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Andrew Lang. The Violet Fairy Book
The Violet Fairy Book
Table of Contents
PREFACE
A TALE OF THE TONTLAWALD
THE FINEST LIAR IN THE WORLD
THE STORY OF THREE WONDERFUL BEGGARS
SCHIPPEITARO
THE THREE PRINCES AND THEIR BEASTS (LITHUANIAN FAIRY TALE)
THE GOAT’S EARS OF THE EMPEROR TROJAN
THE NINE PEA-HENS AND THE GOLDEN APPLES
THE LUTE PLAYER
THE GRATEFUL PRINCE
THE CHILD WHO CAME FROM AN EGG
STAN BOLOVAN
THE TWO FROGS
THE STORY OF A GAZELLE
HOW A FISH SWAM IN THE AIR AND A HARE IN THE WATER
TWO IN A SACK
THE ENVIOUS NEIGHBOUR
THE FAIRY OF THE DAWN
THE ENCHANTED KNIFE
JESPER WHO HERDED THE HARES
THE UNDERGROUND WORKERS
THE HISTORY OF DWARF LONG NOSE
THE NUNDA, EATER OF PEOPLE
THE STORY OF HASSEBU
THE MAIDEN WITH THE WOODEN HELMET
THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH
THE HEADLESS DWARFS
THE YOUNG MAN WHO WOULD HAVE HIS EYES OPENED
THE BOYS WITH THE GOLDEN STARS
THE FROG
THE PRINCESS WHO WAS HIDDEN UNDERGROUND
THE GIRL WHO PRETENDED TO BE A BOY
THE STORY OF HALFMAN
THE PRINCE WHO WANTED TO SEE THE WORLD
VIRGILIUS THE SORCERER
MOGARZEA AND HIS SON
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Andrew Lang
Published by Good Press, 2019
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‘Suddenly I remembered that my hair was very long. If I stood it touched the ground, although if I was sitting it only reached my ears. I seized a knife and cut off a large lock, which I plaited together, and when night came tied it into a knot, and prepared to use it for a pillow. But what was I to do for a fire? A tinder box I had, but no wood. Then it occurred to me that I had stuck a needle in my clothes, so I took the needle and split it in pieces, and lit it, then laid myself down by the fire and went to sleep. But ill-luck still pursued me. While I was sleeping a spark from the fire lighted on the hair, which was burnt up in a moment. In despair I threw myself on the ground, and instantly sank in it as far as my waist. I struggled to get out, but only fell in further; so I ran to the house, seized a spade, dug myself out, and took home the holy water. On the way I noticed that the ripe fields were full of reapers, and suddenly the air became so frightfully hot that the men dropped down in a faint. Then I called to them, “Why don’t you bring out our mare, which is as tall as two days, and as broad as half a day, and make a shade for yourselves?” My father heard what I said and jumped quickly on the mare, and the reapers worked with a will in the shadow, while I snatched up a wooden pail to bring them some water to drink. When I got to the well everything was frozen hard, so in order to draw some water I had to take off my head and break the ice with it. As I drew near them, carrying the water, the reapers all cried out, “Why, what has become of your head?” I put up my hand and discovered that I really had no head, and that I must have left it in the well. I ran back to look for it, but found that meanwhile a fox which was passing by had pulled my head out of the water, and was tearing at my brains. I stole cautiously up to him, and gave him such a kick that he uttered a loud scream, and let fall a parchment on which was written, “The cake is mine, and the beardless one goes empty-handed.” ’
With these words the boy rose, took the cake, and went home, while the beardless one remained behind to swallow his disappointment.
