In a country far, and days long gone, There lived a famous Tsar — Dadon. When young, his strength was held in awe By all his neighbours: he made war Whenever he declared it right. With age, he grew less keen to fight, Desiring his deserved peace: Struggle should stop; war’s clamour cease. His down-trod […] The post The Golden Cockerel appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
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
Once upon a time there was an old poet, one of those right good old poets. One evening, as he was sitting at home, there was a terrible storm going on outside; the rain was pouring down, but the old poet sat comfortably in his chimney-corner, where the fire was burning and the apples were […] The post The Saucy Boy appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
When Mr. Hiram B. Otis, the American Minister, bought Canterville Chase, every one told him he was doing a very foolish thing, as there was no doubt at all that the place was haunted. Indeed, Lord Canterville himself, who was a man of the most punctilious honour, had felt it his duty to mention the […] The post The Centerville Ghost 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
Once, long ago, in a little town that lay in the midst of high hills and wild forests, a party of shepherds sat one night in the kitchen of the inn talking over old times, and telling of the strange things that had befallen them in their youth. Presently up spoke the silver-haired Father Martin. […] The post The Treasure Seeker appeared first on Fairytalez.| Fairytalez
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