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King Thrushbeard |
A king had a daughter who was beautiful beyond measure, but so proud and overbearing that none of ... |
| 2 |
Lumawig on Earth |
One day when Lumawig, the Great Spirit, looked down from his place in the sky he saw two sisters gat... |
| 3 |
The Story of Ivan and the Daughter of the Sun |
There were once upon a time four brethren, and three of them remained at home, while the fourth we... |
| 4 |
The Story of Susa, the Impetuous |
When Izanagi, the Lord who Invites, turned his back upon the unclean place, and bade farewell to Y... |
| 5 |
Meamei the seven sisters |
Wurrunnah had had a long day's hunting, and he came back to the camp
tired and hungry. He asked h... |
| 6 |
Hans in Luck |
Hans had served his master seven years, and at last said to him—
"Master, my time is up; I should l... |
| 7 |
Coinnach Oer |
Coinnach Oer, which means Dun Kenneth, was a celebrated man in his generation. He has been called ... |
| 8 |
Story of Ivan, the Peasant-s Son |
In a certain village there lived a poor peasant with his wife, who for three years had no children... |
| 9 |
The Story of Ali Colia, Merchant of Bagdad |
In the reign of Haroun-al-Raschid, there lived in Bagdad a merchant named Ali Cogia, who, having n... |
| 10 |
The Singing Bird of Heaven |
Ama Terassu, the Glorious, the Light of High Heaven, commanded, saying, “His Augustness, my August... |
| 11 |
The Wood Maiden- The Story of Betushka and the Golden Birch Leaves |
Betushka was a little girl. Her mother was a poor widow with nothing but a tumble-down cottage and... |
| 12 |
The pastor-s nurse - French (In French) |
Mon père était très jeune encore quand il est entré au saint ministère et qu'il fut nommé pasteur à... |
| 13 |
Why the Tiger and the Stag Fear Each Other |
Once upon a time there was a large handsome stag with great branching horns. One day he said to him... |
| 14 |
The fairy of the Dell |
In olden times fairies were sent to oppose the evil-doings of witches, and to destroy their power. ... |
| 15 |
The gods and the wolf |
Among the Æsir, or gods, is reckoned one named Loki or Loptur. By many he is called the reviler of ... |
| 16 |
The story of the False Prince |
There was once an honest journeyman tailor, by name Labakan, who learned his trade with an excell... |
| 17 |
Legends of Rubezahl, or Number-Nip |
Once upon a time a glazier who was travelling across the mountains, feeling very tired from the he... |
| 18 |
Faithful John |
There was once an old King, who, having fallen sick, thought to himself, "This is very likely my d... |
| 19 |
The Arch Rogue |
There once lived, years ago, a man known only by the name of the Arch Rogue. By dint of skill in t... |
| 20 |
The Mysterious Buddhist Robe |
The short visit which the Emperor Li Shih-ming paid to the Land of Shadows had produced a profoun... |
| 21 |
The Flying Lion |
“Once upon a time,” remarked Outa, thoughtfully, “Oom Leeuw used to fly.”
“O-o-o-oh!” said the chil... |
| 22 |
The Matsuyama Mirror |
A long, long time ago there lived in a quiet spot a young man and his wife. They had one child, a ... |
| 23 |
Lord Tarbat-s Relations |
Sir,—I heard very much, but believed very little of the second sight; yet its being assumed by seve... |
| 24 |
The spirit of the steppes |
In ancient days there lived a king and queen; the former was old but the latter young. Althoug... |
| 25 |
The Old Dog |
There was once a man who had a dog. While the dog was young he was made much of, but when he grew ... |
| 26 |
Good Luck to the Lucky One; Or, Shall I Fall Down |
In a certain town there lived a wealthy Brâhmiṇ. He wished to build a house—pretty large and spacio... |
| 27 |
Why the stork loves Holland |
Above all countries in Europe, this bird, wise in the head and long in the legs, loves Holland. Fl... |
| 28 |
Raja Rasalu |
Once there lived a great Raja, whose name was Salabhan, and he had a Queen, by name Lona, who, thou... |
| 29 |
The Good Wife and the Bad Husband |
In a remote village there lived a man and his wife, who was a stupid little woman and believed ever... |
| 30 |
The Alligator’s Fruit |
Two women went to gather some wild fruit from a vine which belonged to the alligator.
