"Danish Fairy and Folk Tales" by Jens Christian Bay, Svend Hersleb Grundtvig (translated by Jens Christian Bay). Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Jens Christian Bay. Danish Fairy and Folk Tales
Danish Fairy and Folk Tales
Table of Contents
A Rose-leaf
Saucy Jesper
The Coffee-mill which Grinds Salt
Beauty and the Horse
The King and the Miller
The Three Pennies
The Little Mare
Greyfoot
The Master Fool
under the angel's wings
Never Mind the Money
The Bull and the Princess at the Glass Mountain
The Sunshine
The Lawyer's Advice
Peter Humbug and the White Cat
A Funny Fellow
Peter Fiddle-de-dee
The Covetous Man
Doctor and Detective
Hans Humdrum
The Boy who Went to the Northwind
A Fearless Boy
Fortune and Knowledge
The Suitor
Lost and Found
The Wonderful Pot
Money will Buy Everything
Brave against His Will
The Jutlander and His Stockings
The Trial
The Princess Who Said:—
The Obstinate Shoemaker
The Merchant
The Cunning Man in Hilltown
Princess Rosamund
The Knapsack
The Garden of Childhood
The Man without a Heart
James, the Huntsman
Mother's Pet
Bend the Bough in Time
The Boiled Eggs
Three Happy Tailors
The Pike
The Deacon's Dream
The Deacon's Wife
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Jens Christian Bay, Svend Hersleb Grundtvig
Published by Good Press, 2021
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Upon this the four comrades went away in a rather disconsolate state of mind. After all, Aunt Lizzie was not as nice as they had thought her. Now she should not get the two sweet animals, even if she went down on her knees and prayed for them.
They went from one house to another. At every place they presented their Christmas gift, but without success. It was continually declined, and the situation grew more and more painful.
