tantly wriggled out. With one stroke he smote the ogre neck-deep into the ground, and, without waiting for him to free himself, he swiftly unsheathed ...
The Tiger Kings Skin CloakLong, long ago there lived in the Land of the Khans a poor Alad [a serf or a herdsman in the days of feudalism]. His wife bo...
Why the Fish LaughedAs a fisherwoman passed by the palace hawking her fish, the queen appeared at one of the windows and beckoned her to come near and...
The Story of Blue BeardA LONG time ago, there lived a man who was very rich. He owned vast tracts of land, and lived in a splendid castle, that stood ...
How the Bear Lost his TailThis is the story of Bear's tail. I've heard it told in Germany, and in North America by the Iroquois Indians.A long...
Once upon a time there lived in the mountains a woman and her daughter. The daughter liked to dress in red. Hence her name, Little Red. One day they w...
Long, long ago there was a young couple who lived in a small thatched hut in a gully. They were so poor that every day they had to cut two bundles of ...
ooked inside the carriage, they saw no prince but a monster with a white beard on its chin and two horns on its head. They were panic stricken. The wh...
One day a little boy named Elonen sat out in the yard making a bird snare, and as he worked, a little bird called to him: "Tik-tik-lo-den" (...
One day a man who had been to gather his coconuts loaded his horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he asked how long it woul...