“You must be ... |
| 31 |
The Three Enchanted Princes |
Once upon a time the King of Green-Bank had three daughters, who were perfect jewels, with whom th... |
| 32 |
The Seven Pigeons |
In a deserted part of the rock-bound Cantabrian coast, a poor fisherman, named Pedro, discovered ... |
| 33 |
Good Will Grow Out of Good |
In a certain town there reigned a king named Patnîpriya, to whose court, a poor old Brâhmiṇ, named... |
| 34 |
Robert and the fairies |
Robert Roberts was a carpenter who worked hard and well; but he could never keep his tongue still. ... |
| 35 |
The Queen of Heaven |
The Queen of Heaven, who is also known as the Holy Mother, was in mortal life a maiden of Fukien,... |
| 36 |
The elves and their antics |
The elves are the little white creatures that live between heaven and earth. They are not in the cl... |
| 37 |
The Sparrow and the Bush |
A sparrow once flew down upon a bush and said, “Little bush, give good little sparrow a swing.”––“... |
| 38 |
The Red Ettin |
There was once a widow that lived on a small bit of ground, which she rented from a farmer. And she... |
| 39 |
Why the Ratel is so Keen on Honey |
The children were accompanying Old Hendrik from the tobacco lands to the mealie lands farther out,... |
| 40 |
The Magic Egg |
There was once upon a time a lark who was the Tsar among the birds, and he took unto himself as hi... |
| 41 |
The Golden Ball |
Once upon a time there lived two lasses, who were sisters, and as they came from the fair they saw ... |
| 42 |
(I) The sovereign of the mineral kingdom |
Once upon a time, and a long long time ago it was, there lived a widow who had a very pretty daug... |
| 43 |
The Story of a Monkey |
One day when a monkey was climbing a tree in the forest in which he lived, he ran a thorn into his t... |
| 44 |
Bougoodoogahdah the rain bird |
Bougoodoogahdah was all old woman who lived alone with her four hundred
dingoes. From living so l... |
| 45 |
The Golden Slipper |
There was once upon a time an old man and an old woman, and the old man had a daughter, and the ol... |
| 46 |
The witch-s granddaughter |
In a green valley between two mountain-slopes lay a little village crowned by the Castle of Eppenh... |
| 47 |
The sun;Or, the three golden hairs of the old man Vsévède |
Can this be a true story? It is said that once there was a king who was exceedingly fond of huntin... |
| 48 |
Holiday adventures |
O it was so hot, so hot; the earth was well-nigh parched up, and moreover the use of water was res... |
| 49 |
White Feather and the Six Giants |
There was an old man living in the depth of a forest, with his grandson, whom he had taken in charg... |
| 50 |
The Spirits of the Yellow River |
The spirits of the Yellow River are called Dai Wang—Great King. For many hundreds of years past th... |
| 51 |
The Sleeping Beauty |
In times past there lived a king and queen, who said to each other every day of their lives, "Woul... |
| 52 |
King Mu of Dschou |
In the days of King Mu of Dschou a magician came out of the uttermost West, who could walk throug... |
| 53 |
The Serpent |
It always happens that he who is over-curious in prying into the affairs of other people, strikes ... |
| 54 |
Gareth and Lynette |
Gareth was a little prince. His home was an old grey castle, and there were great mountains all ro... |
| 55 |
The Cock who caused a Fight between two Towns |
Ekpo and Etim were half-brothers, that is to say they had the same mother, but different fathers. T... |
| 56 |
Fair, Brown, and Trembling |
King Hugh Curucha lived in Tir Conal, and he had three daughters, whose names were Fair, Brown, and... |
| 57 |
Goolahwilleel the topknot pigeons |
Young Goolahwilleeel used to go out hunting every day. His mother and
sisters always expected tha... |
| 58 |
The white hare and the crocodiles |
Long, long ago, when all the animals could talk, there lived in the province of Inaba in Japan, a ... |
| 59 |
Gooloo the magpie, and the Wahroogah |
Gooloo was a very old woman, and a very wicked old woman too, as this
story will tell. During all... |
| 60 |
How Rabbit Deceived Fox |
Long ago in Indian days in Canada, when Rabbit worked for Glooskap as his forest guide, he was a gr... |
| 61 |
Of the Pretty Girl and the Seven Jealous Women |
There was once a very beautiful girl called Akim. She was a native of Ibibio, and the name was give... |
| 62 |
A Chapter of Fish |
Sometimes in spring, when the big river flooded its banks and made lakes of the meadows, and the li... |
| 63 |
The Bird-man |
When the Son of the Chan had done as formerly, spoken the threatening words, and carried off Ssidi,... |
| 64 |
The strange builder |
Once upon a time, when the gods were building their abodes, a certain builder came and offered to e... |
| 65 |
Man-s First Grief |
After Raven had gone, Man and his son went down to the sea to try some of the ways they had been ta... |
| 66 |
The Little Bull-Calf |
Centuries of years ago, when almost all this part of the country was wilderness, there was a li... |
| 67 |
The legend of the wooden shoe |
In years long gone, too many for the almanac to tell of, or for clocks and watches to measure, mill... |
| 68 |
The Guest |
An old hag lived in a house with her grandson. She was a very bad woman who thought of nothing but ... |
| 69 |
Santa Klaas and Black Pete |
Who is Santa Klaas? How did he get his name? Where does he live? Did you ever see him?
