jealous and went to Mr. Fitz- 
 warren and told him that all the treasure was too 
 much for a poor scullion. But the master was a 
 good man, and he said : ' God forbid that I should 
 rob the boy of a single penny ; he shall have all the 
 gold dust to the last pinch.' 
 
 Then he sent for Dick, but the boy said : ' I have 
 only hobnailed boots and cannot go into the 
 parlour.' However, Mr. Fitzwarren insisted, and 
 he came in very modestly, and his master told him 
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 all the truth about his good fortune, and called WHIT- 
 him Mr. Whittington. TINGTON 
 
 Poor Dick was overwhelmed with his good luck, %S 
 and wanted the master to take half of it ; but Mr. 
 Fitzwarren said: 'No. It is all your own; but 
 what I will do is to advise you how to dispose 
 of it.' 
 
 Now Dick was so kind-hearted, that he made a 
 present of some of the gold to all his fellow- 
 servants, and to the captain and sailors of the 
 ship. He did not even neglect the cross-grained 
 cook. 
 
 After this Mr. Fitzwarren sent for a tailor, and 
 had Dick dressed as a gentleman, and told him he 
 was welcome to live in his house till he could 
 provide himself with one of his own. 
 When Whittington's face was washed, and his 
 hair curled, and he was dressed smart, then he 
 looked a very handsome fellow, and that Miss 
 Alice thought. She who had formerly looked on 
 him with compassion, now considered him fit to 
 be her companion, and soon afterwards her suitor ; 
 the more so because Mr. Whittington was con- 
 stantly making her the prettiest presents imagin- 
 able. 
 
 At the end of three years Mr. Fitzwarren, per- 
 ceiving the affection of Mr. Whittington and his 
 daughter for each other, consented to unite them 
 in marriage; and accordingly a day for the wed- 
 ding was soon fixed, and they were attended to 
 church by the lord mayor, the aldermen, the 
 sheriffs, and a great number of the wealthiest 
 merchants in London. There was a grand enter- 
 tainment afterwards, at which the poor were 
 feasted as well as the rich. 
 
 History tells us that Whittington and his lady 
 lived in great splendour, and were very happy; 
 that they had several children ; that he was sheriff 
 of London, and three times afterwards lord mayor ;
 
 WHIT- that in the last year of his mayoralty he enter- 
 
 TINGTON tained King Henry the Fifth, on his return from 
 
 CAT *ke battle of Agincourt; upon which occasion 
 
 the king knighted him by the style and title of 
 
 Sir Richard Whittington. 
 
 It is told that he then entertained the king at a 
 great banquet, when King Henry said: 'Never 
 had a prince such a subject.' To which Whitting- 
 ton replied : ' Never had a subject such a prince.' 
 Sir Richard Whittington constantly fed great 
 numbers of the poor : he built a church, and added 
 a college to it, with lodgings, and a yearly allow- 
 ance to thirteen poor scholars. He also erected 
 a great part of St. Bartholomew's Hospital in 
 Smithfield. 
 
 History has not told us what became of the pro- 
 perty left by him for the support of the church and 
 the thirteen poor scholars; but it is believed it 
 was seized by King Henry VIII. at the time of 
 the Reformation, as that king seized upon many 
 of the lands which were left for religious purposes ; 
 but those which Whittington left for building and 
 endowing almshouses met with a better fate ; and 
 Whittington's almshouses remain to this day. 
 Here ends the story of Whittington and his cat ; 
 from which we may see how that honesty and 
 industry met with success; and that charity and 
 piety are the best ornaments of the rich. 
 
 13*
 
 DONT-KNOW 
 
 [HERE was once upon a time a king DON'T. 
 whose wife, the queen, became mother KNOW 
 in the palace of a little son called 
 Dan. And at the same time, even to 
 a minute, a mare in the stable had a 
 little foal. Therefore the king gave 
 the foal to his son Dan. 
 When the young prince was old enough, he was 
 sent to school, where he learned to read and write 
 and cypher. Now not a single day passed but 
 before going to school he went into the paddock 
 where was his foal, and talked to it and patted it. 
 Now it happened that war broke out, and the king 
 was obliged to go to battle, and he intrusted his 
 queen and boy to the care of a prime minister. 
 Now the queen was a wicked woman, and she 
 entered into a plot with the prime minister to seize 
 on the reins of government, and to establish her- 
 self sole sovereign in the land. But because the 
 prince was clever and observant, the prime 
 minister had to be very cautious lest his plans 
 should be found out. And as the prime minister 
 schemed to get the king killed and then to marry 
 the queen, he determined also to get rid of the 
 Crown Prince. 
 
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 DON'T- And in order to do this, he put a dagger in his bed 
 KNOW w ith the point upwards, so that when Prince Dan 
 went to bed, the dagger might pierce him through. 
 Now the little prince went as usual into the pad- 
 dock to stroke his little horse, and he saw that 
 it looked sad and woebegone. 
 So he said to it : ' Little horse ! what ails you to- 
 day ? ' but as the groom was by, the foal only hung 
 his head and said nothing. 
 
 Now when school was over, Prince Dan came back 
 to see his little horse, and again he asked : ' Little 
 horse ! what ails you to-day ? ' 
 Then the foal said : ' Nothing ails me ; but the 
 prime minister wants to kill you.' Then he told 
 the prince of the plan for his murder ; and he told 
 him what he was to do that night. 
 So when darkness came on, Dan would not go to 
 bed at all, but slept on the sofa. 
 The prime minister saw he had failed in this 
 scheme, but thought he would poison Dan with 
 toffee : for of toffee the prince was passionately 
 fond. 
 
 Next day as he went to school he visited the foal. 
 And the little horse said to him : ' My king's son, 
 be on your guard, and take no toffee,' and he told 
 him the plan of the prime minister. 
 When the prince came home he was offered some 
 delicious-looking toffee, but he refused to touch 
 any. 
 
 Then the prime minister saw that this scheme of 
 his was unavailing. So he went to the queen and 
 he said to her: 'Tidings have just arrived that the 
 king is unexpectedly returning; and we are not 
 yet prepared for his destruction ; and I believe that 
 Dan's foal tells him everything. Now pretend to 
 be very ill, and say that the doctors order you the 
 heart of the foal as the sole thing that will set you 
 on your feet again.' 
 
 Now very soon the king arrived, and was sorry to 
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 DON'T- find the queen ill, and she told him all that the 
 KNOW prime minister had put in her mouth. 
 
 Then the king said: 'Certainly, I will have the foal 
 killed, and you shall eat its heart ; only wait till 
 Dan returns from school, that he may say good- 
 bye to his little horse.' 
 
 Now the king walked to meet Dan as he came back 
 from school, and told him that he must kill the foal. 
 So Dan said : ' Certainly, dear father, you must do 
 what you see fit ; only first of all let me pull on my 
 riding breeches, and take my little whip and gallop 
 round the paddock once on my little horse's back.' 
 Then Dan ran to his foal, that looked sad and 
 woebegone, and told it what his father had said, 
 and what he had desired. 
 
 The foal said to him : ' Call for a glass of wine, and 
 drink to your father's health and the failure of your 
 mother's and the prime minister's plans; then 
 jump on my back, I will carry you far away.' 
 He did so. When he had pulled on his riding 
 breeches and taken his whip, he asked for a glass 
 of wine, and kneeling before his father, said : ' I 
 drink to your health, father, and to the failure of 
 my mother's and the prime minister's plans, who 
 have sought to dethrone you and to kill me.' 
 Then he jumped on his foal's back and away, away 
 he rode. 
 
 Now when the king had heard those words, he 
 wondered and examined into the matter, and then 
 all came out ; so he had the prime minister hung, 
 and he put the queen in prison. 
 In the meantime the little horse had galloped 
 away, away over land and sea, and never halted 
 till it came to England and to the city of London. 
 There, at the outskirts, it halted, and said : Now 
 go into the town, but never speak any other word 
 but Don't know to whatever is asked you, till 
 I give you leave.' 
 
 The prince promised this, and leaving his foal in a 
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 meadow outside London, he went alone into the DON'T- 
 great town. Those who met him asked him who KNOW 
 he was, but he answered only * Don't know.' They 
 inquired of what country he was. He replied only 
 ' Don't know.' They further asked his occupation. 
 He said only ' Don't know.' 
 
 Now after a day or two it was told the king 
 that there was a handsome lad going about 
 London, who could say no other words but ' Don't 
 know.' 
 
 So he sent for him and asked him his name, and 
 received the answer ' Don't know.' ' Very well,' 
 said the king, ' be it so. You shall be called Don't- 
 know.' Then he sent him into the kitchen to be 
 scullion there, but gave strict orders to the cook 
 not to maltreat him in any way. 
 Now it was usual for the servants to go to church 
 on Sundays, and one only to remain at home and 
 prepare dinner. 
 
 When it came to Prince Dan's turn to be alone in 
 the kitchen, then he took ashes and strewed it 
 over all the meat. 
 
 When the cook came home he was angry to see 
 the good meat all spoiled. He said : ' Why, what 
 have you done this for ? ' 
 Dan replied : ' Don't know.' 
 * Do you know that you deserve a good hiding.' 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
 But as the king had ordered that the lad was not 
 to be maltreated, the cook did not dare to beat him ; 
 but he went to the king and begged that he might 
 be taken out of the kitchen and put elsewhere. 
 So the king placed him with the gardener. 
 Now it was the custom in the garden for the gar- 
 deners to go to church on Sunday, and one to 
 remain behind to guard the garden. 
 When it came to Dan's turn to be at home, then 
 his little horse came trotting up to him, and he 
 brought him a bridle, and said : * Shake the bridle 
 
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 DON'T- and at once you will have a splendid horse to ride 
 
 KNOW and grand clothes to put on.' 
 
 So Dan shook the bridle, and immediately a chest- 
 nut horse stood before him with a red suit of 
 clothes over the saddle, and all the accoutrements 
 were of copper. 
 
 Then Dan jumped on his back and rode round and 
 round the garden, till all the beds were trampled 
 and spoiled. Then he leaped off the horse, which 
 vanished along with the splendid red garments 
 Dan had worn. 
 
 Now it fell out that the king's third daughter, the 
 youngest of his children, had not gone to church 
 that day, as she had a bad cold. She had been 
 looking out of the window, and saw all that had 
 happened. 
 
 When the gardeners came back from church, they 
 were very angry, and they said to Dan : ' Who has 
 been here spoiling the flower-beds ? ' 
 
 * Don't know.' 
 
 ' Why did you not keep proper guard? ' 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
 I Were you asleep or awake ? ' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 I 1 hope,' said the head-gardener, ' that you 
 know one thing, which is that you deserve a 
 hiding?' 
 
 * Don't know.' 
 
 It took a dozen men a whole week to put the gar- 
 den in order again, and a month before any flowers 
 grew in it. 
 
 Then again it came to Dan's turn to remain at 
 home while the rest went to church. 
 The princess had told no one of what she had seen. 
 Again she had a cold, and so she remained at home. 
 And this is what she saw : 
 
 No sooner were all at church, and Dan thought 
 himself alone, than he went into the garden 
 and shook the bridle, whereupon a white horse 
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 appeared with a white suit of clothes adorned DON'T 
 with silver over the saddle. Dan drew on the suit, KNOW 
 jumped into the saddle and rode up and down the 
 garden trampling all the beds. When he was tired 
 he jumped off, and at once the horse and the 
 white clothes disappeared. The princess had seen 
 all this. 
 
 When the gardeners came home and saw the mis- 
 chief done, they were very angry, and they asked 
 * Why did you not keep proper guard ? ' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 1 Who have been in the garden, making this 
 mess ? ' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 You may well believe, that if the king had not 
 given strict injunctions to the contrary, they would 
 have beaten Prince Dan black and blue. 
 Again the princess said nothing, and resolved on 
 the same Sunday in the next month to pretend to 
 be unwell, so as to stay at home and see what 
 would happen. 
 
 Now when the Sunday came, when it was Dan's 
 turn to keep guard, the princess remained in the 
 palace. This time she opened her window and 
 leaned forth to see the better. 
 Dan shook the bridle and immediately a yellow 
 horse appeared, and over the saddle was a dress 
 of cream colour all woven with gold thread. 
 He jumped into the saddle and rode up and down 
 and around the garden, and when he came near 
 the open window, where was the princess, then 
 he leaped on the saddle, and kissed her on the 
 mouth. 
 
 Now when he had ridden sufficiently, he dismount- 
 ed, and instantly horse and garments vanished. 
 When the gardeners returned they were furious. 
 'Who has been here? There are horse hoof- 
 prints ! ' 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
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 DON'T- 'How is it you don't know? Did you keep your 
 KNOW eyes shut?' 
 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 Well the king thought it was high time to have 
 
 his three daughters married. So he had them 
 
 advertised in all the daily papers : 
 
 WANTED, three desirable husbands, for three 
 eligible Princesses. Must be of Royal 
 blood, good looking, cleanly in their habits, 
 and not given to chewing or smoking or 
 snuffing tobacco. Apply: Buckingham 
 Palace. N.B. No post-cards. 
 
 The king was very amiable, and he said to his 
 daughters: 'My dears, I positively don't want to 
 force any undesirable husbands on you. I give you 
 free liberty to pick and choose and take whomso- 
 ever you like.' 
 
 'Any one, revered father?' asked the youngest. 
 ' Is not royal descent a sine qua non ? ' 
 ' So long as he is cleanly in his habits and person, 
 and doesn't chew, snuff, or smoke, I will not insist 
 on that requirement,' said the king. 
 Troops of princes came to London, all aspirants 
 after the hands of the princesses, and every one 
 was scrupulously clean, and none were devoted 
 to tobacco. 
 
 The king had them all trotted out in the yard 
 before his daughters, and the eldest chose her 
 husband, then did the second the same, both 
 desirable princes. But the youngest did not find 
 any to her mind, so she said to the king : ' Father, 
 may I have one of the court ? ' 
 'By all means if cleanly in his habits, and not 
 addicted to the filthy habit of snuffing, chewing, 
 or smoking tobacco.' 
 
 ' Will you have them all up ? ' asked the princess. 
 So all the court was brought forward and marched 
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 in the front yard of the palace before the princess, DON'T- 
 but not one pleased her. KNOW 
 
 Then she said : ' Is every member of the court 
 here?' 
 
 'All but that miserable Don't-know,' said the head- 
 gardener. 
 
 'Send for Don't-know,' asked the princess, and 
 the prince Dan arrived. 
 
 Then she went straight up to him and kissed him 
 on the mouth, and said : ' That 's the boy for me.' 
 Now when the sisters and the princes who were 
 to be their husbands saw and heard this, they were 
 greatly shocked and offended. However, the king 
 was so good-natured, and his youngest daughter 
 so persistent, that there was no help for it, and 
 the three princesses were married the same day. 
 But as the two eldest sisters and their princes 
 were extremely disgusted at the youngest sister's 
 choice, and as they represented that it was not 
 proper for them to live in the palace, the king had 
 the potato-house cleared out, in which the pota- 
 toes were usually kept through the winter, and 
 fitted up as the house of Don't-know and his 
 wife. 
 
 Now one day, soon after the wedding, there was 
 to be a hunt. So the two princes, as they rode 
 out to the chase, passed the potato-house, and 
 saw Don't-know outside. They laughed and 
 said: 'Brother-in-law, are you coming out for 
 some sport to-day ? ' 
 ' Don't-know.' 
 
 'We suppose you never rode a horse in your life?' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 ' Nor killed any game ? ' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 So away they went, laughing to each other about 
 this silly brother-in-law of theirs. 
 Now when they were gone, Dan shook his bridle, 
 and at once the red horse appeared and the red 
 
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 DON'T and copper garment. He put it on and mounted, 
 KNOW a nd away he went after his brothers-in-law. 
 
 As he approached them, they did not know him, 
 and they said one to another : * Who is this great 
 prince who rides this way ? ' 
 
 They waited till he came up and then asked if he 
 would join them. Now the horse had given him 
 leave to speak whilst in his gay garments, so he 
 answered and said : ' I have already chased.' 
 * What have you caught ? ' 
 He held out a golden pheasant. 
 Then the princes longed to be able to take this 
 home with them and show it as their capture. So 
 they begged him to give them the pheasant. He 
 said he would do so if they would give him the 
 rings off their fingers. To this they consented. 
 They gave him their rings, and he gave them the 
 golden pheasant and rode away, and got fast 
 home, jumped off the red horse, and stood by the 
 door of the potato-house when they came home. 
 As they drew nigh, the princes showed the golden 
 pheasant and shouted: 'Brother-in-law, do you 
 not admire our skill in the chase ? ' 
 ' Don't know,' was all he answered. 
 Next day there was to be another chase in the 
 forest. The princes rode by the potato-house, 
 and said : * Brother-in-law, will you come out with 
 us to-day ? ' 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
 But when they were gone he shook the bridle, 
 and immediately the white horse appeared, with 
 the white suit of raiment adorned with silver. He 
 mounted and rode after his brothers-in-law. 
 They had been unsuccessful that day and were 
 discouraged. They said : ' Here comes that prince 
 again in most splendid raiment and on a magnifi- 
 cent horse. Who can he be ? ' 
 When Dan came up, they saluted him respectfully 
 and asked if he would have sport with them that 
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 day. He replied that he had already been engaged DON'T- 
 
 in the chase and had got a beautiful white swan. KNOW 
 
 They were very desirous to have this, but he said 
 
 he would take no money for it, only if they would 
 
 allow him to heat their rings red hot and stamp 
 
 the signets on their heads, under the hair, then 
 
 would he give up the snowy swan. 
 
 They thought no one would see if branded under 
 
 the hair, so they consented. He branded them 
 
 both with their own seals, gave them up the swan 
 
 and galloped home. The horse and his white 
 
 vesture disappeared, and as they came home they 
 
 saw him lounging at the door of the potato-house. 
 
 They held up the beautiful swan, and said : ' See, 
 
 brother-in-law, what luck we have. Don't you 
 
 wish you were as clever as we ? ' 
 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 'Ah! but you know you are a fool and we are 
 
 wise.' 
 
 1 Don't know.* 
 
 They rode into the palace laughing, and got great 
 
 credit for having killed the swan. 
 
 Next day there was another hunting party. Again 
 
 the princes laughingly taunted Dan 
 
 ' Will you come a-hunting, brother-in-law ? ' 
 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 1 You haven't got a horse to ride, we suppose ? ' 
 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 ' Nor bow and arrows ? ' 
 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
 ' But you know you are a fool ? ' 
 
 1 Don't know.' 
 
 When they were out of sight, he shook the bridle, 
 
 and now a gold yellow horse stood before him, and 
 
 a splendid crocus yellow garment woven with 
 
 gold thread. He put on the dress, mounted and 
 
 galloped after the princes. When he drew near 
 
 they said to one another : ' Can this be the same 
 
 prince we have seen twice before ? ' 
 
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 DON'T- They waited till he came up, and then saluted him 
 KNOW with the profoundest respect, and inquired if that 
 he would hunt with them that day. He replied 
 that he had already done his hunting, and he 
 showed a gold fawn that he had killed. 
 When the princes saw this, they were mad set to 
 have the fawn, and they begged him to let them 
 have it ; but he said he would give it up only on 
 condition that they each allowed him to brand 
 them on the back with something. 
 Well they were so set on having the gold fawn 
 that they agreed, and he burned on their backs 
 the symbol of a pair of gallows. Then he rode 
 home, and had changed everything before they 
 arrived ; and when they came, they bragged about 
 their hunting and showed the gold fawn they had 
 killed. 
 
 1 You couldn't do this, could you, brother-in-law ? ' 
 they asked. He only replied from the door of the 
 potato-shed : ' Don't know.' 
 
 Now it happened that the great King Cuckoo of 
 Ireland, who had been subject to the King of 
 England, was so set on being independent, and 
 even of subjugating England, that he gathered a 
 great army, and came over and marched against 
 London. The king sent out an army to oppose 
 his advance under one of his sons-in-law, but it 
 was defeated; then he sent another under the 
 second, and that was defeated also. So now the 
 king gathered together all the remnant of his 
 forces, and determined to take the field in person, 
 he would command the centre, and each of his 
 sons-in-law the wings. The two princes went to 
 the potato-shed, and said: 'Come on, brother-in- 
 law, the land is in danger, you must fight as well 
 as we.' 
 
 4 Don't know,' answered Dan. 
 1 Don't you know how to handle bow or spear?' 
 Don't know.' 
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 ' If we are defeated again, all will be up with every DON'T- 
 one of us,' said the princes. KNOW 
 
 ' Don't know,' answered Dan. 
 Now as soon as they had marched out of London, 
 Dan shook the bridle, whereupon his own little 
 horse came trotting up to him, and he had on his 
 back three portmanteaus. He said to his master : 
 * See, take these portmanteaus. In one is an army 
 of soldiers, in another are munitions of war, in the 
 third is plenty of money. The day is going against 
 the king. Quick, put on the suit of armour you 
 will see provided, jump on my back, and ride to 
 the rescue of your father-in-law. But first unpack 
 the portmanteaus.' 
 
