The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. Contents: Madschun The Blue Parrot Geirlaug the King's Daughter The Story of Little King Loc 'A Long-Bow Story' Jackal or Tiger? The Comb and the Collar The Thanksgiving of the Wazir Samba the Coward Kupti and Imani The Strange Adventures of Little Maia Diamond Cut Diamond The Green Knight The Five Wise Words of the Guru The Golden-Headed Fish Dorani The Satin Surgeon The Billy Goat and the King The Story of Zoulvisia Grasp All, Lose All The Fate of the Turtle The Snake Prince The Prince and Princess in the Forest The Clever Weaver The Boy Who Found Fear at Last He Wins Who Waits The Steel Cane The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana The Silent Princess
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Andrew Lang. Olive Fairytales
Olive Fairytales
Table of Contents
PREFACE
MADSCHUN
THE BLUE PARROT
GEIRLAUG THE KING’S DAUGHTER
THE STORY OF LITTLE KING LOC
‘A LONG-BOW STORY’
FOOTNOTE:
JACKAL OR TIGER?
FOOTNOTE:
THE COMB AND THE COLLAR
THE THANKSGIVING OF THE WAZIR
SAMBA THE COWARD
KUPTI AND IMANI
THE STRANGE ADVENTURES OF LITTLE MAIA
DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND
FOOTNOTE:
THE GREEN KNIGHT
THE FIVE WISE WORDS OF THE GURU4
FOOTNOTE:
THE GOLDEN-HEADED FISH
DORANI
THE SATIN SURGEON
THE BILLY GOAT AND THE KING
THE STORY OF ZOULVISIA
GRASP ALL, LOSE ALL
THE FATE OF THE TURTLE
THE SNAKE PRINCE
THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS IN THE FOREST
THE CLEVER WEAVER
THE BOY WHO FOUND FEAR AT LAST
HE WINS WHO WAITS
THE STEEL CANE
THE PUNISHMENT OF THE FAIRY GANGANA
THE SILENT PRINCESS
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Andrew Lang
29 Fairy Stories, Epic Tales & Legends
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At these words the parrot suddenly remembered the prophecy of Ismenor, and held himself ready, his heart beating at the thought that in one of those trees he beheld Hermosa. Meanwhile the magician took a spade, and loosened the earth of the roots of the three trees so that they might fall all together. Directly the parrot observed them totter he spread his wings and flew right under the middle one, which was the most beautiful of the three. There was a crash, then Lino and Hermosa stood facing each other, clasped hand in hand.
After the first few moments, the princess’s thoughts turned to her mother, and falling at the feet of the magician, who was smiling with delight at the success of his plan, she implored him to help them once more, and to give the Swan fairy back her proper shape.
