The King in his anguish of mind consented, and the old woman led him to her little house where her daughter was sitting by the fire. She received the King as if she were expecting him, and he saw that she was certainly very beautiful; but she did not please him, and he could not look at her without a secret feeling of horror.
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When I was younger my Mom used to read me a book until I fell asleep. As I grew older, I began to read myself to sleep. As things changed only one thing stayed constant, my favorite books are still Andrew Lang's Fairy books. The Yellow Fairy book is a collection of 48 fairy tales written the way they were supposed to be written. Each tale ranges in length anywhere from a couple of pages up to about 20. The tales are fairly easy reads, but they don't lose any of their appeal. The book also contains several wonderful illustrations.Some of the stories include: The Six Swans, Story of the Emperor's New Clothes, The Crow, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, The Three Brothers, The Magic Ring, How to Tell a True Princes, Thumbelina, and more. I would suggest reading this book, I love it!
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With tales such as The Blue Mountains, The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership, The Dragon and His Grandmother, Fairer-than-a-Fairy, The Flower Queen's Daughter, The Glass Axe, How To Tell a True Princess, and many others how can anyone not find this book fun to read? Once again, Lang edits a book full of fairy tales from many lands that will entertain children and adults. The black and white illustrations are also superb.
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What makes this particular volume of Lang's collection remarkable is its collection of quite unknown stories. While we all love "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Cinderella", there is nothing wrong with venturing for more complex stories, and that is what this volume provides.I have not researched these, but I am under the impression that many of these stories were actually "written". I'm not sure how everyone will take that threat to oral folklore, but good fantasy is good fantasy, and I enjoy reading a fairy tale-esque story with extra complexity that still holds the same aura. The illustrations are gorgeous, as usual, and display intricacies that fit the stories superbly. Perhaps a more wild collection, but for that I love it all the more.
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A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at last the Mouse consented to live in the same house with her, and to go shares in the housekeeping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little kitchenmaid, little drake, dog with eyes, twelve youths, ten kisses, real nightingale, empty loom, artificial bird, kind benefactor, golden castle, beautiful prince, old toad, hundred florins, glass mountain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Klaus, Big Klaus, Blue Mountains, Flower Queen, Prince of the Air, King Frost, First Lord, Prince Alphege, Mother Dragon, White Duck, Good Queen, Prince of the Golden Isle, Tree of the Sun, King Solomon, Princess Argentine, Seven-headed Serpent, Golden Fountain, King Peridor, Prince Gnome, Prince Rainbow, Von Wliolocki, Wizard King, Fairy of the Mountain, King of the Eagles, King of the Foxes New!
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A cat had made acquaintance with a mouse, and had spoken so much of the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at last the Mouse consented to live in the same house with her, and to go shares in the housekeeping. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
little kitchenmaid, little drake, dog with eyes, twelve youths, ten kisses, real nightingale, empty loom, artificial bird, kind benefactor, golden castle, beautiful prince, old toad, hundred florins, glass mountain Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Little Klaus, Big Klaus, Blue Mountains, Flower Queen, Prince of the Air, King Frost, First Lord, Prince Alphege, Mother Dragon, White Duck, Good Queen, Prince of the Golden Isle, Tree of the Sun, King Solomon, Princess Argentine, Seven-headed Serpent, Golden Fountain, King Peridor, Prince Gnome, Prince Rainbow, Von Wliolocki, Wizard King, Fairy of the Mountain, King of the Eagles, King of the Foxes New!
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- Rose and the Ring, The by William Makepeace Thackeray on page 1
- Social Dreaming: Dickens and the Fairy Tale (Studies in Major Literary Authors) by Elaine Ostry in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Honey for a Child's Heart by Gladys Hunt on page 164
- When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition (Literary Studies) by Jack Zipes in Back Matter
- When Dreams Came True: Classical Fairy Tales and Their Tradition (Literary Studies) by Jack Zipes in Back Matter
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