 So Dan immediately opened the leather boxes. 
 And when he had opened the first out marched an 
 army of men. And when he had opened the 
 second out rolled cannons and cannon-balls, and 
 hay for the horses, and food for the men. And 
 when he had opened the third he found in it gold, 
 wherewith to pay the soldiers, and gold is said to 
 be ' the sinews of war.' So he mounted his little 
 horse and rode at the head of his army to the 
 battlefield, and he arrived just as the centre was 
 giving way, and when the two wings were turning 
 to flight. He rushed forward with his men and 
 fell on King Cuckoo with his Irish, and utterly 
 routed them, and took their banner, on which was 
 inscribed ' Home Rule for ever,' and sent the Irish 
 flying, tumbling head over heels, away, away, as 
 fast as their legs could run, in the direction of 
 their native isle. 
 
 Now as soon as he had gained the victory he 
 hastily withdrew with all his men till he had got 
 behind a belt of trees, and then he packed all his 
 troops once more into their portmanteau, and put 
 in all the munitions of war into the second, and 
 returned as quickly as he could to London, jumped 
 off his little horse, and stood lounging at the door 
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 DON'T- of his potato -shed, when the king and the 
 KNOW princes and the army returned, playing and 
 singing and whistling and dancing ' Rule Bri- 
 tannia, Britannia rule the waves, Brit-tons never, 
 never, never, will be slaves,' least of all to 
 Paddy. 
 
 And as the princes passed by the door where stood 
 Dan, 'Ah, ha! brother-in-law,' they said, 'where 
 were you to-day when we gained the victory over 
 King Cuckoo?' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 'What would you have done had you been in 
 battle ? Run away, of course.' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 'And where would you be now, but for our 
 victorious arms ? ' 
 ' Don't know.' 
 
 A grand banquet was given that evening. And 
 much wine was drunk, and toasts were proposed, 
 and the two princes bragged of what they had 
 done, and no one said a word about the mysterious 
 assistance that had been given just as fortune had 
 declared against the English arms. 
 But presently the king got up on his feet, and at 
 once every one began to hammer on the table, and 
 say' Hear 1 hear I 1 
 
 Then the king said: 'Ladies and gentlemen, 
 princes and princesses of the blood royal, dukes 
 and marquesses and earls, and viscounts and 
 barons, and baronets and knights and squires, 
 and all in your several degrees, I hope you will 
 listen to the few words I venture to utter.' 
 'Hear! hear!' 
 
 And one of the princes thundered out ' Encore !' 
 'I have listened,' said the king, 'with surprise and, 
 I am fain to admit, sorrow, and heard every one 
 present boasting about his great deeds, and no 
 one saying a word about that gallant and most 
 mysterious hero who seemed to drop from the 
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 clouds, and without whom we should have been DON'T- 
 compelled to to to cut and run.' KNOW 
 
 'No, no!' 'No, no!' 
 
 'Yes I repeat it,' said the king. 'The wings 
 under the masterly direction of my sons-in-law, 
 had received the order " Right about face, cut ! " 
 the centre under my august self was giving way.' 
 'No, no!' 'No, no!' 
 
 1 It is of no use our shutting our eyes to facts,' pur- 
 sued his majesty. 'We should have been jolly 
 well licked' he paused the expression was 
 hardly diplomatic, he corrected it to 'we should 
 have met with a serious reverse, but for the assist- 
 ance of our mysterious ally. I drink, gentlemen 
 and ladies, princes of the blood royal, dukes, etc. 
 ... to the very good health of pur deliverer this 
 day. By the way,' added the king, sitting down, 
 ' where is son-in-law number Three ? ' 
 Every one of the guests looked in every one else's 
 face, and said 
 1 Don't know ! ' 
 
 And the servants behind the guests looked about 
 the grand banqueting-hall, and they also said 
 'Your most gracious Majesty don't know.' 
 And the footmen on the stairs looked up and down 
 the staircase, and the porter at the gate looked at 
 them, and they at him, and said : ' Don't know.' 
 Just then was heard martial music. 
 A magnificent band was heard playing and the 
 tune that was being played was, ' See-e-e the con- 
 quering her-er-er-o comes ! ' 
 
 And presently large bodies of soldiers appeared, 
 infantry and cavalry, in magnificent uniform, and 
 surrounded the palace, and then riding on a gold- 
 coloured horse in golden armour, with a white 
 horse at his side, on which rode a lady in cloth of 
 silver, came a prince. He was attended by a num- 
 ber of equeries and staff officers, and he descended 
 from his horse at the palace gates, gave his hand 
 
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 DON'T- to the princess, let her alight, and then strode up 
 
 KNOW to the gates. 
 
 The porter said : ' Your name, sir ? ' 
 * Don't know.' 
 
 Then the porter, who had quite lost his head at 
 all the magnificence, said to the first footman 
 1 His Serene Highness Don't-know.' 
 And the first footman shouted to the second 
 ' 'Is 'Iness Don't-know.' 
 
 And the second shouted to the third, with great 
 emphasis 
 
 'His Haugust 'igh and Mightiness Don't-know.' 
 And so the announcement ran up the stairs, but 
 with a few strides the new-comer reached the top 
 of the grand state stairs, and the princess with 
 him, and they walked into the banqueting-hall 
 and lo ! every one stood up and cheered, for they 
 recognised the conqueror in that day's battle. 
 Then Prince Dan, for it was he, bowed his knee to 
 the king, and said : ' Sire and father-in-law, I am the 
 youth who has for all this while answered to every 
 question asked me, Don't know. Now I am re- 
 leased by my little horse from the necessity of 
 making this answer. Why imposed on me, good- 
 ness only knows, but I made the promise, and a 
 promise, sire and father-in-law, is, I need hardly say, 
 a promise and must be kept. I am of royal blood, 
 being the son of the very puissant King of Cloud- 
 land. I came here, and here your youngest daughter 
 chose me to be her husband. Your two other 
 princes, sons-in-law, are humbugs. Here are their 
 rings that I took from them. If you will lift up 
 their hair you will see them branded with their own 
 signets. If you will strip their coats off their 
 backs, you will find them marked with a pair of 
 gallows between their shoulder-blades. If you 
 have the least doubt, sire and father-in-law, that it 
 is I who assisted in this glorious day, here is your 
 own pocket-handkerchief which you gave me. In 
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 the midst of the fray I was slightly wounded in the 
 arm ; when you saw the blood flow, you pulled out 
 your red silk pocket-handkerchief and insisted on 
 binding it about my arm. I restore it to you. I 
 am healed. The kingdom of Great Britain is 
 henceforth safe from the humiliation of annexation 
 through subjugation to the neighbouring isle.' 
 There was immense applause, and even the hum- 
 bled princes, the brothers-in-law, had sufficient 
 grace to say : ' Encore, encore ! ' 
 Then the king said : ' It is obvious to me and to 
 all, that I must make this victorious hero heir to 
 my throne, though he has married only my 
 youngest daughter. Hitherto we have only known 
 him by the name of Don't-know. We would all 
 like to know what is the real name by which he 
 may be known in history.' 
 
 Now the writer of this story is fain to say that at 
 this point his authorities fail him. In Cloudland 
 the prince was indeed called Dan, but not so in 
 English history. If therefore it be asked by what 
 name this prince may be looked for in the cata- 
 e of English sovereigns, he is obliged to admit 
 on't know.' 
 
 logu 
 
 ' Don 
 
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 MIRANDA; OR, THE ROYAL RAM 
 
 MIRANDA ||i^j^^pj]NCE upon a time there lived a king 
 who had three beautiful daughters, 
 the youngest of whom, named 
 Miranda, was the most amiable, and 
 was her father's favourite. 
 The king was very superstitious, and 
 had great faith in dreams. 
 
 One day he asked his daughters to tell him the 
 subject of their dreams the foregoing night. 
 The eldest said that she had dreamed that he gave 
 her a gown, the gold and jewels of which shone 
 bright as the sun and stars. 
 
 The second said that she had dreamed that he 
 gave her a golden distaff and spinning-wheel, for 
 her to spin linen. 
 
 The third said that she had dreamed that her 
 father came to her and held a golden basin with 
 water in it, and had said to her : ' Come and wash 
 your hands.' 
 
 The king was very angry with Miranda for her 
 dream, and he thought that it could have but one 
 signification, that she would dethrone him, make 
 herself queen, and turn him into her servant. 
 As he was a very suspicious and jealous man as 
 well as superstitious, he worked himself to such a 
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 pitch of unrest over this thought, that all his love MIRANDA 
 was changed to dislike, and fear took the place of 
 regard. He determined to have his once darling 
 daughter put to death, so as to bring this dream of 
 hers to naught. 
 
 For this purpose he commanded the captain of his 
 guard to carry Miranda into the forest and kill 
 her ; and that he might be sure of its being done, 
 he ordered the officer to bring her heart and tongue 
 to the palace, threatening him with instant death 
 should he disobey his orders. 
 The captain, with much sorrow, went at an early 
 hour to the princess's apartment, and told her 
 that the king had sent for her. 
 She arose immediately and followed him, accom- 
 panied by a little Moor, called Patypata, who held 
 up her train ; also by a young ape, called Grabu- 
 geon, and by a little dog, called Tintin, which ran 
 by her side. 
 
 Not finding the king in the garden, where the cap- 
 tain said he was taking fresh air, she was advised 
 to seek him in the forest, whither it was said he 
 had gone to see the does and deer. She resolved 
 on following him thither. 
 
 But as they went on the sun rose, and the princess 
 saw it sparkle in the tears that ran down the cheeks 
 of her conductor. 
 
 She gently asked him the cause of his sorrow. 
 4 Alas, madam!' he said, 'how can I be otherwise 
 than sad at heart ? The king has ordered me to 
 kill you, and to carry your heart and tongue to 
 him ; and if I do not this, he will put me to a cruel 
 death.' 
 
 The innocent princess became pale when she heard 
 this, and said to the captain : ' Are you hard-hearted 
 enough to kill one who has never injured you, but 
 has ever spoken in your favour to the king.' 
 4 Do not fear, princess,' he answered, ' I will sooner 
 suffer death myself than hurt a hair of your head.
 
 MIRANDA But is it possible for us to find out some method 
 of persuading the king that you are dead ? ' 
 'What way can we discover,' asked Miranda, 
 'since he will not be satisfied unless he sees my 
 tongue and my heart ? ' 
 
 At these words the little Moor, who was warmly 
 attached to her mistress, came and threw herself 
 at Miranda's feet, and said : ' Dear madam, let me 
 be the sacrifice, I shall be but too happy to die for 
 your preservation.' 
 
 'No,' said the princess, kissing her, 'your life 
 ought now to be as dear to me as my own.' 
 The young ape, Grabugeon, next advanced, and 
 said: 'Truly, princess, your slave, Patypata, is 
 likely to be more serviceable to you than I can 
 be; therefore I offer you my heart and tongue 
 willingly.' 
 
 ' O my dear Grabugeon ! ' replied Miranda, ' I 
 cannot bear the thought of taking your life away.' 
 Her faithful dog Tintin then cried out that he 
 could not bear the thought of any one but himself 
 dying for his beloved mistress. In short, after a 
 long dispute between Patypata, Grabugeon, and 
 Tintin, which of them should suffer death instead of 
 the princess, Grabugeon nimbly climbed to the top 
 of a tree, and throwing himself down, broke his neck. 
 The captain, with much persuasion, got leave of 
 the princess to cut out his tongue, but it proved 
 too small to serve to deceive the king with it 
 ' Alas ! my poor ape,' exclaimed the princess, ' thou 
 hast lost thy life without doing me any service.' 
 ' That honour,' interposed the Moor, ' is reserved 
 for me,' and she instantly ran upon the knife 
 wherewith the captain had cut out Grabugeon's 
 tongue. 
 
 But here, also, the intended service failed, as the 
 poor Moor's tongue was too black to pass for 
 Miranda's. 
 
 The princess bursting into tears and lamentations 
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 MIRANDA for the loss of the Moor and of the ape, her dog 
 Tintin exclaimed : ' If you had accepted my offer, 
 there would have been none to regret but myself, 
 and real service would have been done you.' 
 Miranda was so overwhelmed with grief, that she 
 fainted away ; and when she came to herself, the 
 captain was gone, and the little dog was lying dead 
 beside the ape and the Moor. 
 Having buried her three favourites in a hole under 
 a tree, she began to think what she must do for 
 herself. 
 
 As the forest was not far from her father's court, 
 and she might easily have been discovered and so 
 bring destruction not only on herself but also on 
 the captain, she travelled as fast as she could walk, 
 though in an opposite direction, till at last she was 
 almost ready to expire with weariness. 
 Then hearing the bleating of sheep, she supposed 
 that she was approaching some shepherds with 
 their flocks, and she exerted all her remaining 
 strength to reach the place, in hopes of finding 
 some relief. 
 
 But how great was her surprise, when she came to a 
 spacious plain, to see a large ram, as white as snow, 
 with gilded horns, and a garland of flowers about 
 his neck, lying on a bed of orange blossom, and 
 shaded from the sun by a tent of cloth of gold. A 
 hundred sheep richly adorned were in attendance 
 on him. 
 
 Miranda became motionless with astonishment, 
 and looked about for the shepherd of so extra- 
 ordinary a flock, when the noble Ram approached 
 her, and said 
 
 ' Draw near, lovely princess, and be not afraid of 
 such gentle creatures as are we.' 
 'What!' exclaimed the princess, starting back, 'is 
 it possible that you can speak ? ' 
 ' Why not, madam,' answered the Ram, 'when your 
 dog and your ape spoke? They did it because 
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 endowed with the gift by a fairy. May not the MIRANDA 
 same be the case with me ? Be not surprised, but 
 tell me what has brought you here.' 
 * A thousand misfortunes,' answered Miranda. ' I 
 am forced to fly from the rage of a cruel father.' 
 4 Come then with me, madam,' said the Ram, ' and 
 I will conduct you to a place where you will be 
 secure from discovery, and be treated with the 
 utmost respect.' 
 
 The Ram then ordered his chariot, which was large 
 enough to hold two persons with ease, and was 
 lined with blue velvet, and drawn by six cashmere 
 goats. The princess placed herself in it, and the 
 Ram got in after her, and drove to the mouth of a 
 cave, which though stopped by a large stone, was 
 opened when the Ram touched it with his foot. 
 Miranda, haying descended numerous marble steps, 
 was exceedingly surprised to find herself in a 
 strange country, in a plain enamelled with flowers, 
 where played fountains of fragrant essences. 
 Here and there clumps of trees formed a habitation 
 for birds; and when Miranda passed, they flew 
 out in the form of tartlets, cheese-cakes, sponge- 
 cakes, and biscuits, all supplied with wings. 
 The princely Ram told Miranda that he had reigned 
 here for several years, and had sufficient cause for 
 grief. He required but little persuasion to tell his 
 sad story. 
 
 4 Born and educated as a prince,' said he, * I came 
 into possession of one of the most delightful king- 
 doms in the world, and I was much beloved by my 
 subjects and respected by foreigners. Being fond 
 of hunting, as I was one day pursuing a stag, he 
 took me to a pond, into which I imprudently 
 plunged my horse after him. Instead of finding 
 the water cold, I found it to be extremely hot ; and 
 the pond dried up all of a sudden, and there shot 
 out of a hole in the earth a terrible fire. Then the 
 bottom of the pond sank, and I went down a long 
 
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 MIRANDA way till I reached the bottom of a sort of well, 
 with flames all round me. 
 
 'Then I saw an old hag before me, who said, 
 " Fiercer flames than these are needed to warm 
 thy heart." 
 
 '"Alas ! " said I, "who complains of my coldness?" 
 * " I do I, an unfortunate wretch who adores you 
 without hope." 
 
 'Then the fire disappeared, and I knew now that 
 this old woman was a terribly powerful fairy. 
 '"What, Ragotta," said I, "was this done by your 
 orders ? " 
 
 '"By whose else, think you?" she answered. 
 "Have you not known for a long time that I 
 have loved you ? Consider how low I stoop I, a 
 fairy, to desire the affection of a man such as you." 
 ' " You ask what I cannot give you," I answered, 
 " neither do you go the right way to work to win 
 my love." 
 
 " What do you object to in me ? " asked the fairy. 
 ' " In the first place you are old." 
 ' "Old !" she exclaimed, " I can transform myself and 
 make myself young and beautiful." 
 ' "And you have a moustache," said I. 
 
 " That I can pluck out," she answered. 
 '"And one eye is looking in one direction, the 
 second eye in another." 
 1 " I can put one of them out," she said. 
 ' " In a word," said I, " I can never love you." 
 ' In a rage she struck me with her wand, and said : 
 ' " You shall feel my resentment. Be a Ram, and 
 continue so, till some king will suffer you to sit on 
 his throne and drink out of his cup." 
 ' I found myself at once changed into my present 
 shape, and my courtiers were turned into sheep.' 
 Miranda was struck by so remarkable a story; 
 she paid the Ram some civilities, but she could not 
 encourage him with hope of regaining his form, for 
 it seemed to her impossible to believe that any king 
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 would suffer a ram to ascend his throne and drink MIRANDA 
 out of his cup. 
 
 Miranda remained for some time in the beautiful 
 land to which the royal Ram had conducted her. 
 At last news reached her that her eldest sister was 
 going to marry a great prince, and that extensive 
 preparations were being made for the nuptials. 
 These tidings were brought her by a swallow. 
 Miranda asked the Ram's leave to go to her sister's 
 wedding, and this was granted; but the Ram 
 insisted on her going in most magnificent apparel. 
 She arrived at the King's court just as the marriage 
 of her sister was about to take place. 
 When Miranda arrived, her appearance caused a 
 general flutter of astonishment and admiration, as 
 she was dressed in shining silver tissue set with 
 pearls, and no one had ever seen so magnificent 
 a dress ; and indeed she was so lovely that many 
 the gentlemen especially looked only at her face, 
 whilst the ladies examined, admired, and were 
 jealous of her gown. The king especially observed 
 her with great attention. 
 
 When Miranda saw this, she became alarmed lest 
 he should give orders to have her stopped ; so she 
 stole away before the ceremony was concluded 
 and hastened back to the realm of the royal Ram. 
 The Ram had been waiting with the utmost 
 impatience for the return of Miranda ; and as soon 
 as he saw her, he ran towards her, and gave many 
 tokens of passionate fondness for her. 
 So Miranda remained again some time in the 
 pleasant realm of the royal Ram. 
 Then it fell out that a swallow came and twittered 
 in her ear, and told her that the king was about 
 to give his second daughter in marriage to a great 
 prince. 
 
 Miranda begged leave to attend this wedding also. 
 The Ram could not refuse, and he insisted that 
 she should wear a still more splendid dress, all 
 
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 MIRANDA of cloth of gold with diamonds woven into it, 
 and a crown of gold and diamonds on her head, 
 and also he made fast a diamond to every single 
 hair of her head, and also to each of her eyelash 
 hairs, and to those that formed her brows. Thus 
 she twinkled and blazed with splendour. 
 As soon as Miranda had arrived at her father's 
 court, the king at once ordered all the gates to be 
 closed. When the ceremony was over, he went 
 up to her, and begged leave to escort her to the 
 banqueting-hall. 
 
 Miranda would have fled, but found all the doors 
 fast. Then the king led her into the hall, and 
 hasted and brought a golden basin with water for 
 her to wash her hands in. 
 
 Miranda immediately fell at his feet, saying : ' Sire ! 
 behold, my dream is fulfilled. I am your third 
 daughter, and you have offered me water in a 
 golden basin.' 
 
 When the king heard this he recollected the 
 features of his daughter Miranda, and was filled 
 with shame and sorrow. He cried out : ' O my 
 dear daughter! forgive the cruelty of a father 
 who deserves death for the way in which he treated 
 you. Now what can I do to make amends for 
 my past injustice ? ' 
 
 'Sire,' answered Miranda, 'grant me a single 
 favour ! ' 
 
 ' I will grant you anything you ask,' answered the 
 king. 
 
 'Sire!' said she, 'suffer a Ram to sit on thy 
 throne, and to drink out of thy cup.' 
 When the king heard this he was much astonished 
 and became red in the face, and did not know 
 what answer to make. Nevertheless, because he 
 had made the promise before all the court and all 
 the friends and visitors from foreign kingdoms 
 who had come to the wedding, he gave his 
 consent. 
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 It must be told that the Ram waited and became MIRANDA 
 
 impatient because Miranda did not return. So at 
 
 last having lost all patience, he resolved to venture 
 
 to the court, where he asked admittance, but was 
 
 refused by the guards at the gates. However, 
 
 Miranda, having received the king's promise, went 
 
 down, and when the gates were opened, then she 
 
 saw the Ram outside. 
 
 Full of joy inexpressible she conducted him into 
 
 the throne-room, and herself carried him up the 
 
 steps and seated him in the throne. Then she ran 
 
 and fetched wine in the king's own cup and offered 
 
 it to him. 
 
 No sooner had the Ram drunk out of the royal 
 
 cup, seated in the royal throne, than the spell that 
 
 had been cast over him came to an end, and he was 
 
 changed back into his original form, a beautiful 
 
 prince, and immediately, with immense rejoicings, 
 
 was married to Miranda. 
 
