English Fairy Tales

Joseph Jacobs Who have you there wife?” “Eh,” said the wife, “it’s three poor lassies cold and hungry, and they will go away. Ye ...

English Fairy Tales her sister was married to his son. Well, the king he says: “Ye’ve managed well, Molly; but if ye would manag ...

Joseph Jacobs But Molly never said a word but, “Oh, if ye saw what I see!” The giant’s wife begged that Molly would take her up ...

English Fairy Tales malison what like; so she gave him the whole cake, and her malison along with it. Then he took his brother a ...

Joseph Jacobs but it was not a good place for him to be in, as it belonged to the Red Ettin, who was a very terrible beast, with ...

English Fairy Tales her malison; and yet the half was bigger than what the other lad had got. So he went away on his journey; an ...

Joseph Jacobs “Snouk but and snouk ben, I find the smell of an earthly man; Be he living, or be he dead, His heart shall be kitc ...

English Fairy Tales THE GOLDEN ARM HERE WA S ONCE A MAN who travelled the land all over in search of a wife. He saw young and ol ...

Joseph Jacobs THE HISTORY OF TOM THUMB IN THE DAYS of the great Prince Arthur, there lived a mighty magician, called Merlin, the ...

English Fairy Tales Tom never grew any larger than his father’s thumb, which was only of ordinary size; but as he got older he b ...

Joseph Jacobs one mouthful. While the cow was chewing the thistle Tom was afraid of her great teeth, which threatened to crush h ...

English Fairy Tales Our little hero had some difficulty in lifting the burden upon his back; but he at last succeeded in getting ...

Joseph Jacobs but at last poor Tom fell from his seat into a watering-pot, in which he was almost drowned. When the queen saw hi ...

English Fairy Tales MR. FOX LADY MARY WA S YOUNG, and Lady Mary was fair. She had two brothers, and more lovers than she could c ...

Joseph Jacobs ging a beautiful young lady along from the gateway to the door. Lady Mary rushed downstairs, and hid herself behin ...

English Fairy Tales BE BOLD, BE BOLD, BUT NOT TOO BOLD, LEST THAT YOUR HEART’S BLOOD SHOULD RUN COLD. “It is not so, nor it was ...

Joseph Jacobs LAZY JACK ONCE UPON A TIME there was a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother on a common. They wer ...

English Fairy Tales home the meat was completely spoilt. His mother was this time quite out of patience with him, for the next d ...

Joseph Jacobs JOHNNY-CAKE ONCE UPON A TIME there was an old man, and an old woman, and a little boy. One morning the old woman m ...

English Fairy Tales a little boy, and two well-diggers, and two ditch-diggers, and I can outrun you too-o-o!” “Ye can, can ye?” ...