Old Peter's Russian Tales

Old Peter's Russian Tales is a collection of the greatest Russian folk-tales for children. The first chapter tells of Maroosia and Vanya who live in a hut of pine logs in the forest with their grandfather, the forester Old Peter. This story is followed by twenty stories that Russian peasants tell their children told by Old Peter to Maroosia and Vanya. Table of Contents: The Hut in the Forest The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple Sadko Frost The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship Baba Yaga The Cat who became Head-Forester Spring in the Forest The Little Daughter of the Snow Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun The Stolen Turnips, the Magic Tablecloth, the Sneezing Goat, and the Wooden Whistle Little Master Misery A Chapter of Fish The Golden Fish Who Lived in the Skull? Alenoushka and her Brother The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa The Hunter and his Wife The Three Men of Power—Evening, Midnight, and Sunrise Salt The Christening in the Village