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 BLUE-BEARD 
 
 BLUE- 
 BEARD 
 
 1HERE lived, once on a time, a man 
 who had very fine town houses, and 
 also country residences, magnificent 
 plate, furniture in the latest style, 
 gilded coaches, and a cook who sent 
 him up every day a dinner of six 
 courses every day different from what 
 had been. Unfortunately for him he had a blue 
 beard. This made him so hideous and frightful, 
 that there was not a woman or girl who did not 
 run away when he appeared. 
 One of his neighbours, a lady of quality, but very 
 poor, had two daughters of the most amiable dis- 
 positions, and both very lovely. 
 The man with the blue beard asked for one in 
 marriage, and left the choice to their mother. 
 Neither would hear of taking him because of his 
 blue beard. Moreover, it was commonly reported 
 that he had had several wives, and no one could 
 say exactly what had become of them. 
 Blue-beard invited the lady with her daughters to 
 visit him in one of his country places. He at the 
 same time asked many of the neighbours there, 
 and he gave entertainments in succession for a 
 week. There was one uninterrupted series of 
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 dances and picnics, of hunting parties, of dinners; BLUE- 
 there was really no time for sleep ; there was such BEARD 
 splendour displayed in the house, such fertility of 
 resource in the master for their amusement, that 
 the company present thought they never had 
 enjoyed themselves more, and that after all, if the 
 owner of the place, and the giver of the festivities 
 had a blue beard, he had wealth enough to gild it ; 
 and that a good deal might be forgiven a man who 
 had such plate, such a cook, such furniture, and 
 who dearly loved giving parties. 
 The youngest of the lady's daughters considered 
 that it would be a very pleasant thing to be 
 mistress of so grand an establishment, and to be 
 looked up to by all the neighbourhood as the 
 person of most consequence therein. 
 She felt her aversion for Blue-beard decrease, and 
 finally consented to accept him. The entertain- 
 ments were now prolonged for another week, at 
 the end of which time a magnificent wedding took 
 place, to the great satisfaction of the young lady's 
 mother, who thought she had disposed of her 
 daughter to the greatest possible advantage. 
 At the end of a month, Blue-beard told his wife 
 that business required him to absent himself for 
 six weeks or a month, and he begged her to 
 amuse herself as best she could during his absence. 
 She was to invite her friends to visit her, and to 
 entertain them. 
 
 1 Here,' said he, ' are the keys of two large linen- 
 chests ; here are those of my plate-chest ; here are 
 those of my money-boxes, and also of all my 
 jewels ; and here is a key that opens all the doors 
 and cupboards throughout the house. You see 
 this little key ? that pertains to the cabinet at the 
 end of the long picture gallery. You may open 
 any closet and cupboard and chamber throughout 
 my house, with the single exception of that little 
 cabinet. I strictly forbid you to enter or look in 
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 BLUE- there under pain of my extreme displeasure, and 
 BEARD of forfeiting all my love for you, and all your 
 happiness for the future. 
 
 She promised exactly to observe all that he com- 
 manded, and, after he had warmly embraced her, 
 he mounted his equipage and drove away. 
 The neighbours and friends did not wait to be 
 invited to come to the country house, and to relieve 
 the dulness of the young bride ; and they were 
 extremely desirous of being shown everything in 
 the house, and of turning out all the cupboards, 
 a thing they had never before ventured to do, they 
 had not even asked to be allowed to do, so great 
 was their dread of Blue-beard. 
 Now, however, that he was away, they scattered 
 through the house, they ran upstairs and down, 
 they pried into every chamber, they explored every 
 cupboard, and searched every drawer. They 
 examined all the furniture, they went through 
 all the house-linen, they examined and admired 
 the tapestries, the carpets, the curtains, the cover- 
 lets; then they looked through all the plate to 
 make sure that it was of real silver and gold, 
 and not plated wares. They turned over all 
 the books in the library, they tried on all the 
 family jewels, they even examined all the bottles 
 of preserved fruit, and pots of crystallised ginger, 
 in the storeroom. The mistress of the house 
 took little pleasure in seeing and showing all 
 these treasures to her friends, for she was most 
 inquisitive to know what there was in the cabinet 
 at the end of the picture gallery. Indeed, so im- 
 patient was she to satisfy her curiosity, that she 
 deserted her guests, and when they were all 
 engaged elsewhere, she slipped into the gallery 
 by herself and put the key into the door which 
 she had been forbidden to open. 
 She paused there for one moment, with a little 
 hesitation, because she remembered her husband's 
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 threats; but her curiosity overcame all scruple BLUE- 
 of disobeying him, and fears for herself, and she BEARD 
 tremblingly opened the door of the cabinet. 
 At first she saw nothing, for the windows were 
 all shut. But after a while her eyes became 
 accustomed to the gloom, and she saw that the 
 floor was all stained with blood, and that along 
 the walls hung the dead bodies of a great many 
 young women. These were the wives Blue-beard 
 had married in succession, and had put to death, 
 one after the other. 
 
 She thought she would have died of horror, and 
 the key which she had withdrawn from the door 
 dropped from her hand. 
 
 After a while she recovered her senses, picked up 
 the key, fastened the door, and hastened to her 
 bedroom, to throw herself on a couch and com- 
 pose her mind. But she could find no rest, so 
 violent was her agitation, and she begged her 
 sister, who was called Anne, to dismiss her guests, 
 on the plea that she was ill and could not enter- 
 tain them further. 
 
 When alone, the young wife noticed that there was 
 a stain of blood on the key. She at once tried to 
 wash it off, but neither soap nor water would 
 remove it. Then she rubbed the key with sand- 
 paper, but this was equally in vain. If she rubbed 
 out the stain of blood on one side, it broke out 
 on the other side of the key. 
 Blue-beard returned from his travels that same 
 evening. He said that he had received letters 
 whilst on his journey which informed him that 
 the business on which he had started had come 
 to a satisfactory termination, and that his presence 
 was no longer needed. 
 
 His wife did all that she could to show him that 
 she was delighted at his return. But she called 
 to her a little foot-page, and said : ' Run, run, as fast 
 as your feet will bear you to my home. My two 
 
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 BLUE- brothers are there, just returned from the wars. 
 
 BEARD Bid them ride and spur and never slack rein till 
 they have reached this place and saved me.' 
 Next morning Blue-beard asked for his keys, and 
 his wife restored them to him with a hand that 
 trembled so that he suspected what had happened. 
 He looked at the keys and said: 'I miss that of 
 my cabinet Where is that ? ' 
 ' 1 must have left it upstairs,' she said. 
 'Do not fail to bring it me,' he said, in a stern 
 voice. 
 
 There was no help for it She was obliged to 
 produce the key. 
 
 Blue-beard looked at it with a frown. 'Why is 
 there blood on this key ? ' he asked. 
 She was too frightened to answer. 
 'You have been in the cabinet, which I forbade 
 you to open and enter. Very well, madam, you 
 shall go in again and this time remain there, hung 
 to the wall beside the other ladies you saw there.' 
 She threw herself at her husband's feet, weeping 
 and entreating pardon, with all the marks of 
 sincere repentance for her disobedience. So 
 beautiful and distressed was she that she might 
 have melted a heart of stone, but that of Blue- 
 beard was harder than stone. 
 'You must die, madam,' said he, 'and that in- 
 stantly.' 
 
 'If I must die,' she replied, looking at him with 
 eyes bathed in tears, ' give me at least time to say 
 my prayers.' 
 
 ' Very well,' he answered, ' I grant you a quarter 
 of an hour, not a moment longer.' 
 When she was alone, she summoned her sister, 
 and said to her : ' Sister Anne, I pray you, mount 
 the tower, and see if my brothers are coming. 
 I sent them word to come without delay. When 
 you see them, sign to them to speed their fastest' 
 Her sister immediately ascended to the battle- 
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 BLUE- ments of the tower, and looked away in the direc- 
 
 BEARD tion of her home. The poor trembling and 
 
 weeping bride called to her after a few minutes : 
 
 'Sister Anne! sister Anne! is there any one 
 
 coming ? ' 
 
 ' I see nothing,' answered her sister, ' but the sun's 
 beams glancing, and the motes dancing, and the 
 grass is green and growing, oh 1 * 
 Blue-beard in the meanwhile had got a great 
 cutlass from the armoury, and he called to his 
 wife : ' Come down, come down, or I '11 draw you 
 by the golden locks of your crown.' 
 'Grant me one moment longer!' answered his 
 wife. She cried again to her sister : ' Sister Anne ! 
 sister Anne ! is there any one coming? ' 
 ' I see nothing,' answered her sister, ' but the sun's 
 beams glancing, and the motes dancing, and the 
 grass is green and growing, oh 1 ' 
 'Come down, come down this very moment,' 
 shouted Blue-beard. 'Time is up, come down, 
 come down, or I '11 draw you by the golden locks of 
 your crown.' 
 
 4 1 am coming directly. Suffer me to pull on my 
 shoe,' said the unhappy wife. Then again she 
 called to her sister: 'Sister Anne! sister Anne! 
 do you see any one coming ? ' 
 ' I see,' said the sister, ' I see a cloud of dust 
 springing, and I hear harness ringing, and the 
 grass is green and growing, oh 1 ' 
 Then Blue-beard roared forth: 'If you do not 
 come down at once I shall come up and fetch you.' 
 But his wife said : ' Suffer me to pull on the other 
 shoe, and then I will come down.' And now again 
 she called : ' Sister Anne 1 sister Anne I is there 
 any one coming.' 
 
 Sister Anne replied : ' I see armour glancing, and 
 two horses prancing, and your brothers ride fast 
 to the castle, oh ! ' 
 
 Blue-beard would not tarry any longer, and his 
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 wife could find no further excuse for delaying to BLUE- 
 come down. So she slowly and tremblingly de- BEARD 
 scended the stairs. With hair dishevelled and with 
 her face bathed in tears she threw herself on her 
 knees, and begged him to spare her life. 
 ' It is of no avail,' answered Blue-beard ; * die you 
 must and shall.' 
 
 Seizing her by the hair her golden hair with one 
 hand, and brandishing the cutlass with the other, 
 he prepared to strike the fatal blow. 
 'Stay! stay!' she said; 'I have on my neck the 
 beautiful chain you gave me.' 
 'Take it off, lest it turn the edge of my sword,' 
 said he. 
 
 She obeyed with fingers that shook as if she had 
 the palsy. Again he raised the cutlass above her 
 head. 'Stay! stay!' she said; 'I am wearing my 
 white bridal silken dress, and it will be all dappled 
 and stained with my heart's blood.' 
 ' Take it off,' he said. She obeyed slowly, so great 
 was her fear. Then she knelt down again, and 
 again he raised the cutlass to strike off her head, 
 when she cried out : ' Stay ! stay ! the parrot is in 
 the window, and he will talk and tell how you have 
 killed me.' 
 
 'That is true,' said Blue-beard; and he removed 
 the cage and put it in another room. 
 Then he came back, and raised the cutlass, and 
 said : ' I will not be put off again.' 
 But at that moment a loud knocking was heard 
 at the gates, which made Blue-beard pause. 
 The gates were burst open, and two young men in 
 shining steel armour, with their swords drawn, 
 rushed in. They flew upon Blue-beard and pursued 
 him as he attempted to escape ; they overtook him 
 before he had mounted the platform on top of 
 the castle, and ran him through the heart with 
 their swords. 
 
 The poor wife, almost dead with terror, was un- 
 
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 BLUE- able for some time to find words wherewith to 
 BEARD thank her brothers for this timely rescue. 
 
 As Blue-beard left no heirs, his wife inherited 
 all his immense fortune. She bestowed part of it 
 as a marriage dower on her sister Anne, who was 
 shortly after married to a young nobleman who 
 had long loved her. 
 
 Some money she spent in buying castles and lands 
 for her brothers. With what remained she was 
 still vastly rich, and she was soon married to a 
 generous-minded young man, a companion-in-arms 
 and friend of her brothers, and his love and cour- 
 teous treatment soon made her forget the cruel 
 usage she had received from Blue-beard. 
 'I give you the keys,' said he, on their marriage 
 day, 'that open everything I possess, and all the 
 secret chambers of my heart You may look in all, 
 and where you will, and you will find nothing 
 that I desire to hide from you for you will find 
 nothing anywhere but love for you.' 
 'And I,' answered his wife, 'will never allow myself 
 henceforth to peep and peer into what does not 
 concern me.' 
 
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 THE FAIR MAID WITH GOLDEN LOCKS 
 
 it fell upon a time, there lived in THE FAIR 
 Golden Land a beautiful princess, MAID 
 whose hair was like the finest gold, G QLDEN 
 and waved and rippled down her back LOCKS 
 and reached the ground, and she was 
 called the fair maid with golden 
 locks. She always wore a crown of 
 China roses on her head, and dresses of the softest 
 and palest pink, or blue, or white embroidered over 
 with diamonds ; so that wherever she went and 
 whenever she moved she twinkled like a laburnum 
 bush covered with dew on a May morning. 
 Now it fell out at this very time that there was a 
 certain king, and as he had heard so much of the 
 fair maid with golden locks, he sent an embassy to 
 Golden Land to ask her hand. 
 The ambassador arrived in Golden Land with his 
 message, but the princess refused the king's offer. 
 She said she was over young to marry yet 
 Then the ambassador set off sadly on his way home. 
 When he arrived in the city where the king was 
 waiting impatiently for him, every one was much 
 disappointed because he returned alone, for every 
 one had expected he would have brought with 
 him the fair maid with golden locks to be their 
 queen. 
 
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 THE FAIR Now there was at the court a young man, who 
 MAID ^as very clever and very handsome. His name 
 
 TOLDEM was Charming. Most people liked him, and he 
 LOCKS was a favourite with the king, but for that very 
 reason several of the courtiers were envious and 
 sought his destruction. 
 
 One day Charming said without consideration, 
 that if he had been sent to Golden Land, he would 
 not have returned with a refusal. 
 This was quite enough for his enemies. They at 
 once went to the king and said : ' Charming has been 
 talking in a very insolent manner. He says he is 
 such a good-looking fellow that Princess Golden- 
 locks would never have refused him.' 
 When the king heard this, he was inflamed with 
 rage, and gave immediate orders that Charming 
 should be thrown into prison and fed with only 
 one slice of bread without butter on it, and plain 
 water every day, till he grew old and grey and ugly. 
 So the guards seized on Charming and carried him 
 away to the dungeon. There he lay for many days 
 on straw, and ate only the piece of dry bread and 
 drank only the pipkin of water allowed him. 
 One day he said sadly to himself: ' How is it that 
 I have offended the king ? I am his most faithful 
 servant, and have done nothing against him.' 
 The king chanced to be walking by the tower 
 when he said this, and he overheard the words of 
 Charming. 
 
 The enemies of the young man tried to make him 
 walk on, and disregard what he had heard, but the 
 king insisted on Charming being brought before 
 him. The young man was released, and bending 
 on one knee, he kissed the king's hand, and asked 
 how he had offended. 
 
 'You made a mock of me and my ambassador,' 
 said the king, 'and you declared that if you had 
 been sent you would not have returned without the 
 fair maid with golden locks.' 
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 'No more would I,* answered Charming; 'I would THE FAIR 
 have made such a description of your majesty, that JjJrfS 
 the princess would have been all impatience to GO LDEN 
 jump into your majesty's arms.' LOCKS 
 
 The king now saw that Charming had been evil 
 and falsely spoken of; he took the young man 
 back into his favour, and said to him 
 ' So be it. You shall go on an embassy to Golden 
 Land ; and if you return without the princess, I 
 will cut off your head.' 
 
 Charming said he was content to run the risk. 
 The king desired to give him a fine equipage and 
 many servants and heralds to blow trumpets before 
 him ; but Charming said that all he wanted was a 
 good horse, and to take with him his little dog 
 Dulcet. 
 
 So next day he started at early dawn, and rode all 
 alone, save that his little dog Dulcet ran beside 
 him. 
 
 Charming carried with him a notebook, and when- 
 ever a happy thought struck him which could go 
 into his description of the king he was going to 
 give to the fair maid with golden locks, he got 
 off his horse, sat down, and wrote it, for fear of 
 forgetting it 
 He wrote 
 
 ' My master the king is a very great lord, 
 
 His stomach is round and his shoulders are broad/ 
 
 1 That goes splendidly,' said Charming, and he rode 
 on a little way. Then a new idea struck him. He 
 got off his horse and wrote 
 
 ' His temper is high, but his mind it is low, 
 He croaks when he talks like a carrion crow.' 
 
 Then he got on his horse again. After a while he 
 thought of some more words in commendation of 
 the king, so he got off and wrote 
 
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 THE FAIR c His great moustaches they twist and twirl, 
 To win tne heart of each right-minded girl* 
 
 < LOCKS* Once ^ he was sittin by tne water, trying to find 
 a rhyme to * bandy legs,' and sorely troubled be- 
 cause he could not make a suitable line ending in 
 eggs, a little golden carp that was rising after a 
 fly sprang out of the water and fell in the grass 
 beside him, and remained panting, unable to return 
 to its proper element 
 * Poor little fish 1 ' said Charming. 
 He put his hand down, took the carp, and threw it 
 back into the water. 
 
 The carp was delighted to be again in the refresh- 
 ing coolness of the water. She swam up to the 
 bank, and said 
 
 ' Thank you, Charming, for what you have done. 
 You have saved my life, and when you need my 
 help I will give it you.' 
 
 Another day, as Charming was riding along, he saw 
 a raven in great distress. It was pursued by an 
 eagle, that would have devoured it, had not the 
 young man quickly discharged an arrow from his 
 bow, and killed the eagle. 
 
 The raven perched on a tree, nodded its head, and 
 said 
 
 1 Thank you, Charming, for what you have done. 
 You have saved my life, and when you need my 
 help I will give it you.' 
 
 Night came on, and Charming rode through a 
 wood. The moon shone as clear as the day and 
 painted the ground silver, where it pierced between 
 the branches and leaves. 
 
 Presently Charming saw what seemed to him a 
 great lump of snow, but it was making a great 
 noise. He went up to it and found that it was a 
 white owl caught in a gin. Charming at once 
 released the poor bird, and the owl hopped on to a 
 branch, and said, ' To whoo ! ' 
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 1 Do you ask to whom you owe your release? To me, THE FAIR 
 Charming,' answered the young man : * you should MAID 
 speak good grammar, and say To-whom and not GOLDEN 
 To-who.' LOCKS 
 
 'Thank you, Charming,' said the owl, 'for what 
 you have done. You have saved my life, and when 
 you need my help I will give it you.' 
 These were the only three adventures of any im- 
 portance that befell Charming on his way to 
 Golden Land. 
 
 When he arrived at the palace of the princess, he 
 saw how magnificent it was. Pearls seemed to be 
 as plenty as pebbles, and diamonds as common as 
 dust He thought to himself : ' If the princess con- 
 sents to leave all this, and come with me to marry 
 my master I shall be much surprised. And yet 
 
 1 " His great moustaches they twist and twirl, 
 To win the heart of each right-minded girl." ' 
 
 When he appeared before the princess, his little 
 dog Dulcet would come in with him. He was so 
 well-dressed and so handsome, that the guards 
 saluted him respectfully, and a messenger was sent 
 to the princess to announce the arrival of another 
 ambassador. 
 
 The princess was vexed ; however she consented 
 that he should be allowed an audience. 
 Then Charming approached her throne, bearing 
 himself modestly, and showing the profoundest 
 respect. When he looked up he was so struck 
 with her beauty that he put his hand over his eyes 
 as though dazzled. She was in one of her most 
 beautiful dresses, and was covered with rosebuds. 
 Then she graciously bade Charming approach ; so 
 he kneeled on one knee, and gave her an eloquent 
 description of his lord and master 
 
 ' My master the king is a very great lord, 
 His stomach is round and his shoulders are broad. 
 
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 THE FAIR His temper is high, but his manners are low, 
 MAID He croaks when he talks like a carrion crow. 
 WITH His g rea t moustaches they twist and twirl, 
 LOCKS To win the heart of eac ? 1 right-minded girl. 
 He has a nose in the midst of his face, 
 And a couple of ears in their proper place. 
 His eyes are round and his mouth is wide, 
 What more would have an exacting bride ? ' 
 
 'That will do,' said the princess. 'You are so 
 amiable and so eloquent, that I would gladly oblige 
 you and marry such a beautiful and interesting 
 king, but I must tell you that I have promised not 
 to marry till I receive a ring which I lost a month 
 ago. I was walking by the river-side, when I 
 chanced to draw off my glove. In so doing I slipped 
 a very valuable ring off my finger, and it fell into the 
 water. I cannot think of listening to any proposal 
 of marriage till that ring has been restored to me.' 
 Charming was much surprised at this declaration. 
 He bowed, and begged the fair maid with golden 
 locks at least to accept the little dog Dulcet he 
 had brought with him. She replied that she did 
 not want any presents, and dismissed him. 
 All night long Charming tossed on his bed, and 
 lamented 
 
 ' How am I to find the ring that fell into the river 
 a month ago ? ' said he. ' It is not possible. I 
 shall lose my head.' 
 Dulcet heard him, and said 
 ' My dear master, do not despair. Let us at all 
 events try what we can do. We will go down to- 
 morrow morning to the river-side and peer into the 
 water.' 
 