These are qu... |
| 70 |
Third Voyage |
After a very short time the pleasant easy life I led made me quite forget the perils of my two voy... |
| 71 |
Story of the most wonderful and noble Self-Playing Harp |
In a certain country there lived a king named Filon, whose wife Chaltura had an only son, named A... |
| 72 |
The ass in the lion-s skin |
At the same time, when Brahma-datta was reigning in Benares, the future Buddha was born one of a pe... |
| 73 |
The Ape Sun Wu Kung |
Far, far away to the East, in the midst of the Great Sea there is an island called the Mountain of ... |
| 74 |
The Children of the Limokon |
In the very early days before there were any people on the earth, the limokon (a kind of dove) were ... |
| 75 |
The Story Of The Three Bears |
Once upon a time there were three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood. One... |
| 76 |
The Hobyahs |
Once there was an old man and woman and a little girl, and they all lived in a house made of he... |
| 77 |
Domingo’s Cat |
Once upon a time there was a man who was very poor. He was so poor that he had to sell one t... |
| 78 |
Peruonto |
A good deed is never lost. He who sows courtesy reaps benefit; and he who gathers kindness gathers... |
| 79 |
Jack Hannaford |
There was an old soldier who had been long in the wars—so long, that he was quite out-at-elbows, an... |
| 80 |
The Judgment of Shemyaka |
Two brothers once lived upon a little plot of ground—one rich, the other poor. The poor brother we... |
| 81 |
The white snake |
A long time ago there lived a King whose wisdom was noised abroad in all the country. Nothing rema... |
| 82 |
Clever Grethel |
There was once a cook called Grethel, who wore shoes with red heels, and when she went out in them... |
| 83 |
The Lassie and her godmother |
Once on a time a poor couple lived far, far away in a great wood. The wife was brought to bed, and... |
| 84 |
The Three Golden Hairs- The Story of a Charcoal-Burner-s Son Who Married a Princess |
There was once a king who took great delight in hunting. One day he followed a stag a great distan... |
| 85 |
The Bird with the Golden Gizzard- The Story of Two Brothers |
There was once a poor man who had a large family. He was so poor that he had nothing to feed the c... |
| 86 |
The Peony Lantern |
In Yedo there dwelt a samurai called Hagiwara. He was a samurai of the hatamoto, which is of all t... |
| 87 |
The flying carpet, the invisible cap, the gold-giving ring and the smiting club |
In a cottage near the high-road, and close to the shores of a large lake, there once lived a widow... |
| 88 |
The dwarfs- banquet (Norway) |
There lived in Norway, not far from the city of Drontheim, a powerful man who was blessed with all ... |
| 89 |
Fishsave |
There was once upon a time a little baby whose father was Japanese ambassador to the court of Chi... |
| 90 |
The broad man, the tall man and the man with eyes of flame |
In those days the king of a certain country had a daughter, who was not only exceedingly beautiful... |
| 91 |
The wolf and the seven little goats |
There was once an old goat who had seven little ones, and was as fond of them as ever mother was o... |
| 92 |
Roistering Dirck Van Dara |
In the days when most of New York stood below Grand Street, a roistering fellow used to make the ro... |
| 93 |
Käthchen and the Kobold |
Half-way up the long steep hill that leads from Soden to Königstein, a rough road branches off to ... |
| 94 |
The Devil-s Match- The Story of a Farmer Who Remembered What His Grandmother Told Him |
Once upon a time there was a poor farmer who lived in a wretched tumble-down cottage beyond the vi... |
| 95 |
The Creation |
In the beginning there were no people on the earth. Lumawig, the Great Spirit, came down from the sk... |
| 96 |
Who was the Thief |
“Yes, my baasjes, so was Oom Jakhals: he always made as if he forgot all about what he had done, an... |
| 97 |
Crosby, the Patriot Spy |
It was at the Jay house, in Westchester, New York, that Enoch Crosby met Washington and offered his... |
| 98 |
The easter hare |
It is curious how little children of one country know about the lives and interests of the children... |
| 99 |
Pippo |
Ingratitude is a nail, which, driven into the tree of courtesy, causes it to wither. It is a broke... |
| 100 |
The Weary Watcher |
Before the opening of the great bridge sent commerce rattling up Washington Street in Brooklyn that... |