The dwarf's spectacles, and other fairy tales

PAGE Why the Rose-bush has Thorns 1 Last Year’s Fly 11 Like seeks Like 25 The Proud Doll 35 The Grateful Sparrows 53 The Six Little Glow-worms 71 The Dwarf’s Spectacles 87 The G...

But the mouse did not think so. It remained sulky, and showed no gratitude for its mistress’s care and affection. When it thought no one was looking, it played happily enough wi...

They at once set off together for the bridge which crossed the river near by. “One, two, three,” cried the boy, and flung Kunigunde far over the railing. The little girl looked...

The bat reflected a little while, then she said: “How would it do to try glow-worms, Mrs. Professor? They give a good, steady light, do not heat the head, and are not dangerous...

Michel noticed that the laborers looked at him angrily, and he thought, “something is wrong here.” It occurred to him that this was a good chance to try the dwarf’s spectacles,...

He told them that he had come from the Brazilian forest to Europe to find his future wife, who had been stolen from him by a wicked European. Perceiving very clearly that the Eu...

He told her to sit down in a chair, but did not take the mysterious case out of the drawer. Instead, he seized a pair of scissors which lay on the marble top of the table, and g...

“Bravo!” shouted Hinz, in a terrible voice, sprang with a single bound upon the mouse which had made this remark, killed it with one bite, and devoured it in an instant, before...

They had slept many hours without knowing it, and now the sun was low, and the summer day was drawing to a close. The hind pressed farther and farther into the forest, the air g...

It had grown dark. Rough-leg’s bones still ached from the beating he had had, he was tired out, and he saw that his companion was exhausted. So leading him to a hay-rick in a pl...

The wife of the Argentine landowner wished to hear about it, but at first the other would not speak freely. At last, however, she was persuaded to tell the whole story. She had...

One spring day, Maxa was playing in the garden alone. She drove her hoop to the fence that separated it from the next meadow. There she suddenly saw a man sitting on a little fo...

When year after year passed away without the gift of a little one, the beautiful young queen lost her cheerfulness, and became more and more sorrowful. Her riches gave her no pl...

The woman gazed at the present with astonishment and no special pleasure; she thought that her own five children were enough. But when her husband told her how he had found the...

Soiled with dirt, his whole body covered with bruises and bumps, and his clothes torn, he struck against the door, which flew open at the shock, and rolled into the middle of th...

Samson grew up to the full size and strength of his species. Yet his disposition did not change; he remained affectionate to the lord of the castle and his wife and children, hi...

The student could do nothing but rise and leave the dining room, still surrounded by his flower ring, which steadily kept pace with him. When he reached his chamber and began to...