 Charming thought this absurd ; he gave the dog a 
 little impatient slap. 
 
 At the first glimmer of dawn, Dulcet began to frisk 
 about, and insisted on making his master come out 
 with him, and walk by the river-side ; and there 
 '74
 
 they wandered up and down, but could see no ring THE FAIR 
 
 in the water. MAID 
 
 Charming had almost made up his mind to return G QLDEN 
 
 to his lodgings, when he heard his name called. LOCKS 
 
 He looked about, but saw no one. Then he 
 
 walked on, but again heard a voice that called : 
 
 'Charming! Charming!' 
 
 1 Who calls me ? ' he asked. 
 
 Dulcet, who was very small, and ran close to the 
 
 water's edge, cried out, * Master, I see a golden 
 
 carp coming.' 
 
 And sure enough there was a carp, and it said to 
 
 the young man: 'You saved my life in the 
 
 meadow where grew the poplar trees, and I 
 
 promised to repay you. Take this, it is the ring 
 
 of the fair maid with golden locks.' 
 
 Charming took the ring out of the carp's mouth, 
 
 with many thanks, and he and little Dulcet, which 
 
 gambolled and barked about him, returned to the 
 
 palace. 
 
 Some one told the princess that he was asking to 
 
 see her. 
 
 'Ah! poor fellow,' said she; 'he desires to say 
 
 Then Charming entered, and making a profound 
 bow, approached : he gracefully bent his knee, and 
 handing her the ring, said 
 ' Madam ! I have done your bidding. Here is what 
 you had lost. Now will you marry my master, who 
 is the greatest king and most attractive man in 
 the world 
 
 ' " His great moustaches they twist and twirl, 
 To win the heart of each right-minded girl. 
 He has a nose in the midst of his face, 
 And a couple of ears " ' 
 
 'Enough,' said the princess,' I have heard that 
 already, and would really be moved to accept the 
 king by the eloquence of your speech and the 
 
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 THE FAIR melodiousness of your lines, but that I am deter- 
 MAID mined not to marry any one so long as I am 
 
 GOLDEN P estered *h tne addresses of an ogre named 
 LOCKS Gallifron, who eats human beings as a monkey 
 eats chestnuts. Before I can listen to your pro- 
 posal, you must kill Gallifron and bring me his 
 head. 1 
 
 Charming bowed profoundly, and said 
 ' Madam, I can at least die in your cause.' 
 This was said so gracefully that the princess was 
 moved with pity, and said all she could to dissuade 
 Charming from attempting to fight the giant. 
 But it was of no use, he went forth, obtained 
 suitable armour, and mounting his horse rode in 
 the direction of Gallifron. 
 
 Every one he met told him what a terrible ogre 
 Gallifron was, and nobody dared go with him 
 as a guide. However, Dulcet frisked at his side, 
 and said 
 
 'Dear master, whilst you are aiming at the 
 monster's breast I will bite his shins, and when he 
 stoops you can deal blows at his head.' 
 Charming praised the little dog's plan, but had no 
 great opinion of its success. 
 
 At last he drew near to the ogre's castle, and saw 
 that all the ground about it was strewn with bones. 
 Presently he heard Gallifron coming. His head 
 was taller than the highest tree. As he came on, 
 he roared like a bull 
 
 1 1 gobble them up, both old and young, 
 Gorroo gorroo gorroo. 
 If old and tough, they are better hung, 
 
 Gorroo! gorroo! gorroo! 
 If young, at once I snap off the head, 
 
 Gorroo ! gorroo ! gorroo ! 
 I 'm never happy but when full-fed, 
 
 And now I will dine on you ! ' 
 
 Charming with great spirit answered him
 
 1 Don't count your chickens before they are hatched, THE FAlfc 
 Nor sell your pullets before they are catched. wI5 
 
 There is many a slip rni APNT 
 
 Twixt the cup and the lip. LOCKS 
 
 And to catch a sparrow you '11 even fail 
 Till a pinch of salt is dropped on its tail.' 
 
 The grammar was not perfect ; Charming ought 
 
 not to have said 'catched,' which was vulgar, 
 
 but 'caught' would not rhyme with 'hatched.' 
 
 Besides he was too frightened to be in a truly 
 
 poetic mood. Gallifron was very furious, and he 
 
 roared, and rushed at Charming, swinging his 
 
 iron club, and would certainly have killed him had 
 
 not at one and the same moment Dulcet flown 
 
 at his shins and bitten them, and a raven darted 
 
 down out of the rock and pecked at the giant's 
 
 eyes, and beat his face with its great black wings. 
 
 Consequently his blows fell harmlessly upon the 
 
 air, and Charming, rushing in, gave him strokes on 
 
 his knees, which brought him to the ground, 
 
 and then standing over him, he hacked off his 
 
 head. 
 
 Then the raven croaked out 
 
 'You see I have not forgotten the kindness you 
 
 once showed me. To-day I have fulfilled the 
 
 promise I made to repay you.' 
 
 Charming thanked the raven with all his heart, 
 
 and then, mounting his horse, he rode away, with 
 
 the giant's head at his saddle-bow. 
 
 On reaching the capital, the people came out in 
 
 crowds and welcomed him, and shouted with joy, 
 
 and the church bells rang out merry peals. 
 
 The princess asked the meaning of this, and was 
 
 told that Charming had killed Gallifron, and was 
 
 returned unhurt bearing his head. 
 
 Charming now requested an audience, and the 
 
 Fair Maid with Golden Locks could not refuse it. 
 
 He entered, with many bows, and kneeling at the 
 
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 THE FAIR foot of the throne put down the ogre's head at her 
 
 MAID feet 
 
 GOLDEN ' Ma dam,' said he, ' I have accomplished the task 
 LOCKS y u set me > and now let me hear that you will 
 
 
 listen to the suit of the most accomplished and 
 powerful of kings 
 
 ' My master, the king, is a very great lord, 
 His stomach is round, and his shoulders are broad ; 
 His temper is high, but his manners are low ; 
 He croaks when he speaks ' 
 
 'That will do,' interrupted the princess. 'I have 
 no doubt that the king is all that you have depicted 
 him in your resounding verse. But I have, you 
 
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 must learn, the greatest horror of growing old and THE FAIR 
 ugly, therefore I have determined most decisively ^Jrrw 
 never to marry till I can take with me a phial of GO LDEN 
 the Water of Perpetual Beauty. This water has LOCKS 
 the most marvellous properties. Beautiful things 
 never decay and wither, and ugly things become 
 beautiful when washed with it. If any one is 
 young he never wears old if washed with it, and 
 one who is old can be renovated with it to look 
 perfectly young. 1 
 
 'Princess,' said Charming, 'you, at least, need 
 never employ this water ; but I am an ambassador 
 who must do all I can to obtain your hand for my 
 master. Will it please you to tell me where this 
 water is to be found ? ' 
 
 'It is at no great distance from this,' said the 
 princess. ' It flows out of the rock at the bottom 
 of a deep and gloomy cavern, and is guarded by 
 two dragons with fiery eyes who will allow no one 
 to pass them.' 
 
 ' Madam,' said Charming, 'I fly to my death. My 
 death will be sweet because dying for you.' 
 When Charming had departed the Fair Maid 
 with Golden Locks said to her ladies : ' Surely he 
 will never undertake this adventure. I would not 
 have him die for worlds. I only said it because I 
 really have no heart to marry his master.' 
 She was extremely concerned when she heard that 
 he was already departed in quest of the Water of 
 Perpetual Beauty. 
 
 Charming went on his way taking Dulcet alone with 
 him. When he came within sight of a great black 
 mountain then he knew he was not far distant 
 from the fountain. He dismounted and turned off 
 his horse to graze, and let Dulcet amuse himself 
 with catching flies. 
 
 He went forward and soon saw the mouth of the 
 cavern, from which issued puffs of smoke with 
 flames ; this was caused by the breathing of the 
 
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 THE FAIR dragons who guarded the fountain of the Water of 
 MA J Perpetual Beauty. He approached as near as he 
 
 GOLDEN dared, an( ^ saw ^ e hideous monsters spotted black 
 LOCKS on yellow writhing about the coils of their slimy 
 and monstrous bodies. 
 
 Charming had brought with him a flask : he now 
 drew his sword and resolved to penetrate into the 
 cavern and get the water, or die in the attempt. 
 At that moment he heard a voice calling, 'Char- 
 ming! Charming!' 
 
 * Who calls me ? ' asked he, looking round. 
 1 Who ! who ! who ! ' was the answer. 
 1 Exactly what I want to know ! ' said Charming. 
 Then he saw a white owl sitting among the rocks. 
 The white owl said to him: 'You saved my life 
 when I was in the gin. Now I will do all I can to 
 repay you. Trust me with the phial. I can thread 
 the interstices of the rocks and penetrate to the 
 bottom of the gloomy cavern, and shall fill the 
 flask from the fountain of Perpetual Beauty for you.' 
 Charming was only too glad to give up the phial, 
 and the owl flitted with it into the cavern without 
 either of the dragons caring to stop her, even if 
 they noticed her; for bats and owls were the 
 common inhabitants of such places. 
 Presently she returned, with the phial filled with 
 the limpid and sparkling liquid. Charming thanked 
 her with all his heart, and joyfully hastened back 
 to the capital town. 
 
 He went straight to the palace and presented it to 
 the princess. 
 
 She could not now make any further excuses, and 
 she prepared to go with Charming to marry his 
 master, the king. But, in her heart, she would 
 much rather have had Charming as her husband. 
 At last they reached the king's great city, and he 
 came out to meet the princess, and escorted her 
 to his palace with a great retinue, and a magnifi- 
 cent marriage was celebrated. 
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 Then the Fair Maid with Golden Locks told the THE FAIR 
 
 king of all that Charming had done, how he had M AJ 
 
 recovered her ring that had been lost, how that he GOLDEN 
 
 had slain the ogre, and how that he had obtained LOCKS 
 
 for her the Water of Perpetual Beauty. 
 
 Now Charming's enemies were jealous of him 
 
 because he had succeeded so well, and especially 
 
 the ambassador who had failed was so filled with 
 
 envy and spite that he resolved on Charming's 
 
 destruction. 
 
 So he went to the king and said : ' I suppose that 
 
 the Fair One with Golden Locks is often talking 
 
 to you of Charming.' 
 
 * Certainly she is,' answered the king. 
 
 ' It is very clear,' said he, ' that she thinks more of 
 him than of you.' 
 
 * Yes,' said another ; ' and Charming has been say- 
 ing that your majesty was too great a coward to 
 face the ogre, or to get into the cavern where were 
 the dragons, and too stupid to find the ring, and 
 so you sent him.' 
 
 'Did he say that?' exclained the king. * Throw 
 him into the lowest dungeon.' 
 So they took Charming, who had served his master 
 so faithfully, and shut him up in prison ; and he 
 had none with him save his little dog Dulcet, and 
 with the dog he shared his bit of bread and sup 
 of water, which was all the nourishment that was 
 allowed him. 
 
 When the Fair Queen with Golden Locks heard 
 what had been done, she cast herself at the king's 
 feet and implored him to set Charming free, but 
 the more she entreated the more stubborn he 
 became. 
 
 Now it happened that the king took it into his 
 head that if his queen washed herself with the 
 Water of Perpetual Beauty he might just as well 
 do the same himself, and then he would always 
 remain young and lovely. So he went into her 
 
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 THE FAIR room, where he knew was the phial standing on 
 
 MAID a shelf. 
 
 GOLDEN Ifc *? ad fallen out, however, that one of the queen's 
 LOCKS maids had been chasing a spider in that boudoir, 
 and in trying to kill it had upset and broken it, 
 and spilled all the precious water. 
 Not knowing what else to do, as she was not an 
 honest girl who had the courage to speak the 
 truth and tell what she had done, she swept the 
 bits of broken glass together, and then remember- 
 ing that there was a phial very similar in the 
 king's room, also filled with clear water, she went 
 there, and without saying a word to any one, took 
 this and put it on the shelf in the queen's room, 
 precisely where had stood the flask that contained 
 the Water of Perpetual Beauty. 
 Now the water in this bottle was used by the king 
 for getting rid of those people in his realm whom 
 he desired to destroy without a fuss and a trial. 
 It was a most deadly poison, and if a face were 
 bathed in this water, he who was thus washed, 
 shrivelled up, and died on the spot 
 The king went into the queen's boudoir, and see- 
 ing the phial on the shelf, immediately took it, 
 E cured out some of the water into the hollow of 
 is hand and bathed his face with it He at once 
 fell down, withered up, and was dead. 
 There was, as may well be guessed, great con- 
 fusion in the palace when the tidings spread that 
 the king was dead. Dulcet ran to the queen, 
 plucked at her skirts, and bade her not forget 
 Charming. So she sent for the gaoler and bade 
 him immediately knock the chains off the hands 
 and feet of the prisoner. There was a grand 
 funeral for the king, and then, as there was no 
 heir to the kingdom, and the nobles and council 
 thought it would be well to keep the two kingdoms 
 united, they resolved that the Fair Queen with 
 Golden Locks should reign over both, and that she 
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 should chose a husband, who should be king over THE FAIR 
 both the realms. ^i 
 
 When she heard this, then she said that she would GULDEN 
 not choose any one else but Charming. LOCKS 
 
 Everybody was delighted that he should be 
 sovereign, and the wedding, which took place after 
 a decent interval for mourning over the death of 
 the king, was as splendid as can well be imagined.
 
 JACK THE GIANT KILLER. 
 
 JACKTHE[= iilN the days of King Arthur there lived 
 KILLER INI Ml in Cornwall a lad named Jack, who 
 
 wonderful 
 
 done by King Arthur and the knights 
 of his Round Table, which were 
 
 freatly noised abroad, 
 ack did not see why he himself 
 should not achieve as great adventures as Sir 
 Lancelot du Lac, Sir Gawain, or Sir Kay. 
 At this time there lived many giants in Cornwall. 
 Not far from Jack's father's house, on the top of 
 S. Michael's Mount, lived one who was the terror 
 of the neighbourhood. His name was Cormoran, 
 and he had a voracious appetite. When he 
 required food, he came down from his castle, and 
 seizing on the flocks and herds of the poor people, 
 would cast an ox over his shoulder and stuff his 
 wallet with sheep, and stride back to his dwelling 
 thus supplied. 
 
 This had been his manner of life for many years, 
 and the country round Mount's Bay was nearly 
 ruined through him. 
 
 After Cormoran had stuffed himself well with meat, 
 he usually remained at home for a good many 
 days, till his supply was exhausted. 
 Jack took advantage of this circumstance, and 
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 one night he dug a deep pit before the gateway JACK THE 
 
 into the castle, and covered it with sticks and J* IA .NT 
 
 heather, and over that he laid sods of turf. KILLER 
 
 When this was done, he blew a loud blast with his 
 
 horn, and this roused Cormoran from sleep. He 
 
 issued from his castle in a great rage, and when 
 
 he saw Jack he roared with a voice of thunder, 
 
 * Who are you, that you dare to disturb me ? ' 
 
 Then he charged from his gate with great strides, 
 
 so as to catch Jack and kill him ; but at the very 
 
 second step he took, he went headlong into the 
 
 5itfall Jack had prepared for him. 
 ack at once ran to the side of the pit, and as the 
 giant tried to scramble out, he aimed at him with 
 his pick-axe, cleft his skull, and the ogre fell back 
 dead. 
 
 Jack now ran home in great glee to tell his friends 
 what he had done. The whole country was moved 
 at the news, and resolved to show to Jack some 
 token of gratitude for having delivered it from 
 such an encumbrance. They therefore presented 
 him with a sword and belt on which was written 
 in pearls 
 
 'This is the valiant Cornishman 
 Who slew the giant Cormoran ;' 
 
 and they named him Jack the Giant-killer. 
 But this only whetted Jack's desire to achieve 
 fame, and kill giants. 
 
 The news of what he had done had reached the ears 
 of another equally greedy giant, named Blunder- 
 bore, and he resolved on chastising Jack for having 
 killed Cormoran. 
 
 Jack heard of this, and he therefore resolved on 
 being beforehand with Blunderbore, by attacking 
 him before he got under way to punish him. 
 The giant lived in a castle in the depths of a great 
 forest. Jack started in quest of him, and shortly 
 before reaching the castle sat down to drink of a 
 
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 JACK THE clear stream that sprang out of the rock ; and as 
 GIANT the day was warm, and Jack had walked a long 
 KILLER way he f e ii asleep. 
 
 Whilst he was in this state, Blunderbore came to 
 
 the spring to fill his pitcher, and seeing a youth 
 
 lying there, he stopped and read what was written 
 
 on his belt. 
 
 ' Ha-ha ! ' roared the giant, as he caught him up. 
 
 'Now I have got you, and you shall not escape 
 
 me.' 
 
 Jack awoke with a start to find himself in the grip 
 
 of the giant. 
 
 He pretended to be still asleep, and the giant 
 
 carried him into his castle and threw him into a 
 
 dungeon. Whilst Jack lay there he heard many 
 
 sighs and groans issuing from other prisons ; and 
 
 a voice which said 
 
 4 Haste, gallant stranger, haste away, 
 Before you fall the giant's prey ; 
 He 's gone abroad, but with another, 
 He'll soon return, his savage brother, 
 A monster dread and cruel, who 
 Will torture ere he butchers you. 
 Then, gallant stranger, haste away 
 Ere you become the giants' prey.' 
 
 'That is all very good advice,' said Jack, 'but 
 somewhat impracticable. When I am locked up 
 in a prison, how can I get away ? 
 He crawled up into his window and looked out 
 Then he saw the giant Blunderbore, who had 
 gone away, was returning with another giant 
 more hideous than himself. 
 
 Jack, perceiving in one corner of his dungeon a 
 very stout cord, used for binding prisoners, he 
 made a slip-knot at each end, and as the giants 
 walked under the castle walls he threw the loops 
 over their heads, pulled them tight, and tied the 
 cord to his window bars. You may believe that 
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 the giants struggled, kicked ; but the more they JACK THE 
 
 struggled the tighter grew the slip-knots, and at 1 ? f I A N X 
 
 last they were quite choked and dead. KILLER 
 
 He now pulled at that bar of his window to which 
 
 the giants had been attached, and which they in 
 
 their struggles had almost torn out of its socket. 
 
 He easily slipped between it and the next bar, and 
 
 finished the giants with his sword. 
 
 Then seizing the keys which hung from the belt of 
 
 Blunderbpre, he entered the castle and examined 
 
 all the prisons. In one he found three ladies hung 
 
 by the hair of their heads to nails, and almost 
 
 starved to death. Jack at once released them, 
 
 and asked how they came to be there. They 
 
 informed him that the giant had killed their 
 
 husbands, and then had hung them up as Jack 
 
 had seen, that they might starve. Jack then very 
 
 gallantly offered them the keys of the castle and 
 
 bade them live there. 
 
 He then bade them farewell, and departed for 
 
 Wales. Jack now travelled as fast as he could. 
 
 At length he reached a handsome mansion and 
 
 knocked at the door. Then out came a Welsh 
 
 giant. He was rather dismayed at this, but did 
 
 not allow the giant to see it. He said he was a 
 
 traveller who had lost his way, and that he sought 
 
 a night's lodging. Thereat the giant welcomed 
 
 him and escorted him in, and gave him a room 
 
 with a good bed in it. 
 
 Jack undressed and went to bed, but could not 
 
 sleep, although he was very weary. Presently he 
 
 heard the giant walking backwards and forwards 
 
 in the next room, muttering to himself 
 
 'Though here you lodge with me this night, 
 You shall not see the morning light, 
 For with my club I will kill you quite.' 
 
 'Oh! is that your intention!' thought Jack. 'I 
 must see if my wits will help me.' 
 
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 JACK THE Then he got out of bed and put a great log of 
 GIANT wood in his place, and concealed himself in a 
 KILLER corner . 
 
 About midnight the giant entered the room, and 
 with his cudgel struck several heavy blows on the 
 bed, in the very place where Jack had laid the log. 
 After that, thinking he had killed the sleeper, he 
 stumped back to his own room. 
 Early in the morning Jack put a bold face on the 
 matter, and walked downstairs and found the 
 giant at breakfast, and very much surprised the 
 ogre was at seeing him. 
 
 1 Halloo 1 ' said he, 'you here ! How did you sleep 
 last night ? ' 
 
 ' Pretty well,' answered Jack. ' I should have slept 
 better, had not a rat given me three or four slaps 
 with its tail.' 
 
 This speech mightily surprised the giant, but he 
 said nothing. He then brought out two huge 
 bowls of hasty pudding, one of which he set before 
 Jack, and the other he took himself. Jack, instead 
 of eating his, contrived to pour it down his neck 
 into a leather bag which hung before him. 
 When they had finished, Jack said 
 'Now I can do what you cannot. I can run a 
 knife in here,' pointing to his bag, ' without killing 
 myself.' 
 
