Fairy Tales, Volume 2 (of 2)

The division of Fairy Tales into two volumes was rather for the sake of keeping the books small and of uniform size in the series, “The Open Road Library,” than because there wa...

One day the eldest son wanted to go into the forest to hew wood, and before he started, his mother gave him a fine sweet cake and a bottle of wine to take with him. In the fores...

“Where do you come from?” asked the mice, who were full of curiosity; “and what do you know? What is the most beautiful place on earth that you know about? Do tell us all about...

Then the toad took up the delicate little bed and swam away with it, leaving Thumbelina all alone on the green leaf, where she sat and wept. She could not bear to think of livin...

But as she still did not come, Hans went out to see how much she had reaped; but nothing was cut, and there lay Alice fast asleep in the corn. Hans hurried home and brought back...

By means of witchcraft, in which she was skilled, she prepared a poisoned comb. Then she took the form of another old woman. She went over the hills till she came to the house o...

Presently the King turned to his sons and said with a deep sigh: “Nothing consoles me more in my old age than to see your deference to my wishes. I desire to put you to further...