"Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell the blood of an Englishman."
| After that everyone was quite happy. For they had gold to spareand if the bedridden father was dull, Jackjust brought out the harp and said, "Sing!"And lo and behold, it sang about everythingunder the sun. So Jack ceased wonderingso much and became quite a usefulperson. And the last beanstill hasn't grown yet. It is still inthe garden. I wonder if it willever grow? And what little child will climbit's beanstalk into the sky? And what will thatchild find? Goody me! | |
THE BLACK BULL OF NORROWAY
Long ago in Norroway there lived a lady who had three daughters. Now they were all pretty, and one night they fell a-talking of whom they meant to marry.
And the eldest said, "I will have no one lower than an Earl."
And the second said, "I will have none lower than a Lord."