The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.
YOU SAW
these little men
on the cover guarding the
road that leads to Fairy Land.
Do you believe in Fairy Land?
If so, they will let you pass. If
not, they will make you
turn back the way you
came and will not let
you into
THE FIR-TREE FAIRY BOOK
THE PIED PIPER ORDERS THE RATS INTO THE WATER
THE
FIR-TREE
FAIRY
BOOK
FAVORITE FAIRY TALES
EDITED BY
CLIFTON JOHNSON
ILLUSTRATED BY
ALEXANDER POPINI
BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, & COMPANY
1912
Copyright, 1912,
By Little, Brown, and Company.
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All rights reserved
Published, November, 1912
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C. H. SIMONDS & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.