A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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... whole kingdom should be burned . All the promises of the fairies came true . The Princess grew up so beautiful , modest , kind , and clever that everyone who saw her could not but love her . Now it happened that on the very day when she ...
... whole kingdom should be burned . All the promises of the fairies came true . The Princess grew up so beautiful , modest , kind , and clever that everyone who saw her could not but love her . Now it happened that on the very day when she ...
Page 159
... whole herd of little sheep . " " Well , see that you do it , ” and he let the wolf go . Then he sat down , and began ... whole hive full of honey . The old man took the honey from the bear ; but no sooner did he lie down than again there ...
... whole herd of little sheep . " " Well , see that you do it , ” and he let the wolf go . Then he sat down , and began ... whole hive full of honey . The old man took the honey from the bear ; but no sooner did he lie down than again there ...
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... whole shovelful upon one of us , for we are big and she was only one inch in height . Then she wrapped herself up in a withered leaf , but that did not warm her much and she trembled with the cold . Close to the wood in which she had ...
... whole shovelful upon one of us , for we are big and she was only one inch in height . Then she wrapped herself up in a withered leaf , but that did not warm her much and she trembled with the cold . Close to the wood in which she had ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
Copyright | |
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