 He then seized the knife, plunged it into the 
 leathern bag, and out fell the pudding. 
 The giant was surprised at this, and not liking to be 
 outdone in such a matter, he also seized the knife, 
 plunged it into his body, and died on the spot 
 Now Jack ransacked his house, and found in it 
 four great treasures : a cloak which would make 
 those who wore it invisible, a cap of knowledge 
 which when put on told one all one desired to 
 know, a sword of sharpness that would cut through 
 anything it touched, and shoes of fleetness which 
 when worn made the wearer run like the wind. 
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 Jack now took these four treasures and went on JACK THE 
 his way. v AN 
 
 He travelled over high hills and moors, and came 
 into a forest whence he heard cries issue. He 
 went in their direction, and saw a giant dragging 
 along a knight and his lady by the hair of their 
 heads. Jack alighted off his horse, tied him to an 
 oak-tree, then he put on his invisible cloak, under 
 which he carried the sword of sharpness. 
 When he came up to the giant he made several 
 strokes at him, but could not reach his body, but 
 wounded his legs in many places; and he con- 
 tinued hacking till he had cut through the leg 
 bones, and then down tumbled the giant, when he 
 at once ran his sword of sharpness into his body 
 and killed him. 
 
 The knight and his lady thanked Jack for their 
 deliverance, and invited him to their castle. 
 * No,' said Jack, ' I cannot be satisfied until I have 
 found out the habitation of this monster.' 
 So he remounted his horse and rode away, and in 
 time came to a mountain. When he drew near 
 he saw bones lying about, and knew that he was 
 close to the dwelling of a giant. So he put on his 
 invisible cloak, and ascended the mountain till he 
 reached a cave, at the door of which sat a giant, 
 who was saying : ' I wonder where my brother 
 can be. He promised to bring a good fat knight 
 and a plump lady for our day's meal.' 
 The giant was a hideous monster, with eyes as 
 fierce as those of a wild boar; he had shaggy 
 cheeks and a long beard, the hairs of which were 
 like wire. 
 
 Jack walked up to him, and aimed a blow with 
 his sword, which cut off the giant's nose. He 
 jumped up, yelling, and looked about him, but 
 could not see his adversary. Jack now sprang on 
 the giant's seat, and aimed at his back, and pierced 
 him through, so that he uttered a groan and died. 
 
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 JACK THE Jack then cut off his head, and sent it along with 
 GIANT that of his brother to King Arthur. 
 KILLER Having thus slain these two monsters, Jack 
 entered the cavern, and passed through several 
 chambers in succession, till he reached one in 
 which was a boiling caldron, and a table ready set 
 for the giants to eat their meal on it. He now 
 heard doleful cries of captives, and following the 
 sound, came to a cavern all round the walls of 
 which were cages in which a number of persons 
 were kept 
 
 When they saw him, they cried out : ' Are you also 
 come to be put in a cage and fattened for food ? ' 
 Jack replied : ' Fear nothing, I am come to release 
 you all. I have killed the two giants, and have 
 sent their heads to King Arthur.' 
 The poor prisoners shouted with joy when they 
 heard this they had expected only death. Jack 
 now undid the doors of their cages and let them 
 out Jack next went into the treasure cave of 
 the giants and found there many bags full of 
 money. This he divided equally among the cap- 
 tives he had released, and then bade them all 
 return to their homes. 
 
 Jack now went to the castle of the knight and his 
 lady whom he had delivered, and was received 
 with great joy. The knight made a great feast for 
 Jack, and at the conclusion presented him with a 
 ring in which was a picture of his deliverance of 
 him and the lady from the giant, and these lines 
 beneath : 
 
 ' Behold in dire distress were we, 
 Under a giant's fierce command ; 
 But there obtained our liberty 
 By valiant Jack's victorious hand.' 
 
 Hardly had the ring been presented, and the 
 guests had applauded, before into the hall rushed 
 a messenger to say that Hundel, a savage giant, 
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 with two heads, having heard of the death of his JACK THE 
 brethren, was coming full of fury, and with great 
 strides, to take revenge. This news put a stop to 
 all mirth, and a shudder ran through the company. 
 Jack, nothing daunted, drew his sword of sharp- 
 ness, and said, ' Let him come ! Let the guests 
 assemble on the battlements of the castle and see 
 how I will deal with this fellow.' 
 To this they all agreed. 
 
 Now round the castle was a moat that was 
 very deep, and was crossed by a drawbridge to 
 the gates. Jack ordered this drawbridge to be 
 lowered, and set some men to saw the beams 
 nearly through. Then, putting on his invisible 
 cloak, and taking his sword, he went against the 
 giant, who was turning his noses for he had two 
 in every direction, and was snuffing the breeze 
 and saying 
 
 * Fee-fo-fum, 
 
 I smell the blood of an Englishman. 
 Whether he be alive, or whether he be dead, 
 I '11 grind his bones to make my bread.' 
 
 When Jack heard this he said : * You must catch 
 me first.' 
 
 'Where are you?' asked the giant looking about. 
 Then Jack threw off his cloak of invisibility, and 
 put on his shoes of swiftness and ran. The giant 
 came pounding after him, making the earth shake 
 under his tramp. Jack made him run after him 
 three times round the castle, that the guests 
 might have a good sight of the monster. Then, 
 with a sudden dart, he crossed the drawbridge 
 and ran in at the gate. The giant at once pursued 
 him ; but no sooner was he in the middle of the 
 bridge, than the beams that had been nearly sawn 
 through gave way, and he fell headlong into the 
 moat. 
 
 Jack then ordered a strong rope to be brought 
 
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 JACK THE him, and he cast nooses round the giants' heads, 
 GIANT and by the aid of horses drew him up to the edge 
 KILLER o f ^e moat, and then cut off his two heads. 
 
 All the spectators rejoiced, and praised Jack for 
 his great cleverness and courage. He remained 
 two or three days with his host, and then set off 
 in search of fresh adventures. 
 He travelled over hill and dale unmolested till he 
 reached the foot of a great mountain, were he saw 
 a little hut, at the door of which he knocked. The 
 door opened and a venerable old man with a snow- 
 white beard stood there. Jack respectfully asked 
 if he might be sheltered for the night. 
 The old man was a hermit, and he invited him in, 
 and set before him some bread and fruit. Whilst 
 he was eating, the hermit said : ' I perceive that 
 you are the brave Cornishman who has destroyed 
 so many giants. Now on the top of this mountain 
 is an enchanted castle, kept by a giant called 
 Galligant, who, by the help of a vile magician, gets 
 many knights and ladies into his castle, where he 
 changes them into owls, ravens, bats, and other 
 noxious birds and animals. I lament, above all, 
 the fate of a duke's daughter, whom they seized 
 whilst walking in her father's garden, and they 
 have turned her into a deer. Many knights have 
 tried to destroy the enchantment and deliver her, 
 yet none have been able to do so, because of two 
 fiery dragons that guard the entrance to the castle. 
 But you have got the cloak of invisibility, and can 
 pass them by unperceived. On the gates of the 
 castle you will find engraved some words that will 
 tell you how you may break the enchantment.' 
 
 iack promised that, in the morning, at the risk of 
 is life, he would attempt this adventure. Accord- 
 ingly next day he put on the cloak of invisibility, 
 and ascended the mountain-side. 
 He saw the two dragons, but because of his mantle 
 they could not see him, and he passed between 
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 them unmolested. On the castle gate hung a JACK THE 
 golden trumpet, and under it was written these .p.y^JT 
 lines KILLER 
 
 1 Whoever can this trumpet blow 
 Will cause the giant's overthrow.' 
 
 As soon as Jack had read this he seized the 
 trumpet, and blew such a shrill blast, that the 
 gates burst open, and the walls of the castle 
 trembled. 
 
 The giant and magician now knew that their evil 
 course was at an end, and they stood biting their 
 thumbs and shaking with fear. 
 Jack, with his sword of sharpness, soon killed 
 the giant, but it was a less easy matter to subdue 
 the magician, for he turned himself into various 
 shapes. 
 
 Jack did not know what had become of him, and 
 till the magician was overcome, those who had 
 been transformed by him could not be released. 
 But he put on his cap of wisdom, and at once dis- 
 covered that the magician had changed himself 
 into a little ant that was creeping away between 
 his feet. He immediately raised his foot to stamp 
 on him, when the magician became a hare and fled 
 like an arrow. Jack put on his shoes of swiftness 
 and went after him, when all at once the magician 
 changed into a knot of thread. Jack knew him, 
 because he had on his cap of wisdom, so with 
 his sword of sharpness, he cut the knot, and the 
 magician was dead. 
 
 Then all the knights and ladies who had been 
 transformed into noxious birds resumed their 
 proper forms, as did also the duke's daughter, who 
 thanked Jack on her knees for her deliverance. 
 The head of the giant Galligant was sent to King 
 Arthur, who invited Jack to his court, made him 
 knight of the Round Table, and gave him to wife 
 the daughter of the duke whom he had delivered. 
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 THE THREE BEARS 
 
 T happened that on a time there lived 
 in a wood three bears ; and of these 
 one was a GREAT BIG BEAR, the 
 second was a MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR, 
 and the third was a WEE WEE BEAR. 
 Each slept in his own bed, and natur- 
 ally so, for the 
 GREAT BIG BEAR there was a GREAT BIG 
 BED, and also, quite naturally, for the 
 MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR there was a MIDDLE-SIZED 
 BED, and, you can see for yourself, if you have 
 common intelligence, for the 
 
 WEE WEE BEAR there was provided a WEE WEE BED. 
 But that was not all : each had his own chair to 
 sit in, and naturally so, for the 
 GREAT BIG BEAR there was a GREAT BIG 
 CHAIR, and also, quite naturally, for the 
 
 MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR there was a MIDDLE-SIZED 
 
 CHAIR, and also, in accordance with the dictates 
 of common sense, for the 
 
 WEE WEE BEAR there was provided a WEE WEE CHAIR. 
 That does not complete what has to be told. 
 There goes more to the story than that. Each 
 bear had a pot out of which to eat his porridge, 
 and the 
 
 GREAT BIG BEAR had a GREAT BIG POT, 
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 and also, in accordance with the eternal fitness of 
 things, the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR had a MIDDLE- 
 SIZED POT, and there was for the WEE WEE BEAR 
 only a WEE WEE POT. 
 
 One day after they had poured out their porridge 
 they scalded their tongues with it. That is to say, 
 the GREAT BIG BEAR scalded his GREAT 
 LONG TONGUE, and the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR 
 scalded his MEDIUM TONGUE, and the WEE WEE 
 BEAR scalded his WEENIE WEENIE TONGUE. So they 
 resolved to walk out arm and arm into the wood 
 and listen to the whistling of the birds whilst their 
 porridge cooled. 
 
 Now, whilst they were out, a little girl came into 
 the cottage, and seeing that there was good 
 porridge smoking on the table, and no one there 
 to eat it, she tripped in, as she was very hungry, 
 and first she tasted the porridge of the GREAT 
 BIG BEAR, and found It so hot that she burnt 
 her mouth, so she went to the second pot and 
 tasted them, and then also after having taken a 
 little, she thrust the pot from her, as it was too cold. 
 Lastly she went to the pot of the WEE WEE BEAR, 
 and that was just right, so she ate it all up. Then 
 the little maiden, having satisfied her hunger, felt 
 tired with her walk, so she went to sit down, and 
 first she sat in the cljair. of the GREAT BIG 
 BEAR, but she found it was too hard for her. 
 She did not like it, so she got up and tried the 
 chair of the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR, and that she 
 thought too soft, so she quickly jumped up out of 
 that and tried the chair of the WEE WEE BEAR, and 
 that was exactly right, neither too hard nor too 
 soft ; and she sat in it till she sat through the seat 
 and came plump on the ground. Then the little 
 maiden went upstairs into the bedchamber in 
 which the Three Bears slept. Ana nrst she' lay 
 down on the bed of the GREAT BIG BEAR, but it 
 was too high at the head for her, so she got off it 
 
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 THE and tried next the bed of the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR, 
 THREE an d found it was too low in the head for her, so 
 she got off that and went to the bed of the 
 WEE WEE BEAR, and that was exactly right. She 
 had no sooner laid her head on the pillow than 
 she dropped asleep. 
 
 By this time the three bears had heard enough of 
 the whistling of the birds, and they thought that 
 their porridge would be cool enough ; so they came 
 home to breakfast. Now the little girl had been 
 careless, and had left the spoon standing in the 
 pot of the GREAT BIG BEAR, so he roared out 
 lustily 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEENAT MY PORRIDGE!' 
 
 And then the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR looked at his, 
 and saw that the spoon was standing in that also, 
 so he exclaimed with a growl 
 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE!' 
 
 Then the WEE WEE BEAR looked at his, and found 
 that his porridge was all gone and the spoon 
 licked clean also, so he said 
 
 SOMEBODY HAS BEEN AT MY PORRIDGE AND HAS EATEN 
 
 Upon this the three bears, seeing that some one 
 had invaded their house whilst out together arm 
 in arm, looking at buttercups and hearing the 
 birds whistle, began to peer about, and very soon 
 the GREAT BIG BEAR roared out at the top 
 of his voice 
 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY 
 CHAIR!' 
 
 for the little girl had not arranged the cushions 
 after having sat on the chair. Then the MIDDLE- 
 SIZED BEAR exclaimed with a growl 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR!' 
 
 for the cushions there also were all in disorder. 
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 But the WEE WEE BEAR soon saw that the seat of THE 
 his chair was sat through, so he whimpered out THREE 
 
 ' SOMEBODY HAS BEEN SITTING IN MY CHAIR AND HAS SAT 
 THE BOTTOM THROUGH!' 
 
 Then the three bears thought it requisite to make 
 further search, and they walked upstairs, ' majores 
 priores,' as the classic Romans would have said, 
 that is to say, biggest first. Now when the 
 GREAT BIG BEAR came to his bed he saw that 
 the pillow had been pushed on one side, so he 
 boohed out 
 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN IN MY BED!' 
 and the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR saw that the pillow 
 in his had been pushed up into one lump. So he 
 said 
 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN IN MY BED!' 
 
 But the WEE WEE BEAR standing by his bed was so 
 astonished that at first he could say nothing at all. 
 At last he piped out 
 
 'SOMEBODY HAS BEEN IN MY BED AND IS LYING IN IT 
 NOW! 1 
 
 The little maid had heard the bellowing of the 
 GREAT BIG BEAR, but had been so fast asleep 
 that the sound had not woke her; and she had 
 heard the middle voice of the MIDDLE-SIZED BEAR, 
 and that also had not woke her, she was so very 
 sleepy ; but when she heard the sharp little squeaky 
 voice of the WEE WEE BEAR, she jumped up at once, 
 and there she saw the three bears before her, 
 glowering at her as if they wanted to eat her, 
 and licking their lips, and stretching out their 
 claws. 
 
 She was a little miss of a ready wit ; so she turned 
 to the first and made a profound CURTSY down 
 to the very ground, and said with the greatest 
 deference 
 
 'MISTER BEAR, I pray you FORBEAR!' 
 
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 THE and she made a nice little graceful CURTSY to 
 THREE the second, and said with a pitiful voice 
 MISTER BEAR, I pray you FORBEAR i ' 
 and then sharp she gave a little BOB OF A BOW to 
 the WEE WEE BEAR, and caught him a WEE WEE BOX 
 on his WEE WEE EAR, and said 
 LITTLE BEARIKINS, I don't care whetheryou FORBEAR 
 or not!' 
 
 and away, down the stairs and out at the door, and 
 away away to her mammy home she ran. 
 Then the three bears looked at each other, and 
 the first said 
 'DEAR!' 
 and the second said 
 
 ' DEAR ! ' 
 
 and the third, rubbing his ear, said 
 
 'DEAR!' 
 
 and all together concluded that little girls of the 
 nineteenth century were so impudent that it was 
 no longer possible for well-conducted bears to live 
 in the forests of Old England. 
 
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 TOM THUMB 
 
 |N the days of King Arthur there lived a TOM 
 ploughman and his wife who wished THUMB 
 greatly to have a son; so the man 
 went to Merlin, the enchanter, and 
 told him that he and his wife had 
 been married for twenty years and 
 had no children, and that they longed 
 to have a little son, even if he were ' no bigger than 
 his thumb.' 
 
 'Go home and you will find that you have one,' 
 said the enchanter; and when the man returned 
 to his house, he found his wife nursing a tiny tiny 
 baby, who grew to be the size of the ploughman's 
 thumb, but never grew much bigger. 
 The fairy Queen Vivienne was invited to the 
 christening, and named him Tom Thumb. 
 
 An oak-leaf hat he had for crown ; 
 His shirt of web by spiders spun ; 
 With jacket wove of thistledown ; 
 His breeches were of feathers done. 
 His stockings of apple rind, they tie 
 With eyelash from his mother's eye : 
 His shoes were made of mouse's skin 
 Turned with the downy hair within. 
 
 Tom was a healthy and happy baby. His parents 
 were very fond of him ; although he was so small 
 
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 TOM yet their love for him was very great. They used 
 
 THUMB to hold him on their palms till he was old enough 
 
 to toddle, and then they placed him on the table. 
 
 They were afraid to let him run on the floor lest 
 
 he should be trodden on. 
 
 He was mischievous for all his small size, and as 
 he grew to be a boy of twelve he was always at 
 some prank or other. 
 
 When Tom was old enough to play with other 
 boys, he delighted to do so, but then he was ever 
 at some mad prank or other. 
 At that time boys were wont to play with cherry- 
 stones instead of marbles, and when Tom had lost 
 all his own cherrystones, he used to creep into the 
 bags of his playfellows, fill his pockets, and crawl 
 out again without their noticing what he was 
 about, and join in the game once more. 
 One day, however, as he was issuing from a bag of 
 cherrystones, where he had been stealing as usual, 
 the boy whose bag he had entered chanced to see 
 him. 
 
 ' Ho-ho 1 ' exclaimed the lad ; ' so Tom Thumb, 
 then you are at your usual pranks. Now I have 
 caught you stealing my cherrystones. I have long 
 suspected you. As I have got you I shall punish you.' 
 Then he drew the string of the bag tight round 
 Tom's neck and shook the bag well, so that the 
 cherrystones rattled against and bruised Tom's 
 little body and thighs and legs. He screamed for 
 pain, and begged to be released, and promised 
 that he never would steal again. 
 One day that he had been at his pranks he was 
 shut up in a pin box. This hurt him greatly, and 
 next day he resolved to revenge himself. He took 
 a number of glasses and hung them on a sunbeam. 
 The other boys tried to do the same, but failed 
 and broke all the glasses, and were severely 
 whipped for having done this. 
 One day while his mother was making a batter- 
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 pudding, Tom stood on the edge of the bowl holding TOM 
 a candle in one hand so that he might see that the THUMB 
 pudding was properly made. But as he tried to 
 balance himself on one toe, when his mother's back 
 was turned he slipped and went head foremost 
 into the pudding. His mother did not know this 
 and continued stirring the pudding, and put it 
 and him into the pot. 
 
 But Tom no sooner felt the hot water than he 
 danced like one mad, and his mother was so fright- 
 ened to see the pudding bouncing about that she 
 thought it was bewitched, and she hastily gave it 
 to a tinker who was passing the door. 
 The tinker was delighted with his present ; but as 
 he was getting over a stile, Tom shouted out from 
 the middle of the pudding, 'Hallo, Pickins!' and 
 this so terrified the tinker that he flung away the 
 pudding in the field, and it broke to pieces, and 
 Tom escaped. Tom then cleaned himself of the 
 flour that stuck to him, and walked home to his 
 mother, who had been in great distress because 
 she could not find him. She gave him a lecture 
 not to be rash and get where he would be in mis- 
 chief, and kissed him, and was very rejoiced to 
 have him again. 
 
 One day he climbed up the side of the cream-pan 
 and tumbled in, and would have been drowned 
 had not his screams brought his mother to his aid. 
 Another time he was lost, and after seeking for 
 him everywhere, the poor woman saw his head 
 popping out of the salt-box which hung against 
 the wall, and he came out as if covered over with 
 hoar-frost. 
 
 When his mother went into the fields to milk the 
 cow, then she was wont to tie him to a thistle lest 
 he should run away and get into mischief. 
 If a bee came that way, then Tom, who was armed 
 with a needle, fought it and carried off its honey. 
 When a butterfly came that way, if Tom had not 
 
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 TOM been tied to the thistle, he would certainly have 
 THUMB jumped on its back and tried if he could be carried 
 away a sail in the air. 
 
 One day a field-mouse came and looked at him. 
 Tom was afraid of the mouse, so he called to his 
 mother, who came up, and the mouse darted away. 
 One day whilst Tom was tied to the thistle, the 
 cow seeing his oakleaf cap, took poor Tom and 
 the thistle at one mouthful. 
 
 But, being missed, his mother went 
 
 Calling him everywhere, 
 'Where art thou, Tom? Where art thou, Tom?' 
 
