CONTENTS

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THE TRUE BRIDE: The Story of Ilona and the King’s Son[1]
MIGHTY MIKKO: The Story of a Poor Woodsman and a Grateful Fox[25]
THE THREE CHESTS: The Story of the Wicked Old Man of the Sea[47]
LOG: The Story of the Hero Who Released the Sun[67]
THE LITTLE SISTER: The Story of Suyettar and the Nine Brothers[99]
THE FOREST BRIDE: The Story of a Little Mouse Who was a Princess[121]
THE ENCHANTED GROUSE: The Story of Helli and the Little Locked Box[141]
THE TERRIBLE OLLI: The Story of an Honest Finn and a Wicked Troll[155]
THE DEVIL’S HIDE: The Story of the Boy Who Wouldn’t Lose His Temper[171]
THE MYSTERIOUS SERVANT: The Story of a Young Man Who Respected the Dead[193]
FAMILIAR FACES:
IMary, Mary, So Contrary![209]
IIJane, Jane, Don’t Complain![215]
IIISusan Walker, What a Talker![221]
MIKKO THE FOX: A Nursery Epic in Sixteen Adventures
IThe Animals Take a Bite[229]
IIThe Partners[235]
IIIThe Fox and the Crow[243]
IVThe Chief Mourner[251]
VMirri, the Cat[257]
VIThe Fox’s Servant[263]
VIIThe Wolf Sings[267]
VIIIThe Clever Goat[273]
IXThe Harvest[279]
XThe Porridge[283]
XINurse Mikko[287]
XIIThe Bear Says North[293]
XIIIOsmo’s Share[297]
XIVThe Reward of Kindness[301]
XVThe Bear and the Mouse[307]
XVIThe Last of Osmo[309]

FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS

Ilona came floating up through the waves[Frontispiece]
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The old king snake has wound himself around Osmo’s arm[15]
The King thought that if Mikko should see his daughter[33]
She fitted the key in the lock[57]
“This last and mightiest battle is for me!”[85]
Suyettar bewitching Kerttu[111]
She beckoned to Veikko[135]
On it flew until it reached the broad Ocean[147]
Olli and the Troll’s horse[161]
From the bones of the cattle he laid three bridges[183]
“She is under an evil enchantment and I am delivering her!”[203]
When she got to the middle of the stream[208]
They were so busy eating and drinking[214]
They carried home the treasure on their backs[220]
Osmo, the Bear, grunted out: “Huh! That’s easy! We’ll eat the smallest of us next!”[228]
“Wake up, Pekka! Wake up! There’s butter running out of your nose!”[239]
“I’ll teach that Crow to interfere with my affairs!” the Fox muttered to himself as he trotted off[249]
And Mikko, beginning with a little whimpering sound, slowly rose to a high heartrending cry[253]
He jerked quickly away and fled and the Bear was left standing with his mouth wide open[259]
A terrible creature landed on his nose and drove it full of pins and needles[262]
The Wolf went staggering around the room howling at the top of his voice[269]
In the confusion that followed the Wolves stampeded, running helter-skelter in all directions[272]
“Here are three of us and, see, here on the floor is our harvest already divided into three heaps”[278]
He dropped it in the water and of course it spread out far and wide and the current carried it off[282]
He ran after Mikko and was about to overtake him when Mikko slipped into a crevice in the rocks. Only one paw stuck out[289]
Of course the instant he opened his mouth, the Grouse flew away[292]
“Why, do you know,” he said, “my turnips and my bread don’t taste a bit like this!”[296]
The first person they met was an old Horse. They put their case to him[300]
With that the Bear lifted his paw and the little Mouse scampered off[306]
So that was the End[315]

THE TRUE BRIDE

The Story of Ilona and the King’s Son