Katharine Pyle
Wonder Tales from Many Lands
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664649461
Table of Contents
LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT A STORY FROM BOHEMIA
THE DWARF WITH THE GOLDEN BEARD A SLAVONIC FAIRY TALE
THE GREAT WHITE BEAR AND THE TROLLS A STORY FROM THE NORSE
THE STORY OF THE THREE BILLY GOAT GRUFFS A STORY FROM THE NORSE
THE STONES OF PLOUVINEC A TALE FROM BRITTANY
THE KING OF THE BUFFALOES AN AMERICAN INDIAN TALE
THE JACKAL AND THE ALLIGATOR A HINDU FAIRY TALE
THE BABA YAGA A RUSSIAN FAIRY TALE
TAMLANE A STORY FROM AN OLD SCOTCH BALLAD
THE FARMER AND THE PIXY AN ENGLISH FAIRY TALE
RABBIT’S EYES A KOREAN FAIRY TALE
MUDJEE MONEDO AN AMERICAN INDIAN TALE
DAPPLEGRIM A TALE ADAPTED FROM THE NORSE
THE FISH PRINCE A HINDU FOLK TALE
THE MAGIC RICE KETTLE A KOREAN STORY
THE FOUR WISHES A GERMAN STORY
WHY THE ANIMALS NO LONGER FEAR THE SHEEP A FRENCH CREOLE STORY
PRINCESS ROSETTA A FRENCH FAIRY TALE
ILLUSTRATIONS
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| The Baba Yaga and Peter | Frontispiece |
| There was a great black raven in the room with them | 28 |
| He spoke to her in the softest voice he could manage | 82 |
| Then it was a swan that beat its wings in her face | 102 |
| “Not so fast, my fine little fellow,” he said | 106 |
| She managed to throw the third stone at him | 152 |
| “Do not be afraid, my child,” said the nixie to Matilda | 202 |
| The mattress upon which she lay had floated on and on | 248 |
WONDER TALES FROM MANY LANDS
LONG, BROAD, AND SHARPSIGHT
A STORY FROM BOHEMIA
THERE was once a King who had one only son, and him he loved better than anything in the whole world—better even than his own life. The King’s greatest desire was to see his son married, but though the Prince had travelled in many lands, and had seen many noble and beautiful ladies, there was not one among them all whom he wished to have for a wife.
One day the King called his son to him and said, “My son, for a long time now I have hoped to see you choose a bride, but you have desired no one. Take now this silver key. Go to the top of the castle, and there you will see a steel door. This key will unlock it. Open the door and enter. Look carefully at everything in the room, and then return and tell me what you have seen. But, whatever you do, do not touch nor draw aside the curtain that hangs at the right of the door. If you should disobey me and do this thing, you will suffer the greatest dangers, and may even pay for it with your life.”
The Prince wondered greatly at his father’s words, but he took the key and went to the top of the castle, and there he found the steel door his father had described. He unlocked it with the silver key, stepped inside, and looked about him. When he had done so, he was filled with amazement at what he saw. The room had twelve sides, and on eleven of these sides were pictures of eleven princesses more beautiful than any the Prince