Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

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Fillmore Parker. Mighty Mikko: A Book of Finnish Fairy Tales and Folk Tales

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THE TRUE BRIDE

MIGHTY MIKKO

THE THREE CHESTS

LOG

THE LITTLE SISTER

THE FOREST BRIDE

THE ENCHANTED GROUSE

THE TERRIBLE OLLI

THE DEVIL’S HIDE

THE MYSTERIOUS SERVANT

FAMILIAR FACES

I. MARY, MARY, SO CONTRARY!

II. JANE, JANE, DON’T COMPLAIN!

III. SUSAN WALKER, WHAT A TALKER!

MIKKO, THE FOX

ADVENTURE I. THE ANIMALS TAKE A BITE

ADVENTURE II. THE PARTNERS

ADVENTURE III. THE FOX AND THE CROW

ADVENTURE IV. THE CHIEF MOURNER

ADVENTURE V. MIRRI, THE CAT

ADVENTURE VI. THE FOX’S SERVANT

ADVENTURE VII. THE WOLF SINGS

ADVENTURE VIII. THE CLEVER GOAT

ADVENTURE IX. THE HARVEST

ADVENTURE X. THE PORRIDGE

ADVENTURE XI. NURSE MIKKO

ADVENTURE XII. THE BEAR SAYS NORTH

ADVENTURE XIII. OSMO’S SHARE

ADVENTURE XIV. THE REWARD OF KINDNESS

ADVENTURE XV. THE BEAR AND THE MOUSE

ADVENTURE XVI. THE LAST OF OSMO

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There were once two orphans, a brother and a sister, who lived alone in the old farmhouse where their fathers before them had lived for many generations. The brother’s name was Osmo, the sister’s Ilona. Osmo was an industrious youth, but the farm was small and barren and he was hard put to it to make a livelihood.

“Sister,” he said one day, “I think it might be well if I went out into the world and found work.”

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Then Ilona sang this magic song to Pilka:

Pilka barked and frisked and said:

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