A Book of Children's LiteratureLillian Hollowell Farrar & Rinehart, Incorporated, 1939 - 942 pages |
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... wood . " Then she gave them each a piece of bread , and said : " Here is something for your dinner , but mind you don't eat it before , for you'll get no more . " Grethel put the bread under her apron , for Hansel had the stones in his ...
... wood . " Then she gave them each a piece of bread , and said : " Here is something for your dinner , but mind you don't eat it before , for you'll get no more . " Grethel put the bread under her apron , for Hansel had the stones in his ...
Page 36
... wood , and , before he started , his mother gave him a nice sweet cake and a bottle of wine to take with him , so that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst . In the wood he met a little , old , grey Man , who bade him good - day ...
... wood , and , before he started , his mother gave him a nice sweet cake and a bottle of wine to take with him , so that he might not suffer from hunger or thirst . In the wood he met a little , old , grey Man , who bade him good - day ...
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... wood of twisted thorn trees , purple - black against the fainting stars . Curiously twisted and gnarled and ancient the trees of that wood were . The wind had stripped the leaves from them , but every branch was lavishly fruited with ...
... wood of twisted thorn trees , purple - black against the fainting stars . Curiously twisted and gnarled and ancient the trees of that wood were . The wind had stripped the leaves from them , but every branch was lavishly fruited with ...
Contents
ENGLISH SCOTTISH AND THE IRISH TALES | 3 |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS | 5 |
GERMAN TALES | 21 |
Copyright | |
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