 Quoth he, ' Here, mother, here ! 
 Within the red cow's mouth am I 
 
 Full nearly swallowed up,' 
 Which made his mother weep and sigh 
 
 That thus the cow should sup. 
 
 Tom kicked and scratched till the cow dropped 
 him from her mouth. His mother caught him in 
 her apron as he was falling, or he would have been 
 greatly hurt. 
 
 One day Tom went with his father into the fields 
 a-ploughing ; and the father made him a whip of 
 barley straw wherewith to drive the oxen, but 
 Tom's foot slipped and he fell into the furrow, 
 without the father observing it 
 A crow flying by saw the barley straw, stooped and 
 carried Tom off to the top of a giant's castle. 
 The giant took Tom in the palm of his hand and 
 laughed much to see how small he was. Tom 
 had his little sword of a needle at his side and he 
 pricked the giant with it, and he shook his hand, 
 and Tom gave a jump and went out at the window 
 and fell into the sea. where a fish swallowed him. 
 The fish was soon after caught, and brought to 
 the castle of King Arthur. His steward bought it 
 and ordered the cook to boil it for dinner. When 
 the cook was opening the fish, to his great aston- 
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 ishment out jumped Tom, quite delighted to t>e TOM 
 free again. He was taken before the king, who THUMB 
 made Tom his dwarf, and he soon became a great 
 favourite at court, where he delighted every one 
 by his gambols. 
 
 Long time he lived in jollity, 
 
 Beloved of the court, 
 And none like Tom was so esteemed 
 
 Among the better sort. 
 
 The queen Gueniver was especially delighted with 
 the little man, and made him dance a galliard 
 on her left hand. His performance was so satis- 
 factory that King Arthur gave him a ring which 
 he wore about his waist as a girdle. 
 When he was out with the king, if rain came on 
 he would creep up the sleeve of Arthur, and lie 
 there till the shower was over. 
 One day Tom, who could not forget his poor father 
 and mother, asked King Arthur to grant him leave to 
 go and visit them. The king readily agreed, and 
 taking him into his treasury, told him to carry away 
 with him as much money as he could for his poor 
 parents. This made him caper for joy. He found 
 that the only coin he could carry was a threepenny 
 piece. 
 
 And so away goes lusty Tom, 
 
 With threepence at his back, 
 A heavy burden which did make 
 
 His very bones to crack. 
 
 Tom remained three days with the old couple, and 
 feasted on a hazel-nut so extravagantly that he 
 grew ill. 
 
 King Arthur became impatient to have his dwarf 
 back again, so his mother took a sort of tube, 
 through which people blew darts at birds to kill 
 them, and she put Tom in and blew through it, 
 and blew him back to court. 
 
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 TOM He was received by the king with every token of 
 THUMB affection and delight, and tournaments were pro- 
 claimed in his honour. 
 
 Thus he at tilt and tournament 
 
 Was entertained so, 
 That all the rest of Arthur's knights 
 
 Did him much pleasure show. 
 
 As Tom's clothes had suffered much in the batter- 
 pudding and in the furrow, and in the inside of the 
 fish, the king ordered him a new suit of clothes, 
 and gave him a mouse to ride. 
 
 Of butterfly's wings his shirt was made, 
 
 His boots of chicken's hide ; 
 And by a nimble fairy blade, 
 Well learned in the tailoring trade, 
 
 His clothing was supplied. 
 A needle dangled by his side ; 
 A dapper mouse he used to ride : 
 
 Thus strutted Tom in stately pride 1 
 
 Tom used to go out hunting on his mouse with 
 the king and the knights. 
 
 Arthur also ordered a little chair to be made, in 
 order that Tom might sit on his table, and he gave 
 him as well a carriage drawn by six white mice. 
 At last the queen got jealous of Tom, because the 
 king made so much of him, and she determined to 
 be rid of him, and when the king was away she 
 had him shut up in prison in a mouse-trap, but he 
 managed to squeeze himself between the bars, and 
 seeing a lame butterfly he climbed on its back, and 
 the butterfly carried him away. However, in pass- 
 ing over the sea he became giddy and fell off, 
 when he was again swallowed by a fish, which 
 was caught and set out for sale in the town of Rye, 
 where a steward haggled for it with the fisherman 
 who had caught it 
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 Amongst the rest a steward came TOM 
 
 Who would the salmon buy, THUMB 
 
 And other fish that he did name, 
 But he would not comply. 
 
 The steward said, ' You are so stout, 
 
 If so, I '11 not buy any/ 
 So then out called Tom Thumb aloud, 
 
 ' Sir, give another penny ! ' 
 
 At this they all began to start 
 
 To hear the sudden joke ; 
 Nay, some were frightened to the heart, 
 
 They thought the dead fish spoke. 
 
 The steward made no more ado 
 
 But bid a penny more, 
 * Because,' he said, ' I never knew 
 
 A fish to speak before.' 
 
 When the fish was opened out came Tom again, 
 and he remained in the kitchen at Rye, and was a 
 great object of diversion to the servants. 
 One day he was put in the window, when a great 
 spider observed him and came down to him. Tom 
 made a gallant fight, yet the spider's poisonous 
 breath at last overcame him. 
 
 He fell dead on the ground where he stood, 
 And the spider sucked every drop of his blood. 
 
 When the tidings came to King Arthur he was 
 very sorry, and went into mourning, he and all his 
 knights. 
 
 Such were his deeds and noble acts, 
 
 In Arthur's court they shone, 
 As like in all the world beside 
 
 Was hardly seen or known. 
 
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 TOM For him King Arthur and his knights 
 THUMB Full forty days did mourn, 
 
 And in remembrance of his name 
 That was so wondrous born, 
 
 He built a tomb of marble gray 
 And year by year did come 
 
 To celebrate the tragic death 
 And burial of Tom Thumb. 
 
 His fame still lives in England here 
 Among the country sort ; 
 
 Of him our wives and children small 
 Tell tales of pleasant sport 
 
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 THE WHITE CAT 
 
 |NCE upon a time there reigned a king 
 over a certain kingdom, who had 
 three sons, so clever and gallant, that 
 he began to fear that they might be 
 impatient to reign in the kingdom 
 before he was dead. 
 Now the king, although growing old, 
 had no idea of abdicating his position and power, 
 so he thought that the best way for him to manage 
 under the circumstances would be for him to divert 
 the minds of his sons by setting them tasks which 
 would keep them well occupied. 
 Accordingly he sent for them, and addressing them 
 kindly, he said 
 
 ' My dear sons, you no doubt perceive that my age 
 is advanced, and that I am not able to occupy 
 myself with the affairs of state as I did when I was 
 younger. I am anxious that the wants of my 
 subjects should not be overlooked through failure 
 of my powers, accordingly I have resolved to lay 
 down the reins of government as soon as I am 
 satisfied that I can have that which will amuse and 
 content me when I retire into private life. Now, I 
 have been considering that a pretty, frisky, faithful 
 little dog would prove excellent company ; accord- 
 ingly I am prepared to surrender my crown and 
 
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 THE 
 
 WHITE 
 
 CAT
 
 THE throne to that one among you, my sons, who 
 WHITE furnishes me with the most acceptable little dog.' 
 CAT The three princes were exceedingly surprised at 
 their father's sudden fancy for a little dog, but by 
 his announcement a chance of succession to the 
 throne was opened to the two younger, who in the 
 ordinary course of affairs would have had no such 
 chance; they therefore gladly accepted the com- 
 mission, and the eldest, fearing to be deprived of 
 his rights, was fain also to start in quest of a 
 perfect dog. 
 
 They resolved, before they separated, to meet each 
 other and go together before the king, in a year 
 and a day from that at which they started on their 
 several journeys. 
 
 Each now took a different road, and the two elder 
 brothers met with many adventures ; but as those 
 of the youngest were the most interesting, you 
 shall hear only of them. 
 
 This prince was young, light-hearted, and very 
 handsome ; he was well educated ; and as for his 
 courage, it was boundless. 
 
 Hardly a day passed without his purchasing dogs, 
 big and small, and of every description, mastiifs, 
 bull-dogs, staghounds, spaniels, beagles, lap-dogs. 
 Whenever he had bought a pretty one, he was 
 sure next moment to be offered another that was 
 still prettier, and then he had to get rid of those 
 he had already purchased, and to buy that which 
 took his fancy last ; it was, as can well be under- 
 stood, quite impossible for him, who was alone, to 
 travel the country with a thousand dogs about 
 him. 
 
 He journeyed on from day to day, not knowing 
 whither he was going, till one day at nightfall he 
 found himself in a large and gloomy forest. He 
 completely lost his way, and what made matters 
 worse was that a thunderstorm came on and 
 the rain poured down in torrents. He took 
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 the first path that offered, and after a while he THE 
 saw a glimmer of light before him, and hoped he WHITE 
 was approaching a cottage where he could obtain CAT 
 shelter. 
 
 Guided by the light he presently found himself 
 before the gates of a beautiful castle. The door 
 was of gold inlaid with carbuncles, and it was the 
 glow of these precious stones which had shone 
 through the forest and had drawn him on. 
 The walls of the castle were of porcelain in the 
 most dainty colours; but the Prince was so wet 
 that he could not hesitate or halt to admire; he 
 went up to the door and there beheld a deer's foot 
 hanging by a chain of diamonds, and he wondered 
 who could inhabit such a marvellous castle. 
 1 They cannot fear robbers greatly here,' said he ; 
 * what is there to prevent any one from walking off 
 with this chain, and picking out these carbuncles, 
 and so enriching himself for life ? ' 
 He pulled the deer's foot and immediately a bell 
 sounded, which by the softness of its tone he con- 
 cluded to be of silver. Then the door flew open, 
 but the Prince could see no one as porter, only a 
 number of hands appeared in the air, each holding 
 a torch. He was so greatly astonished that he 
 stood still, until he felt hands draw him forward 
 and thrust him on from behind, so that though 
 somewhat uneasy, he could hardly help going on. 
 With his hand on the hilt of his sword, ready for 
 whatever might happen, he entered a hall paved 
 with deep blue stone called lapis lazuli, and heard 
 voices singing sweetly 
 
 1 Fear no more the flitting hands, 
 
 They your lightest wish obey. 
 If you dread not Cupid's bands, 
 
 Safely in the palace stay.' 
 
 The Prince now lost all fear; he was confident 
 that where so warm a welcome was offered no 
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 THE evil was intended. Accordingly, guided by the 
 WHITE mysterious hands, he went to a door of coral, that 
 CAT opened of its own accord, and gave admittance 
 into an apartment lined with mother-of-pearl, out 
 of which opened a number of other rooms, spark- 
 ling with numerous candles, and full of the most 
 beautiful pictures and precious objects that 
 charmed the Prince's eyes and bewildered his 
 mind. At last, weary of gazing at so many 
 wondrous objects, he cast himself down in an easy 
 chair he saw drawn up near a bright wood fire ; 
 and at once the delicate hands began to remove 
 his wet, muddy garments, and other hands pro- 
 duced fresh ones made of the richest stuffs, em- 
 broidered with gold and picked out with jewels. 
 He could not fail to admire everything he saw, and 
 the graceful manner in which the hands attended 
 on him. 
 
 When he was quite ready, and looked fresh and 
 radiant in the costly suit he had assumed, the 
 hands conducted him to a splendid room, on the 
 walls of which in tapestry was shown the story of 
 Puss in Boots. The table was spread for supper, 
 and two golden plates were laid opposite each 
 other, with golden forks and spoons. The side- 
 board was magnificently furnished with gold and 
 silver salvers, ewers, and much beautiful glass. 
 The Prince stood hesitating, not knowing whether 
 to sit down at table or not, when suddenly there 
 entered a dozen cats carrying lutes, who took up 
 their places at one end of the room, and struck 
 the strings of their instruments, and mewed out 
 the most astounding cat-song imaginable to the 
 accompaniment of their lutes. The Prince was 
 obliged to stop his ears at the caterwauling, but 
 he laughed so heartily that he could not keep 
 them closed. 
 
 'What odd thing will happen next?' said he to 
 himself; and at the same moment, the door at the 
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 end of the hall opened, and there entered a tiny THE 
 figure covered with a long black veil, marshalled by 
 two cats wearing black velvet mantles, and 
 carrying swords of state. They were followed by 
 a train of other cats, which carried cages full of rats 
 and mice. 
 
 The Prince was so much astonished that he rubbed 
 his eyes, thinking he was dreaming, but the little 
 figure came up to him, threw back the veil, and 
 disclosed the loveliest white cat conceivable. 
 She looked very young and very sad. In a gentle 
 voice that went straight to the Prince's heart she 
 said 
 
 1 King's son, you are welcome. The Queen of the 
 Cats rejoices to see and salute you.' 
 4 Madam Puss ! ' answered the Prince, with a bow, 
 ' I thank you for your kindly reception ; but surely 
 you can be no common pussy-cat. The magnifi- 
 cence and state that surround you convince me to 
 the contrary.' 
 
 1 King's son,' said the White Cat, * I am unac- 
 customed to compliments. Let supper be served 
 and the musicians cease their strains, as appa- 
 rently, sir, you do not relish their music.' 
 Then the mysterious hands began to serve supper, 
 and first they put on the table two dishes, one 
 containing roast pigeons and the other fricasseed 
 mice. 
 
 The Prince declined the latter dish with horror; 
 but the White Cat assured him that her cook had 
 special orders to serve him with entirely different 
 food from herself, and that he need not fall to on 
 rats or mice unless he had a mind to. The Prince, 
 confident that she would not deceive him, at once 
 began his dinner on the roast pigeon. 
 Presently he observed that the little paw of the 
 White-Cat which was next him was adorned with 
 a bracelet from which hung a miniature portrait. 
 When the White Cat saw that he was desirous of 
 
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 THE examining it, she passed it to him, and he was 
 WHITE enchanted to see that it represented an extremely 
 
 CAT handsome young man who was remarkably like 
 himself. 
 
 The White Cat sighed as he looked at it, and 
 looked more depressed in spirits than before. The 
 Prince forbore asking questions, lest he should pain 
 her, and turned to talk of other matters. He 
 found the White Cat very intelligent, well read, 
 and well versed in politics. 
 
 After supper they retired into another room, which 
 was fitted up as a theatre, and cats acted there 
 and danced for the amusement of the Prince and 
 the White Cat. 
 
 After a while the Queen of the Cats rose from 
 her seat, bade the Prince a graceful adieu, wished 
 him a good night and peaceful sleep, and with- 
 drew. 
 
 Thereupon the hands reappeared and conducted 
 him into a room he had not seen hitherto, hung 
 with tapestry made of butterfly wings of every 
 hue ; there were mirrors reaching to the floor, and 
 a cozy white bed with curtains round it tied up 
 with pink ribbons. 
 
 The Prince retired to bed, and very soon fell fast 
 asleep. Next morning he was awakened by a 
 noise outside his window, and on looking out saw 
 that a number of cats were in the courtyard, some 
 leading greyhounds, others blowing horns. 
 Presently the hands reappeared and dressed the 
 Prince in a complete hunting suit of green and 
 silver. Then they threw open the door, and he 
 was conducted below, where he saw the White 
 Cat in a green riding-habit mounted on an ape, 
 ready for hunting. The hands brought up a 
 wooden horse for the Prince to mount. He did 
 not see that he would have much sport riding on a 
 wooden horse ; however, as the White Cat seemed 
 to expect it, he threw himself on its back, where- 
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 upon the wooden horse began to prance and show 
 
 his paces. 
 
 The White Cat on her ape went up trees in quest of 
 
 eagle nests ; but the Prince had rare sport on his 
 
 wooden horse, and never enjoyed a hunt more in 
 
 all his life. 
 
 After a while the whole party returned to the 
 
 castle, and the Prince and the White Cat supped 
 
 together as on the previous evening. When it 
 
 was over, the cat offered him some ruby wine in a 
 
 crystal goblet. Directly he had tasted it, he forgot 
 
 his home, forgot that he was looking for a little 
 
 dog, forgot everything, except his happiness in the 
 
 society of the White Cat. 
 
 So the time passed, in every kind of amusement, 
 
 until the year was nearly gone. The Prince had 
 
 forgotten all about meeting his brothers, and 
 
 appearing before his father, but the White Cat 
 
 knew when he was bound to return, and said to 
 
 him one day 
 
 'Are you aware, my good friend, that you have 
 
 only three days left in which to find a little dog for 
 
 your father ? Already your brothers have provided 
 
 themselves with beautiful little dogs.' 
 
 Then all at once the Prince recollected everything, 
 
 and cried out 
 
 * What can have affected my memory that I should 
 
 forget a matter of such supreme importance ! My 
 
 whole future depends on it. Even supposing 
 
 that I were to find a little dog worthy to win me a 
 
 kingdom, where should I find a horse swift enough 
 
 to convey me home within the three days ? ' 
 
 The White Cat, seeing he was sore troubled, said 
 
 to him 
 
 ' King's son, be not anxious and distressed. I am 
 
 your friend, and will assist you to the uttermost of 
 
 my power. You can continue here a day, as the 
 
 wooden horse will convey you the entire distance 
 
 to your father's realm in twelve hours.' 
 
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 THE 4 1 thank you, gracious Cat,' said the Prince, ' but 
 HITE what advantage will that be to me, if I have not a 
 CAT a dog suitable to present to his majesty, my 
 father?' 
 
 'See here,' said the White Cat, holding up an 
 acorn. ' In this is a prettier one than exists even 
 at the dog star.' 
 
 'Oh! dear White Cat!' exclaimed the Prince, 
 1 why do you make fun of me ? ' 
 Then he heard distinctly a little bow-wow ! bow- 
 wow ! inside the acorn. 
 
 The Prince was delighted, for a dog enclosed in an 
 acorn must indeed be a beauty. He wanted to 
 take it out and look at it, but this the White Cat 
 would not allow. She said that the little dog must 
 on all accounts be preserved from the chance of 
 catching a chill on the journey; and the Prince 
 saw that in this as in all else, there was reason in 
 what the Cat said. He thanked her heartily, and 
 was quite sad when it was necessary for him to 
 part from her. 
 
 ' The days,' said he, ' have flown in your charming 
 society. I would it were possible for me to take 
 you with me.' 
 
 The White Cat shook her head and gave a faint 
 mee-aw in answer. 
 
 The Prince was the first to be at the meeting- 
 place, where it was agreed that the brothers should 
 assemble before proceeding to the palace, and 
 great was their amusement and astonishment to 
 see the wooden horse, painted with great red 
 spots, and with a brush of hair on its arched neck, 
 standing in the courtyard, stiff and stark as if it 
 had just come out of a toy-shop. The Prince met 
 his brothers joyously, and they told him their 
 adventures, but he was very reticent about his, 
 and they did not think much of the dog that ran 
 at his heels, and which was that he had with him 
 when received into the White Cat's palace. 
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 The elder brothers carried in baskets two little THE 
 dogs, so delicate that they hardly dared to touch WHITE 
 them. As for the dog that attended the youngest, c 
 he was all covered with mud from his journey. 
 When they reached the palace, every one crowded 
 to welcome them as they ascended to the royal 
 hall, and when the two brothers presented their 
 little dogs, no one could resolve which was the 
 most beautiful. 
 
 They were already arranging between themselves 
 what disposition they would make of the kingdom, 
 when the youngest, stepping forward, bowed to his 
 father, and presented him with the acorn. The 
 king, much astonished, opened it carefully and out 
 there ran on his hand the tiniest, dearest little mite 
 of a dog imaginable. The king was so surprised 
 that he let it drop. But the dog was not hurt It 
 at once began to skip about, pirouette and caper, 
 and even to stand on its head. 
 The king did not know what to say, for it was 
 quite impossible that any dog could be found to 
 surpass this little creature. Nevertheless, as he 
 was in no hurry to resign his crown, he said to his 
 sons that as they had been so successful this time, 
 they must be set another task, and must find 
 him a piece of muslin so fine that it could be 
 drawn through the eye of a needle. 
 If it had not been that the elder brothers had been 
 worsted by the youngest, it may well be believed 
 they would not have been disposed to set out 
 again ; however, by this new task set them, they 
 were afforded another chance, so they accepted it. 
 The youngest mounted his wooden horse, it tossed 
 its head, threw out its legs, and bore him at full 
 speed to the palace of his dear White Cat. 
 Every door of the castle stood wide open, every 
 window was illumined, and the hands appeared 
 waving a welcome to him. His horse was taken 
 from him, and he was conducted into the castle. 
 
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 THE The White Cat was lying by the fire in a basket 
 WHITE on a cushion of white silk. She sprang up at his 
 CAT approach, and said 
 
 ' I did not expect you back quite so soon, king's 
 son!' 
 
 Then he patted and stroked her and scratched her 
 under the chin, and she purred ; and he told her 
 of his successful journey, and how he had come 
 back to ask her assistance to procure him that 
 which was now demanded by the king, and which 
 it was not possible for him to procure elsewhere. 
 The White Cat looked grave, and replied that she 
 would consider the matter, and consult with some 
 spinster cats in the castle who were very skilful. 
 Then the hands appeared carrying torches, and 
 conducted the Prince and the White Cat to a 
 long gallery which overlooked the river, from the 
 windows of which they saw a magnificent display 
 of fireworks. After that they supped, and the 
 Prince appreciated his supper much more than 
 the fireworks, for he was hungry with his long 
 ride. 
 
