The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
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Fairy Tales and fables.
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- SELECTED AND ARRANGED BY
- WILLIAM PATTEN,
- INTRODUCTION BY CHARLES W. ELIOT, LL.D.,
- VOLUME ONE
- Fairy and Wonder Tales
- INTRODUCTION
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- MANABOZHO, THE MISCHIEF-MAKER
- WHY THE DIVER DUCK HAS SO FEW TAIL FEATHERS
- MANAIBOZHO IS CHANGED INTO A WOLF
- WHY THE WOODPECKER HAS RED HEAD FEATHERS
- MANABOZHO IS ROBBED BY THE WOLVES
- MANABOZHO AND THE WOODPECKERS
- THE BOY AND THE WOLVES
- THE INDIAN WHO LOST HIS WIFE
- PUNCHKIN
- HOW SUN, MOON AND WIND WENT OUT TO DINNER
- WHY THE FISH LAUGHED
- THE FARMER AND THE MONEY LENDER
- PRIDE GOETH BEFORE A FALL
- HOW THE WICKED SONS WERE DUPED
- THE TIGER, THE BRAHMAN, AND THE JACKAL
- THE LAMBIKIN
- THE RAT’S WEDDING
- THE JACKAL AND THE PARTRIDGE
- THE JACKAL AND THE CROCODILE
- THE JACKAL AND THE IGUANA
- THE BEAR’S BAD BARGAIN
- THE THIEF AND THE FOX
- THE FARMER AND THE FOX
- THE FOOLS AND THE DRUM
- THE LION AND THE GOAT
- THE GLOWWORM AND THE JACKDAW
- THE CAMEL AND THE PIG
- THE DOG AND THE DOG DEALER
- THE TIGER, THE FOX, AND THE HUNTERS
- THE SEA, THE FOX, AND THE WOLF
- THE FOX IN THE WELL
- ASHIEPATTLE AND HIS GOODLY CREW
- THE SQUIRE’S BRIDE
- THE DOLL IN THE GRASS
- THE BEAR AND THE FOX
- THE LAD WHO WENT TO THE NORTH WIND
- THE HUSBAND WHO WAS TO MIND THE HOUSE
- HOW ONE WENT OUT TO WOO
- WHY THE BEAR IS STUMPY-TAILED
- BOOTS WHO MADE THE PRINCESS SAY “THAT’S A STORY”
- THE WITCH IN THE STONE BOAT
- THE SNUFFBOX
- THE GOLDEN BLACKBIRD
- THE HALF-CHICK
- THE THREE BROTHERS
- THE GLASS MOUNTAIN
- HUNTSMAN THE UNLUCKY
- STORY OF LITTLE SIMPLETON
- THE GOLDEN FISH
- THE WONDERFUL HAIR
- THE LANGUAGE OF ANIMALS
- THE EMPEROR TROJAN’S GOAT’S EARS
- THE MAIDEN WHO WAS WISER THAN THE KING
- THE THREE SONS
- HOK LEE AND THE DWARFS
- A DREADFUL BOAR
- THE FIVE QUEER BROTHERS
- THE ACCOMPLISHED AND LUCKY TEAKETTLE
- THE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE PEACHLING
- THE TWO LIZARDS
- DE KING AND DE PEAFOWL
- HANSEL AND GRETHEL
- THUMBLING
- THE SIX SWANS
- SNOW-WHITE AND ROSE-RED
- THE UGLY DUCKLING
- THE TINDER-BOX
- THE CONSTANT TIN SOLDIER
- THE FIR TREE
- THE FLYING TRUNK
- THE DARNING NEEDLE
- PEN AND INKSTAND
- CINDERELLA
- LITTLE RED RIDING-HOOD
- THE STORY OF THE THREE BEARS
- PUSS IN BOOTS
- JACK THE GIANT-KILLER
- TOM THUMB
- BLUE BEARD
- THE BRAVE LITTLE TAILOR
- THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
- THE FAIR ONE WITH GOLDEN LOCKS
- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
- JACK AND THE BEANSTALK
- HOP-O’-MY-THUMB
- THE GOOSE-GIRL
- HE WHO KNEW NOT FEAR
- ÆSOP’S FABLES
- THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE
- THE MAN, THE BOY, AND DONKEY
- THE SHEPHERD’S BOY
- ANDROCLES
- THE FOX AND THE STORK
- THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
- THE FROGS DESIRING A KING
- THE FROG AND THE OX
- THE COCK AND THE PEARL
- THE FOX WITHOUT A TAIL
- THE FOX AND THE CAT
- THE DOG IN THE MANGER
- THE FOX AND THE GOAT
- BELLING THE CAT
- THE JAY AND THE PEACOCK
- THE ASS AND THE LAP-DOG
- THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
- THE WOODMAN AND THE SERPENT
- THE MILKMAID AND HER PAIL
- THE LION AND THE MOUSE
- HERCULES AND THE WAGONER
- THE LION’S SHARE
- THE FOX AND THE CROW
- THE DOG AND THE SHADOW
- THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
- THE BAT, THE BIRDS, AND THE BEASTS
- THE BELLY AND THE MEMBERS
- THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
- THE SWALLOW AND THE OTHER BIRDS
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