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e like poison to the sooty elves. They had also bits of parchment covered with runes, a strange kind of writing, and various charms which are supposed to be harmful to goblins. It was agreed to move together in a circle towards the centre, where the lady Alida was to hang the red cap upon a bush. Then, with a rush, the men were to snatch off all th

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The Queen Of Lantern Land

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time the youngest son of a king became filled with the desire to go abroad and see the world. He got his father\'s permission to depart, kissed his parents good-bye, mounted his black horse, and galloped away down the high road. Soon the gray towers of the old castle in which he was born hid themselves ...

The Adventures Of Florian

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time there lived in an old and ruinous house by the shore of the wild sea, a widowed nobleman and his only child, a daughter named Isabella. They were very poor in spite of their high birth, so poor that one by one the fields and woods of their little domain had been sold in order to buy the bare necess ...

The Seller Of Dreams

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time a mother called her only son into the kitchen, gave him a basket of fine, fresh eggs, and bade him carry them to his Aunt Jane, who lived a few miles down the valley. The son, a lively lad about twelve years of age, obeyed his mother with joy, and clapping his little green hat on his head, stepped ...

The Treasure Castle

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time a hunter was roaming through the wildwood when he heard a voice crying piteously for aid. Following the sound, the hunter plunged ahead, and discovered a dwarf caught in a pit which had been dug to trap wild animals. After the hunter had rescued the dwarf from his prison, the little man said to ...

Prince Sneeze

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time a king and a queen gave a magnificent party in honor of the christening of their new-born son, Prince Rolandor. To this party the royal parents took good care to invite every single fairy in Fairyland, for they knew very well the unhappy consequences of forgetting to invite fairies to christenings. ...

Marianna

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time a wicked nobleman rose in rebellion against his rightful king, and taking the royal forces by surprise, defeated them and seized the kingdom. The dethroned King, who had been severely wounded in battle, was cast in prison, where he soon died; but his widow, the Queen, managed to escape from the pal ...

The Lost Half-Hour

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time there was an old widow woman who had three sons: the first two were clever enough, but the third, Bobo by name, was little better than a silly simpleton. All his mother\'s scoldings and beatings--and she smacked the poor lad soundly a dozen times a day--did him no good whatever. Now it came to p ...

The Enchanted Elm

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time, while riding, a brave, young prince dashed merrily ahead of his friends, and after galloping across a ploughed field, turned his horse\'s head down a grassy road leading to a wood. For some time he cantered easily along, expecting any moment to hear the shouts and halloos of his friends following ...

The Bird Boy

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Late one autumn night a young queen stood by her window, gazing upon the silent and deserted meadows gleaming in the moonlight. Suddenly, far, far up in the sky, she heard the weird cry of birds flying southward, and lifting her eyes, the Queen beheld bird after bird fly across the golden shield of the moon. \"O ...

The Master Mariner

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time a fine young fisherman rose early in the morning, and sailed alone to the fishing-grounds. There was very little wind, and beneath the speckled clouds and the cold, pearly light of the late dawn, the broad, low billows went slowly and unrippled to the land. The fisherman cast anchor, and threw ov ...

The Marvelous Dog And The Wonderful Cat

The Firelight Fairy Book

The U.S.A.

Once upon a time there was an old enchanter who taught magic and enchantment to the younger fairies. Year after year, and morning after morning, he was to be found at his school-room in the Fairies\' College, standing between his desk and a blackboard, now writing down the spell for turning noses into turnips, now ...

The Fairy Tree Of Doros

Irish Fairy Tales

Ireland

Once upon a time the fairies of the west, going home from a hurling-match with the fairies of the lakes, rested in Dooros Wood for three days and three nights. They spent the days feasting and the nights dancing in the light of the moon, and they danced so hard that they wore the shoes off their feet, and for a who ...

The Enchanted Cave

Irish Fairy Tales

Ireland

A long, long time ago, Prince Cuglas,[7] master of the hounds to the high King of Erin, set out from Tara to the chase. As he was leaving the palace the light mists were drifting away from the hill-tops, and the rays of the morning sun were falling aslant on the _grinan_ or sunny bower of the Princess Ailinn. Glanc ...

The Huntsman\'s Son

Irish Fairy Tales

Ireland

A long, long time ago there lived in a little hut on the borders of a great forest a huntsman and his wife and son. From his earliest years the boy, whose name was Fergus, used to hunt with his father in the forest, and he grew up strong and active, sure and swift-footed as a deer, and as free and fearless as the w ...

The Tale of the Wolf in Harness

Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore

Germany

The horse carried me well. Advancing into the interior parts of Russia, I found traveling on horseback rather unfashionable in winter; therefore I submitted, as I always do, to the custom of the country, took a single-horse sledge, and drove briskly towards St. Petersburg. I do not exactly recollect whether it was ...

The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage

Stories to Read or Tell from Fairy Tales and Folklore

Germany

Once upon a time, a Mouse, a Bird, and a Sausage, entered into partnership and set up house together. For a long time all went well; they lived in great comfort, and prospered so far as to be able to add considerably to their stores. The Bird\'s duty was to fly daily into the wood and bring in fuel; the Mouse fetch ...

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