 So the time passed as before, just as pleasantly 
 and just as quickly. The Prince often marvelled 
 to find the cat so agreeable a companion, so well 
 read, and so able to talk intelligently about 
 matters. He once ventured to ask her how as a 
 cat this was possible. She replied, with a sad 
 smile 
 
 * King's son, do not ask me. I am unable to give 
 you the explanation you desire.' 
 The Prince was so happy that he did not trouble 
 himself to take account of the time as it passed, 
 but the White Cat did not forget, and one day she 
 said to him 
 
 ' It is now within two days of that on which you are 
 bound to appear before your father. This time 
 you shall travel in better style.' 
 Then she showed him a gilded coach enamelled 
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 with the most beautiful pictures. It was drawn THE 
 by twelve snow-white horses, harnessed four w r H A I J E 
 abreast; their trappings, as were those of the CA1 
 carriage, were of flame-colour, embroidered with 
 diamonds. Numerous guards followed all in 
 flame-coloured livery. 
 
 ' Go,' said the White Cat, ' and when you appear 
 before the king in such state, he will surely give 
 up his crown. Take this walnut, but do not open 
 it until you arrive at your destination, lest the 
 wind should blow away its contents, or mud from 
 the carriage wheels stain it.' 
 'Lovely White Cat,' said the Prince, 'how can I 
 thank you sufficiently for your goodness to me ? 
 Only tell me you desire it, and I will abandon the 
 thought of succeeding my father in his kingdom 
 and remain here with you.' 
 
 'King's son,' she answered, 'you have a good 
 heart to say this, and to care for a little white cat, 
 that is good for naught but catching mice; but 
 you must not stay. Good-bye.' 
 The Prince kissed her paw and departed. 
 The carriage spun along, faster than had travelled 
 the wooden horse ; but this time the Prince arrived 
 so late that he found his brothers had already 
 proceeded to the palace to display the pieces of 
 muslin they had procured. 
 
 These were indeed very fine; they would pass 
 through a ring, and the eye of a packing needle : 
 but the king sent for a particular needle kept 
 among the Crown jewels that had an eye so small, 
 that every one saw at a glance that the stuffs pro- 
 vided could not possibly pass through it. 
 At that moment a flourish of trumpets was heard, 
 and the youngest son of the king entered. His 
 father and brothers were amazed at his magnifi- 
 cence, and after he had greeted them he produced 
 the walnut and opened it, fully expecting to find 
 the muslin. Instead of that he found a hazel- 
 
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 THE nut. He cracked this, and therein lay a cherry- 
 WHITE stone. 
 
 CAT Every one looked on in astonishment, and the 
 king was congratulating himself that all chance 
 of the task being accomplished was at an end, 
 when the Prince broke the cherry-stone, and drew 
 out only its kernel. He divided the kernel, and in 
 that was a grain of wheat. He opened the grain 
 of wheat, and found a millet seed. Then he be- 
 came concerned, and muttered : ' O White Cat, 
 you have been making mock of me ! ' 
 At that moment he felt a cat's claw give his hand 
 a scratch, and hoping that this was meant as an 
 encouragement, he opened the millet seed and 
 drew out of it a piece of muslin four hundred ells 
 long, woven finer than gossamer, in the loveliest 
 patterns; and when the needle was brought, it 
 passed through the eye without any difficulty. 
 The king was aghast, and the two elder princes 
 felt their discomfiture, for nobody could deny that 
 this was the most marvellous piece of muslin that 
 had ever been woven. 
 
 Then, after some consideration, the king said to 
 his sons : ' Nothing is more grateful to me in my 
 old age than to see your willingness to oblige 
 me. Go out once more, and whoever, at the end 
 of a year and a day, brings back the loveliest 
 princess, shall marry her, and shall, without further 
 delay, receive the crown, and reign upon my throne 
 in my place. For, it is obvious to the meanest in- 
 tellect that my successor must be a married man.' 
 The Prince thought he was hardly treated, as he 
 had earned the kingdom fairly twice over, but he 
 would not argue the point with his father, more- 
 over he was impatient to return to the White Cat. 
 Accordingly he mounted his gilded chariot, and 
 swift as the wind it sped, throwing up clouds of 
 dust in people's eyes, and bore him direct to the 
 castle of the White Cat. 
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 This time she was ready expecting him, and had THE 
 caused her attendant cats to strew the road with 
 flowers, and aromatic herbs and woods and gums 
 were burnt in braziers on each side of the way. 
 The White Cat awaited him seated on a balcony. 
 'Well, king's son,' said she, on his arrival, 'you 
 have again returned without your crown.' 
 'Madam,' answered he, 'thanks to your kind 
 assistance I have twice earned it. But the fact is 
 my father is so unwilling to part with it that I 
 really do not care to have it.' 
 ' Never mind,' she said, ' you can but do your best 
 to deserve it. You shall take back with you a 
 lovely princess whom I will find for you. In the 
 meantime let us amuse ourselves. I have ordered 
 to-night a battle between my cats and the water- 
 rats, on purpose to give you entertainment. My 
 cats, it is true, are somewhat at a disadvantage, 
 for they dislike water, and the rats will naturally 
 seek to carry on the conflict on their native 
 element.' 
 
 So they walked together on a terrace and saw the 
 battle. The cats were in ships made of cork. The 
 rats were in half ostrich shells. The fight was 
 obstinate and protracted. The rats threw them- 
 selves into the water and then the cats could not 
 follow them. The rats were finally routed, but by 
 no means exterminated. Many live on to the 
 present day. 
 
 The Prince passed the year as he had passed the 
 others, in hunting, fishing, and playing at chess 
 with the White Cat. He could not forbear asking 
 her how it was that she was able to talk ; but she 
 answered that it was not in her power at that 
 time to explain to him many things that sur- 
 prised him. Nothing passes so quickly as happy 
 days, and if the White Cat had not been careful 
 to remember the time when the Prince was bound 
 to return to his father, he would have forgotten it. 
 
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 THE She warned him of it the day before, and told him 
 
 WHITE that it remained only with him to obtain one of the 
 
 c AT most beautiful princesses in the world ; but in order 
 
 to do this, he must cut off her head and tail, and 
 
 throw them into the fire. 
 
 'What!' cried the Prince, 'my lovely, my dear 
 White Cat! shall I who have received so many 
 favours from you, be so wicked, so ungrateful, as 
 to sacrifice you ? You say this merely to try me, 
 
 whether I am heartless and selfish ' 
 
 'No, indeed,' interrupted the White Cat; 'son of 
 a king, I know well your generous nature, and 
 that it will cut you to the heart to seem to act 
 towards me in a barbarous manner. Nevertheless, 
 do as I bid you ; it is necessary, not for your own 
 happiness only, but also for mine.' 
 The Prince's eyes filled with tears, and he could 
 hardly bring his mind to do what he was bidden. 
 He said all the tender things he could think of 
 to dissuade the cat from urging him to it ; but she 
 obstinately answered that she wished to die by 
 his hand, and that unless he did as she required, 
 she would be condemned to a hopeless and pro- 
 tracted age of misery. 
 
 At last, most reluctantly, and with averted head 
 and trembling hand, the Prince drew his sword 
 and smote. He cut off her head at one blow, and 
 with the next hewed off her tail. Then picking 
 them up, he threw them into the fire. 
 Instantly there was a blaze and a flash, and the 
 whole apartment was filled with light and the most 
 delicious fragrance. In the midst of the light he 
 saw a most lovely maiden. At the same moment 
 the door opened, and a company of knights and 
 ladies entered, each carrying a cat's skin. 
 With every token of joy they surrounded the 
 Princess, kissed her hand, and congratulated her 
 on being once more restored to her natural form. 
 She received them most graciously, and then 
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 requested them to allow her a few moments in THE 
 which to converse alone with the Prince, to whom WHITE 
 she would unfold her history, and explain much CAT 
 that had hitherto perplexed him. 
 'My dear king's son,' said she, 'you were right 
 in supposing me to be something superior to 
 an ordinary cat. My father reigned over six 
 kingdoms. My mother, the queen, was an admir- 
 able woman, but, unfortunately for me, of an inquisi- 
 tive turn of mind, and restless in her habits. 
 1 When I was only a few weeks old, she obtained 
 the king's permission to visit a certain forest and 
 palace, of which many wondrous tales were told, 
 and she felt that she could have no peace of mind 
 till she had ascertained what truth there was in 
 these tales. She set off with a large retinue, and 
 in course of time reached the forest, and saw that 
 it was traversed by a road leading to a superb 
 palace, the gates of which were closed, but through 
 the railings my mother could see the most delici- 
 ous and varied fruit. Many of the fruits were 
 quite new to her, and such as she did know, in- 
 finitely surpassed those which grew in her own 
 gardens. She at once resolved to taste this fruit, 
 and was well assured she would not have a 
 moment's happiness till she had done so. She 
 ordered her servants to knock at the palace doors, 
 and to rattle the gates and ring the bell; no 
 answer was however given to these summonses. 
 She therefore insisted on ladders being applied to 
 the walls of the garden, that she might climb over 
 them, to get at the fruit. But it was soon found 
 that the walls stretched themselves in proportion 
 to the length of the ladders applied to them, so 
 that it was quite impossible to surmount them. 
 'The queen was in despair, but as night was 
 coming on she had her tent planted outside the 
 gates, resolved to spend the night there, and 
 renew her attempt on the following morning. In 
 
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 THE the middle of the night she was suddenly aroused, 
 WHITE and saw to her astonishment a little, ugly, old 
 CAT woman at her bedside, who was plucking at her 
 ear. 
 
 1 The queen, my mother, sat up in bed very fright- 
 ened ; then the old woman said to her : " You are 
 a very tiresome, persevering, and meddlesome 
 person, not to leave me and my sisters alone in 
 our palace, but to insist on eating our fruit I will 
 give you as much of the latter as you desire, on 
 one condition, which is that you let us have your 
 daughter to bring up as our own ? " 
 ' The queen, my mother, answered, " Dear madam, 
 is there nothing else you will have ? I can give you 
 most admirable receipts for making conserves of 
 your fruit, and even for pickling the walnuts. Will 
 not that do as well ? If not, you shall have half of 
 the kingdoms my husband reigns over." 
 'The fairy answered: "We want neither your 
 receipts nor your realms ; we will have nothing 
 else but your little daughter. We will make her 
 as happy as the day is long, and give her every- 
 thing her heart can desire." 
 
 '"It is a hard condition," said the queen, my 
 mother, but inasmuch as she was an exceedingly 
 inquisitive and it must be admitted a greedy 
 woman, she at last consented. 
 ' Then the old fairy took her into the palace, and 
 though it was still night, the queen, my mother, 
 could plainly see that it was more magnificent 
 than anything she had ever beheld. But my dear 
 Prince,' said the White Cat, 'of this you can judge 
 yourself, for you are now in the very palace into 
 which my mother was introduced. 
 'The old fairy said to her : "Will you gather the 
 fruit yourself, or shall I call it to come to you ? " 
 ' My mother answered that it would be less trouble 
 and more interesting if it came when called. 
 'Thereupon the little old woman screamed out: 
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 "Apricots, peaches, nectarines, cherries, plums, THE 
 greengages, pears, grapes, apples, oranges, W ,? A IT . E 
 lemons, gooseberries, currants, raspberries, come ! ^ A J 
 come ! come ! " 
 
 ' Instantly from every tree down hopped the fruit 
 and ran and ran just like chickens coming to be 
 fed, and the queen ate as much as she liked, and 
 found every kind of fruit passing good. 
 'The old fairy now gave her gilded baskets in 
 which to carry away as much fruit as she liked, 
 and she laded all her mules and servants with it. 
 Then she reminded the queen, my mother, of the 
 agreement ; and next morning the queen returned 
 to her kingdom, nibbling at the fruit all the way. 
 ' However, it must not be supposed that she did 
 not regret her bargain, when she saw me in my 
 cradle on her return. She was afraid to tell the 
 king what she had done, and she tried to deaden 
 her remorse by eating fruit all day long. 
 ' Presently there arrived at the palace five frightful 
 little dwarfs sent by the fairies to fetch me; and 
 then the queen was obliged to tell the king, my 
 father, all she had promised. He was, of course, 
 very angry, and ordered his guards to surround 
 and cut the dwarfs to pieces. But as fast as they 
 were chopped up they came together again, and 
 persisted in their demand, as though nothing in- 
 commoded by the maltreatment to which they were 
 exposed. Then the fairies came in a flaming chariot 
 drawn by sea-horses, took up my cradle, placed 
 it between them, and went away, carrying me. 
 ' I grew up surrounded by everything that was 
 beautiful and rare, and learning everything that is 
 ever taught to a princess, but without any com- 
 panions save a parrot and a little dog, who could 
 both talk, and receiving every day a visit from one 
 of the old fairies, who caressed me and spoke 
 kindly to me, and assured me of her and her 
 sisters' protection, so long as I remained in the 
 
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 THE palace and enchanted wood. I was solemnly and 
 WHITE repeatedly warned that if I attempted to escape, 
 CAT the most dreadful calamity would befall me. 
 
 'One day as I was pulling out the drawers, and 
 turning over the contents of the cabinets in the 
 palace, I found a bracelet, to which hung a minia- 
 ture portrait of a very handsome young man. 
 4 1 could not keep my eyes off this picture. You 
 must understand, Prince, that hitherto I had seen 
 no men, and no women even, except the old fairies. 
 Next time one of these latter visited me, I asked 
 what that was which was represented in the 
 miniature. She was much vexed at my asking, 
 and said it was a picture of a sort of monkey that 
 lived in foreign parts. Then I said, innocently, 
 I should much like to see such monkeys. The 
 fairy said I must never think of such a thing, or 
 dreadful misfortunes would happen. 
 1 However, I found I could take no pleasure in 
 anything ; I could not sleep by night, I was always 
 anxious and longing to see these extraordinary 
 monkeys. I told this to one of the fairies, and she 
 said with a sigh : " I see there is some of the inquisi- 
 tiveness of your mother in you. You will come to 
 a dreadful misfortune unless you overcome it" I' 
 said no more to the fairies, but I thought now of 
 nothing but how I might escape from the palace 
 and enchanted wood into Monkeyland. 
 ' One day I put my purpose into execution, I got 
 away alone from the castle, and ran through the 
 wood, and was just about to pass the last tree 
 when the three fairy sisters appeared before me. 
 They were very angry, and said that I had rushed 
 on the doom which they had cautioned me against. 
 Now there was no help for it, I must be trans- 
 formed into a white cat ; but they said they would 
 give me a retinue of the lords and ladies of my 
 father's court in the same form ; and they would 
 render invisible, all but their hands, the ladies and 
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 lords of the bedchamber, and all such as attended 
 on the personal comforts of the king and queen, 
 both of whom were now dead. 
 ' As they laid me under the enchantment, the fairy 
 sisters told me all my story, and warned me that 
 my only chance of release from the shape of a cat 
 
 was to win the love of a prince who should exactly 
 resemble the portrait on the bracelet I had found, 
 and having won that, to induce him to cut off 
 my cat's head and tail and throw them into the 
 fire.' 
 
 * You have indeed won my love,' said the Prince, 
 p 225 
 
 THE 
 
 WHITE 
 
 CAT
 
 THE 'And I am delighted to find you are such a 
 WHITE fascinating monkey,' said the Princess. 'Now 
 CAT it is time for you to return to your father.' 
 
 So the Prince gave her his hand and led her down 
 the stairs to the chariot ; and they started on the 
 journey. As the Princess was as clever and agree- 
 able in conversation as she was beautiful, the time 
 passed very pleasantly. 
 
 When they approached the castle, the Princess 
 stepped into a crystal sedan with a little door in it 
 with silken curtains before it, and this crystal 
 sedan chair was carried by her guards. All the 
 people wondered what it could contain. 
 The princes, the elder brothers, were on the 
 terrace of the palace, each conducting a charming 
 princess. On seeing their youngest brother they 
 hastened to meet him, and asked if he had brought 
 a beautiful lady with him. 
 
 * Well,' said he, ' I could find none superior to a 
 lovely white cat* 
 
 ' A cat ! ' said they ; ' were you afraid that the mice 
 
 would eat up the palace ? ' 
 
 The courtiers now hastened before the king to 
 
 announce that the three princes were approaching-. 
 
 4 Are they bringing fair ladies with them ? ' asked 
 
 the king. 
 
 ' Fairer are not to be found,' was the answer ; at 
 
 hearing which he was much displeased. 
 
 The two elder princes made haste to show their 
 
 beautiful princesses. The king received them 
 
 very graciously, and said that really each was so 
 
 beautiful it would not be possible for him to decide 
 
 between them, for he was as gallant an old man as 
 
 he was cunning. 
 
 Then he looked at his youngest son, and said: 
 
 * So 1 this time you have failed 1 ' 
 
 1 Not altogether, your majesty,' said the Prince ; 
 ' if you will condescend to look at my little white 
 cat in her crystal cage, who meeaws so prettily, 
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 and gambols so playfully, you cannot fail to be THE 
 pleased.' 
 
 The king smiled, and went to open the sedan 
 chair itself, when all at once, the Princess 
 touched a spring and it flew apart, and she stood 
 in the midst, like the sun bursting from clouds. 
 Her fair hair was spread over her shoulders, and 
 hung in shining tresses to her feet ; on her head 
 was a crown of roses; her gown of thin gauze 
 was lined with rose-coloured taffety ; she curtsied 
 low to the king, who, in the excess of his admira- 
 tion, clapped his hands, and said : ' This is indeed 
 the matchless beauty who deserves to wear the 
 crown.' 
 
 * Sire ! ' said she, * I am not come to deprive you of 
 your kingdom, which you rule with such sagacity. 
 I am queen over six. Allow me to present one to 
 each of your elder sons ; then there will remain 
 four for my dear young Prince and myself. What 
 with the housekeeping that will be as much as 
 we can manage.' 
 
 The king and all the courtiers gave vent to their 
 joy and astonishment in loud and repeated cheers. 
 Indeed the king kept on hurrahing ! and shouting 
 One cheer more ! till he became purple in the face, 
 and had to be carried out and given a cooling 
 draught lest he should have an apoplexy. 
 The marriages of all the three couples were 
 immediately solemnized, and the court spent 
 several months in rejoicings. Then they set out, 
 each for his own dominions, and all considered 
 that their happiness was due to the beautiful, 
 wise White Cat 
 
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 THE FROG PRINCE 
 
 N the olden times there lived a king 
 whose daughters were all beautiful : 
 but the youngest was the most 
 beautiful of all. 
 
 Near the king's castle was a large 
 and gloomy forest, and in the midst 
 stood an old lime-tree, below which 
 was a well, the water of which was clear as 
 crystal. People thought much of this well ; they 
 said that the water came up from the heart of the 
 earth, and was good for all kinds of sicknesses, 
 and they used on May Day to put a wreath of 
 flowers round it 
 
 The king's daughter often went to this well, and 
 one day as she was there it was May Day, and 
 all the well was set about with flowers as she 
 leaned to smell the flowers, and look down into 
 the water, a gold ball with which she was playing 
 fell out of her hand and tumbled into the well. 
 Then she was very unhappy, and sat beside the 
 well crying. 
 
 Then, all at once, she heard a voice from the 
 water that called out : * Why do you weep, king's 
 daughter ? ' 
 
 She looked about her, and saw a frog popping its 
 ugly head out of the water. 
 228
 
 ' O you ugly creature/ said she ; ' I am crying THE 
 
 because I have lost my golden ball that has slipped FROG 
 
 away from me and has fallen into the well* 
 
 'Be still and do not cry/ answered the frog; 'I 
 
 can help you, but if I restore the ball, what will 
 
 you do for me ? ' 
 
 'Dear good frog/ said she, 'I will give you my 
 
 rings and necklaces.' 
 
 The frog answered : ' Rings and necklaces I want 
 
 not* 
 
 'Then/ said she, 'I will give you my silk dresses.' 
 
 'Silk dresses I value not,' said the frog. 'They 
 
 would be spoiled by the water.' 
 
 ' I will give you lollipops/ said the princess. 
 
 'They would melt in the water/ answered the frog. 
 
 ' I will give you my little gold watch/ said she. 
 
 'The water would stop the works,' said he. 
 
 'Then you shall have my little red shoes/ said 
 
 she. 
 
 ' They are too large for my feet,' he answered. 
 
 'Then the gold comb with which I fasten up my 
 
 back hair/ she said. 
 
 'I have no back hair never had, never shall/ 
 
 replied the frog. 
 
 'What then can satisfy you?' she asked, and 
 
 began to weep again. 
 
 The frog answered : ' If you will love me, and let 
 
 me be your companion and playfellow, and sit at 
 
 your table, and eat off your plate, and drink out of 
 
 your cup, and sit on your shoulder, and whisper 
 
 into your ear, and sleep on your little bed, then and 
 
 only then will I dive down and bring up your 
 
 golden ball.' 
 
 r l will promise all this,' said the princess, ' if you 
 
 will only get me my precious ball.' But she 
 
 thought to herself: 'what is this silly frog saying? 
 
