In a country very far from this is to be seen a great city wherein trade flourishes abundantly. It numbered amongst its citizens a merchant, who succeeded in all his speculations, and upon whom Fortune, responding to his wishes, had always showered her fairest favours. But if he had immense wealth, he had also a […] The post Beauty and the Beast (Original, Translated from the French) appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
This is a story of Three Christmas Trees. The first was a real one, but the child we are to speak of did not see it. He saw the other two, but they were not real; they only existed in his fancy. The plot of the story is very simple; and, as it has been […] The post Three Christmas Trees appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
Fisherman Plunk was sick and tired of his miserable life. He lived alone by the desolate sea -shore, and every day he caught fish with a bone hook, because they didn’t know about nets in those parts at that time. And how much fish can you catch with a hook, anyhow? What a dog’s life it is, to be sure!” cried Plunk to himself. What I catch in the morning I eat up at night, and there’s no joy for me in thi...| Fairytalez
Once upon a time there were five women who were standing in a field, mowing. Heaven had not given a single one of them a child, and each of them wanted to have one. And suddenly they saw a goose-egg of quite unheard-of size, well-nigh as large as a man’s head. “I saw it first,” said […] The post Murmur appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
Among the high and stately trees in the forest, there grew a spruce-tree that was no taller than a man, and when a spruce-tree is no taller than that, it looks very small indeed. But the other trees round about were so large and spread their branches out so far on all sides that the little spruce could not have […] The post The Christmas Spruce-Tree appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
A Sorceress Comes to Call Author: T. Kingfisher Genre: Fantasy Publication Date: August 6, 2024 Publisher: Tor Books ★★★★★ Thanks to NetGalley, Tor Books, and Macmillan Audio for providing me with …| Leah's Books