The Book of Fables and Folk Stories
CONTENTS
For more than a generation Mr. Scudder’s Book of Fables and Folk Stories has been a prime favorite with young readers. It has seemed to the publishers that a book which has maintained its popularity so long might well be furnished with illustrations more in accordance with the taste of the present day than those which were originally used. All the old pictures have therefore been replaced by drawings made by a modern artist, and it is hoped that readers of the volume will find its old charm heightened by this new feature.
4 Park St., Boston October, 1919
Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little girl. Her mother was very fond of her, and her grandmother loved her even more. This good old woman made for her a red cloak, which suited the child so well that ever after she was called Little Red-Riding-Hood. One day her mother made some cakes, and said to Little Red-Riding-Hood:—
“Go, my dear, and see how grandmother does, for I hear that she has been very ill. Carry her a cake and a little pot of butter.”
Little Red-Riding-Hood set out at once to go to her grandmother, who lived in another village. As she was going through the wood she met a large Wolf. He had a very great mind to eat her up; but he dared not, for there were some wood-choppers near by. So he asked her:—
Horace Elisha Scudder
THE BOOK OF FABLES AND FOLK STORIES
PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
THE BOOK OF FABLES AND FOLK STORIES
LITTLE RED-RIDING-HOOD
THE GOOSE THAT LAID GOLDEN EGGS
THE DOG IN THE MANGER
THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
LITTLE ONE EYE, LITTLE TWO EYES, AND LITTLE THREE EYES
I. THE GOAT
II. THE TREE
III. THE PRINCE
THE WIND AND THE SUN
THE CROW AND THE PITCHER
THE BOYS AND THE FROGS
A COUNTRY FELLOW AND THE RIVER
PUSS IN BOOTS
I. PUSS GOES A-HUNTING
II. PUSS AND THE LION
THE FARMER’S SONS
THE LION AND THE BEAR
THE LION AND THE MOUSE
THE ELVES AND THE SHOEMAKER
THE STAG AND THE LION
THE STAR-GAZER
THE FOX AND THE LION
THE FARMER AND THE STORK
THE DOG AND THE WOLF
THE FOX IN THE WELL
THE TWO PACKS
THE DOG AND HIS IMAGE
THE FOX AND THE STORK
THE SPENDTHRIFT AND THE SWALLOW
JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
I. THE BEANS ARE PLANTED
II. JACK CAPTURES A HEN
III. THE GIANT’S MONEY-BAGS
IV. THE HARP
THE FROG AND THE OX
THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR ASS
CINDERELLA, OR THE GLASS SLIPPER
I. CINDERELLA IN THE KITCHEN
II. CINDERELLA IN THE PALACE
THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING
THE ARAB AND HIS CAMEL
TOM THUMB
I. TOM IS SOLD FOR A BARGAIN
II. HOW TOM FRIGHTENED THE THIEVES
III. INSIDE A COW
IV. SAFE AT HOME AGAIN
THE TORTOISE AND THE HARE
THE COUNTRY MOUSE AND THE TOWN MOUSE
THE GNAT AND THE BULL
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
I. THE BEAUTY GOES TO SLEEP
II. THE BEAUTY WAKES
THE ANT AND THE GRASSHOPPER
THE LION AND THE FOX
DICK WHITTINGTON AND HIS CAT
I. DICK GOES TO LONDON
II. DICK’S CAT
III. BOW BELLS
IV. LORD MAYOR WHITTINGTON
THE CAT, THE MONKEY, AND THE CHESTNUTS
THE LARK AND HER YOUNG ONES
THE FLIES AND THE POT OF HONEY
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
I. BEAUTY AND HER SISTERS
II. THE BEAST AT HOME
III. BEAUTY GOES TO THE BEAST
IV. THE CHARM IS BROKEN
THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
THE TRAVELERS AND THE BEAR
THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE
THE WHITE CAT
I. THE PALACE OF THE WHITE CAT
II. A YEAR OF SPORT
III. THE LITTLE DOG AND THE CAMBRIC
IV. THE WHITE CAT HAS HER HEAD CUT OFF
V. THE WHITE CAT’S STORY
VI. THE WHITE CAT’S STORY ENDED
THE LION, THE ASS, AND THE FOX
THE JACKDAW AND THE DOVES
THE FOUR BULLS AND THE LION
THE COUNTRY MAID AND HER MILK-PAIL
THE CAT, THE WEASEL, AND THE YOUNG RABBIT
THE TRAVELING MUSICIANS
I. HOW THEY SET OUT
II. HOW THEY GAVE A CONCERT
III. HOW THEY MADE THEMSELVES AT HOME
BELLING THE CAT
THE WOLF AND THE CRANE
THE WOLF AND THE SHEPHERD
THE FROGS ASK FOR A KING