 Let him remain in the water and associate with 
 
 efts and newts, and not seek to mix in human 
 
 society.' 
 
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 THE Now the frog, as soon as he had received her 
 PRINPR promise, drew his head under water, and dived. 
 W ^ B Presently up he came to the surface with the ball 
 in his mouth, and threw it on the grass. 
 
 The king's daughter was full of joy. She picked 
 up the ball, and forgot even to thank the frog. She 
 turned to run away. * Stay 1 stay 1 ' called the frog ; 
 ' take me with you, I cannot walk as fast as you do. 
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 But all his croaking was in vain. The king's THE 
 
 daughter would not hear it, but, hastening home, FR OG 
 
 soon forgot the poor frog, who was obliged to leap PRINCE 
 
 back into the fountain. 
 
 Next day, when the princess was sitting at table 
 
 with her father and all his court, and was eating 
 
 from her little golden plate, something was heard 
 
 coming up the marble stairs, splish, splash ! splish, 
 
 splash ! and when it arrived at the top, it knocked 
 
 at the door, and a voice was heard calling : * Open 
 
 the door, youngest daughter of a king ! ' So she 
 
 rose and went to see who was calling for her ; and 
 
 when she opened the door and caught sight of the 
 
 frog, she shut it again with great haste, and went 
 
 back to her place at the table, looking deadly pale. 
 
 When the king saw how frightened she was, he 
 
 asked her whether there was an ogre at the door, 
 
 who wanted to eat her. 
 
 * Oh, no ! ' she answered ; ' it is not an ogre, but an 
 ugly wet frog.' 
 
 4 And what does the frog want with you ? ' asked 
 her father. 
 
 * My father,' she answered, * as I was at the well 
 yesterday, I dropped my golden ball into it, and 
 the ball sank to the bottom. I cried greatly, and 
 then a frog came to the surface, and promised to 
 restore to me the ball if I would make him my 
 playfellow, and suffer him to eat off my plate, 
 drink out of my cup, sit on my shoulder and sleep 
 on my bed. Now he has left the well and is come 
 here.' 
 
 Then the frog was heard calling at the door 
 
 c Open the door, my honey, my heart, 
 
 Open the door, my dear. 
 Remember the oath atwixt us both, 
 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
 
 The king said: *A promise is a promise, whether 
 made to prince or beggar, to man or toad.' 
 
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 THE So the king's daughter went to the door and 
 
 FROG opened it Splish, splash! splish, splash 1 in 
 
 PRINCE Addled the frog and stood by the princess's chair. 
 
 She sat down and looked very white, and her 
 
 heart beat fast. Then the frog said 
 
 * Lift me on your lap, my honey, my heart, 
 
 Lift me on your lap, my dear. 
 Remember the words to me you spake, 
 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
 
 So the princess stooped and took up the frog and 
 set it on her lap and put her hands on the table. 
 Then the frog said 
 
 1 Give me to eat of your dainty meat, 
 
 From your golden plate, my dear. 
 Remember the oath atwixt us both, 
 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
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 So she was obliged to let the frog feed from off her THE 
 plate. The courtiers looked on and were very 
 astonished. As for the princess, she could eat not 
 another bite. Then said the frog 
 
 ' Give me of your cup, that I may sup, 
 
 Of your golden cup, my dear. 
 Remember the oath betwixt us both, 
 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
 
 Then she put the cup to the cold lips of the frog, 
 and he drank a little drop, but after that she could 
 not take any draught from the cup. 
 Then when the frog had eaten and drunken to his 
 satisfaction, all the court rose from table and retired 
 to the drawing-room, and the princess would have 
 walked away, and dropped the frog on the floor. 
 But the frog cried out 
 
 ' Take me on your shoulder, my honey, my heart, 
 Take me on your shoulder, dear. 
 Remember the oath betwixt us both, 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
 
 So the Princess was obliged to take up the frog 
 and set him on her shoulder, and then he put his 
 cold lips to her ear, and said 
 
 * Fair maid, do not weep, 'tis time to sleep, 
 
 Carry me to the bed, my dear. 
 Remember the oath betwixt us both, 
 
 Adown by the wellhead clear.' 
 
 At this the king's daughter began to cry. She 
 could not bear to think of the clammy cold frog on 
 her beautiful clean white counterpane, and she 
 thought that whilst she was asleep he might hop 
 on to her face and wake her with fright But 
 indeed she did not think she could sleep at all with 
 the nasty creature in her room. 
 But the king was angry at her reluctance. He 
 said again, that what she had promised must be 
 
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 THE observed. To break a promise was dishonourable 
 .. in a poor man. it was most disgraceful in one of 
 PRINCE r oyal blood. 
 
 So she went to her room, with the frog squatted 
 
 on her shoulder, and when there, she threw him 
 
 on her counterpane. 
 
 Then the frog said 
 
 4 Chop off my head, my honey, my heart, 
 Come, chop off my head, my dear. 
 
 If you love me strong, be speedy, not long, 
 And chop off my head without fear.' 
 
 The princess was greatly alarmed, but she got an 
 axe and chopped, and cut off the head of the frog. 
 Then all at once there stood before her a beautiful 
 prince, and all traces of the frog had disappeared. 
 And he told her how that he had been transformed 
 into a frog by a witch, and that he could never 
 have recovered his own shape again, unless some 
 young girl had promised to let him eat out of her 
 plate, drink out of her cup, sit on her shoulder, 
 and sleep on her bed. 
 
 The princess was so delighted that she ran and 
 called her father and mother and all the court 
 And they all sat down to table again, and ate a 
 second supper, for delight and surprise had made 
 them all hungry again ; and at this second supper 
 it was agreed that the princess and the prince 
 should be married. 
 
 Next day, when the sun rose, a carriage drawn by 
 eight white horses with golden harness drove up 
 to the door of the palace, and behind the carriage 
 stood trusty Henry, the servant of the young 
 prince. When his master was transformed into 
 a frog, trusty Henry had grieved so greatly that 
 he had bound three iron hoop-bands round his 
 heart, for fear lest it should break with grief. 
 Now he came with the carriage to take the prince 
 back to his own country, and the faithful fellow 
 234
 
 helped In the bride and bridegroom, and then THE 
 
 mounted the seat behind, full of joy at his master's 
 
 recovery of his proper form. 
 
 They had not proceeded very far before the prince 
 
 and princess heard a crack as though one of the 
 
 carriage springs had given way. 
 
 The prince put his head out of the window and 
 
 asked trusty Henry what was broken. 
 
 His servant answered : ' It is nothing in or about 
 
 the carriage, dear master, but one of the bands 
 
 has given way that I had bound round my heart 
 
 when I was in grief because you were changed 
 
 into a frog.' 
 
 Twice afterwards, on the journey, they heard the 
 
 same noise, and each time the prince thought 
 
 that some portion of the carriage had given way ; 
 
 but it was only the breaking of the bands that 
 
 bound the heart of trusty Henry. 
 
 Thenceforth all lived in happiness. 
 
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 NOTES 
 
 LCK AND THE BEAN STALK.- NOTES 
 This is probably a genuine old 
 English folk-tale. A trace of it is to 
 be found in the Sage of Olaf Tryg- 
 vason. In dream he is said to have 
 climbed a tree and got into a land of 
 marvels above the clouds. The tree 
 is Ygdrasil, the World Tree that supports the 
 firmament above. 
 
 The giant who lives above the cloud floor is Odin 
 or Wuotan with his single eye, and with his wife 
 Freya. 
 
 Wuotan is possessed of the red hen that lays the 
 golden egg every morn, that is the red dawn of 
 which the sun is born ; the harp that plays of itself, 
 which is the wind ; and the money and jewel bags, 
 which are the clouds that drop fertilising showers. 
 
 PUSS IN BOOTS. This story was taken by 
 Perrault from the first of the nth Night of 
 Straparola, whose collection of Tales was printed 
 at Venice in 1550 and 1554. Straparola himself 
 borrowed from earlier writers. 
 
 CINDERELLA. This story is given by Perrault ; 
 its counterparts are to be found in every European 
 folk-store of tales. An exhaustive notice of all the 
 analogues has been published by the Folklore 
 Society. The English form of the tale, 'Catskin,' 
 has been displaced by the French ' Cinderella.' 
 
 237
 
 NOTES I hope to give 'Catskin* in 'The Oldest English 
 Fairy Tales.' In German the story is ' AschenputteL' 
 It was certainly known in Germany at the begin- 
 ning of the i6th century, for it is referred to by 
 Thomas Murner in 1515. In Scotland Cinderella 
 was called Assiepet or Ashiepattle. 
 There are traces of the story in very remote 
 antiquity: Strabo (xxii. 808) tells the story of 
 Rhodopis, who by losing her slipper became 
 Queen of Egypt, and the same tale is referred to 
 by Aelian (Hist var. xiii. 33). 
 The tale is this. Rhodopis was one day bathing, 
 when an eagle picked up one of her sandals and 
 flew away with it, and dropped it in the lap of the 
 Egyptian King, as he was administering justice 
 at Memphis. Surprised at its smallness and 
 beauty, he had no rest till he found the owner of 
 the sandal, and then he raised her from the basest 
 and most despised condition to be his queen. 
 The old German Heldenlied of Gudran is but a 
 version of the Ashputel fable. Perrault took his 
 story from the Pentamerone. 
 
 VALENTINE AND ORSON. This is one of the 
 latest of the cycle of metrical French Romances, 
 turning about Charlemagne and his family. It 
 was written in prose on the reign of Charles VIII. 
 It first appeared in print at Lyons in 1489. Again 
 in 1495. It was translated into Italian and published 
 at Venice in 1558. In England it was printed by 
 Copland as 'The hystorie of the two valyante 
 brethern Valentyne and Orson'; no date. Again 
 in 1637, 1649, 1688, 1694. It was published in Dutch 
 in Holland, and even found entry into Iceland. 
 It was dramatised by Lope de Vega in Spain. In 
 Germany it was printed at Frankfurt-am-Main in 
 1572, and at Basle in 1604. I have not thought it ad- 
 visable to alter much the somewhat stilted style 
 of this tale, which is characteristic of its origin. 
 238
 
 LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD.-One of Per- NOTES 
 rault's tales. The germ of this story may perhaps 
 be traced in the Edda. In that is told the story 
 of Thorr visiting the Thursr dressed in female 
 garments, and representing himself as Freyja, 
 whom the Thursr has asked in marriage. At the 
 wedding banquet Thorr drinks three barrels of 
 mead. * Never did I see bride eat and drink so 
 much,' said the dismayed bridegroom. Then the 
 Thursr attempted to kiss his bride, and raised the 
 veil. ' Never did I see such fiery eyes before !' he 
 exclaimed, and staggered back. Then he brought 
 his hammer and laid it on his bride's knee, who at 
 once struck him dead with it. 
 Little Red Riding-hood is found in Germany, in 
 Portugal, in Italy, etc. 
 
 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY. One of Perrault's 
 tales. This is the Dornroschen of Grimm. This 
 is almost certainly a nature-myth of the earth 
 sleeping in winter till kissed by the warm rays of 
 the Spring sun, and it betokens a Northern origin. 
 The spindle is the sleep-thorn wherewith in the 
 Norse myth the Valkyrie Brunnhild was sent to 
 sleep by Odin. In the ancient myth the Sleeping 
 Beauty was surrounded by the wabberlohe, or wall 
 of flame, till Sigurd came and released her. This 
 myth has acquired fresh vitality from its adoption 
 into Wagner's marvellous cycle of opera, the Ring 
 of the Niebelungen. Perrault took the tale from 
 the Pentamerone. 
 
 THE BABES IN THE WOOD. A genuine old 
 English tale based on a ballad. 
 
 PRETTY MARUSCHKA. A Sclavonic tale. It 
 is properly Slovakian, and is given by Wenzig in 
 his * West Slawischer Marchenschatz,' 1857. The 
 story has a mythological importance, on account 
 
 239
 
 NOTES of the impersonation of the Twelve Months re- 
 presented as seated round the great central fire of 
 the sun. The fire-wheel occurs in traditional 
 usage, not only in Sclavonic but also in Gaulish 
 lands. 
 
 BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.-One of Mme. 
 de Beaumont's tales, and it is the only one of hers 
 that has lived, and it has lived for one reason only, 
 that it is not an original creation of her brain, but 
 is based on an universally-known myth of a woman, 
 loving and consenting to union with a transformed 
 prince who has a monstrous shape. Very generally 
 the sexes are reversed, and the young lady is 
 transformed into a serpent or a dragon. I know 
 a certain precipice in the Montafun Thai, in the 
 Alps, where a maiden changed into the form of a 
 monstrous toad, with poison dribbling from her 
 lips, was said to be doomed to squat in a cave till 
 a youth would kiss her on the mouth. 
 
 THE YELLOW DWARF. One of the Countess 
 D'Aulnoy's tales. At bottom this is the same story 
 as Grimm's Rumpelstilskin, which is a very old 
 one, and is referred to by Fischart in his 'Gar- 
 gantua,' 1575. Mme. D'Aulnoy spoiled a good 
 story. All the portion of it relative to the King of 
 the Gold Mines is her addition. The fact was that 
 she did not understand the significance of the task 
 set to discover the name of the dwarf, and so she 
 cut that away and substituted some trash of her 
 own for it. The result has been that a good folk- 
 tale has suffered, and 'The Yellow Dwarf' has never 
 attained the popularity of some of her other tales, 
 in which she has more faithfully followed tradition. 
 The demand of the Dwarf for the Queen's daughter 
 enters into a whole string of fairy tales, and refers 
 back to the date when the fair-haired Gaul or 
 Briton or Teuton had overcome the dusky Ugric 
 240
 
 race which had occupied the land previously. NOTES 
 Marriage was strictly forbidden between the con- 
 querors and the conquered, but the Ugric autoc- 
 thones were regarded as invested with supernatural 
 powers, and with superior skill in the working of 
 metals, and when they rendered services to their 
 conquerors, often demanded in recompense one of 
 their daughters in marriage. I have not rewritten 
 * The Yellow Dwarf.' I could not endure to do this, 
 so dissatisfied do I feel with Mme. D'Aulnoy for 
 having spoiled a good story. Let any one compare 
 this version with Grimm's ' Rumpelstilskin,' and 
 he will see at once the immeasurable superiority of 
 the latter. I myself read both as a child, and I 
 have never forgotten Rumpelstilskin, and I never 
 have been able to recall 'The Yellow Dwarf.' 
 
 HOP-O'-MY-THUMB. One of Perrault's tales. 
 It is a version of the story which appears in its 
 earliest form in the * Odyssey,' of Ulysses and Poly- 
 phemus. Grimm in his * Die Saga von Polyphem,' 
 Berlin, 1857, has given eleven variants. In ' Hender- 
 son's Northern Folk-lore,' 2nd ed. 1879, pp. 195-6, 
 is a Yorkshire variant I picked up near Thirsk, 
 where the giant's grave was pointed out, and the 
 mill in which the giant was killed, and where also 
 the sword was shown with which the giant was 
 killed. Recently the tumulus has been destroyed. 
 It contained a prehistoric stone kist, probably of 
 the neolithic age, along with bones, so that the 
 burial was before inceneration took place. More- 
 over it was an oblong barrow and not circular. 
 Unhappily no person of education was present 
 when the tumulus was demolished. 
 
 DONT KNOW. A Hungarian folk-tale from the 
 collection of George Gaal, translated by Stier, 
 Pesth, n.d. 
 
 The affinity of sympathy between the orince and 
 Q 241
 
 NOTES his horse is not an uncommon feature in such tales. 
 The story of the service to the King of England, 
 and of the mysterious horses on which the prince 
 rides to hunt and to deliver the king from his foes, 
 occurs also in the far older tale of 'Robert the 
 Devil,' which can be traced back to the early 
 Middle Ages, and to which indeed William the 
 Conqueror is said to have alluded before the battle 
 of Hastings in his address to his soldiers. 
 
 MIRANDA; OR, THE ROYAL RAM. A tale 
 by Mme. D'Aulnoy. The story became a favour- 
 ite for issue in chap-book form in England. It is 
 a variant of 'Beauty and the Beast,' and is without 
 any distinguishing merit. 
 
 BLUE-BEARD. One of Perrault's admirable 
 tales. It has been supposed that the story was 
 based on the crimes and execution of the infamous 
 De Retz, but I do not think that there is evidence 
 that this was the case. Fatal curiosity occurs in 
 several folk-tales. 
 
 THE FAIR MAID WITH GOLDEN LOCKS. 
 This capital story is by Mme. D'Aulnoy, but is 
 not wholly original. She has made use of the 
 favourite tale of the Thankful Beasts and the 
 story of the Tasks, and has welded the two happily 
 together. The Tasks are introduced into ' Cupid 
 and Psyche.' 
 
 JACK THE GIANT KILLER.-This is a genuine 
 old English chap-book tale, and is to be compared 
 with others in other languages where a man of 
 small stature, by his adroitness and superior wits, 
 overcomes men larger and more powerful than 
 himself. It is probably a reminiscence of a struggle 
 between two races, the one small and the other of 
 greater bulk. 
 242
 
 THE THREE BEARS.-A tale by Southey. NOTES 
 
 TOM THUMB. Another English tale, a mere 
 play of the fancy. It is found hi chap-books and in 
 metrical form. Stories of same character among 
 the Greeks: of Philytas, a poet of Cos, it was 
 related that he carried lead in his shoes to save 
 him from being blown away ; and of Archestratus, 
 that when taken by the enemy and weighed, he 
 was found to be no heavier than an obolus. 
 
 THE WHITE CAT.-A tale by Mme. D'Aulnoy 
 and imperishable. It combines the folk-tale of 
 setting tasks and that of transformation into 
 animal form. To that is added the task of cutting 
 off head and tail, as in * The Frog Prince.' The use 
 of cold steel has been regarded as a means of 
 disenchantment ever since the introduction of iron. 
 The race of bronze workers, who used weapons of 
 this amalgam, was conquered by the Celt with his 
 implements of war of tempered steel, and the 
 subjugated race regarded the new metal with 
 feelings of terror, as something altogether super- 
 natural. 
 
 The fairies who enchant are in most stories the 
 members of the subjugated race. It is possible 
 enough that transformation into bear, or frog, or 
 cat may originally have meant no more than 
 adoption into a tribe of which bear or frog or cat 
 was the totem. Or it may mean, that in the race 
 regarded as endowed with supernatural powers, 
 the clothing was of skins, bear or cat-skin, or 
 even as with the Ainu fish-skin ; and that the 
 man of the higher race, by means of his steel sword, 
 recovered one of the members of his own race who 
 had been carried away and adopted into the clan 
 of the inferior race. 
 
 THE FROG PRINCE.-A very ancient folk-tale. 
 
 243
 
 NOTES Professor Max Miiller believes it to be due to a 
 blunder in the interpretation of words : that the 
 story represents the Sun beloved by the Dawn ; in 
 Sanskrit the words for sun and for frog are almost 
 the same. But this is mere fantasy. The San- 
 skrit is not a parent language to our European 
 Aryan tongues, but a sister tongue, and later in 
 form than some of the latter. His theory may be 
 dismissed without further consideration. 
 The story of ' The Frog Prince ' is told by Halliwell, 
 in his Popular Rhymes and Nursery Tales,' 1849. 
 There is a Scotch version of the tale, 'The Well o' 
 the Warld's End,'given by Chambers in his 'Popular 
 Rhymes of Scotland.' The story is found in 
 Germany, and is given by Grimm. There is clear 
 evidence that anciently the tale was told in 
 England in ballad form, and now only fragments 
 of the metrical version remain. Professor Child, 
 in his collection of British Ballads, gives an ex- 
 haustive account of the various forms in which 
 this tale is found. 
 
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 _.jt). THE LOST REGIMENT. 
 ?) Author of 'Dodo. 1 THE CAPSINA. 
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 MM** 
 
 By W. 
 
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 A GIRL OF THE PEOPLF.. By L. T. Meade. 
 
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 THE THRU MUSKETEERS. With long 
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 PAULINE; MURAT; AND PASCAL BRUNO. 
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 KERNANDE. 
 OABRIEL LAMIERT. 
 
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 ATMERINE BLUM. 
 
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 THE PRINCE OP THIEVES. Illustrated in 
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 THE CORSICAN BROTHERS. Illustrated in 
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 FERNANDE. Illustrated in Colour by Mum- 
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 GEORGES. Illustrated in Colour by Munro Orr. 
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 AMAURY. Illustrated in Colour by Gordon 
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 THE SNOWBALL, and SULTAVETTA. Illus- 
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 *THB VlCOMTE DE BRAGELONNE. ! 
 
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 *TiiB CASTLE OF EPPSTKIN. Illustrated in 
 
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 *AcTB. Illustrated in Colour by Gordon 
 
 Browne. 
 CECILE; OR, THE WEDDING GOWN. Illu<- 
 
 t rated in Colour by D. Murray Smith. 
 THF. ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN PAMPIULE. 
 
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