Category: Children & Young Adult Reading
TO HIS GREAT ASTONISHMENT, HE SAW NO GIANTESS, BUT A VERY NASTY-LOOKING OLD WIZARD WITH A LONG GREY BEARD AND AN ENORMOUSLY TALL HAT, WHO SAT IN A LARGE ROOM IN FRONT OF A GREAT OPEN FIRE _Frontispiece_
The little pink buds did all they could. They caught every bit of sunshine, they sucked up every drop of moisture, they grew and grew. But their lazy brothers would not bestir t...
3. Part 3Everybody laughed; and indeed she was a rather comical sight as she stood there shouting and storming. Somebody threw her a gold piece, which was kindly meant. But a gold piece...
2. Part 2The baker was a kindly and simple old soul. “Gladly, gladly,” he said, rubbing his hands together and smiling, for the village was a small one and they were very poor, and he wa...
1. Part 1TO HIS GREAT ASTONISHMENT, HE SAW NO GIANTESS, BUT A VERY NASTY-LOOKING OLD WIZARD WITH A LONG GREY BEARD AND AN ENORMOUSLY TALL HAT, WHO SAT IN A LARGE ROOM IN FRONT OF A GREAT...
5. Part 5At last a day came when the fairy took him off to the party, but his mother made him promise to come back the next morning. She knew the ways of the fairies.