TH THE GOLDEN LOCKS
(From the tale by the Comtesse d'Aulnoy)

TOM THUMB
(First written in prose in 1621 by Richard Johnson)

BLUE BEARD
(From the French tale by Charles Perrault)

CINDERELLA; OR, THE LITTLE GLASS SLIPPER
(From the French tale by Charles Perrault)

PUSS IN BOOTS
(From the French tale by Charles Perrault)

THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD
(From the French tale by Charles Perrault)

JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK
(Said to be an allegory of the Teutonic
Al-fader, The tale written in French
by Charles Perrault)

JACK THE GIANT KILLER
(From the old British legend told by Geoffrey
of Monmouth, of Corineus the Trojan)

LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
(From the French tale by Charles Perrault)

THE THREE BEARS
(Robert Southey)

THE PRINCESS ON THE PEA
(From the tale by Hans Christian Andersen)

THE UGLY DUCKLING
(From the tale by Hans Christian Andersen)

THE LIGHT PRINCESS
(George MacDonald)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
(From the French tale by Madame Gabrielle
de Villeneuve)

FAIRY TALES EVERY CHILD

SHOULD KNOW

CHAPTER I

ONE EYE, TWO EYES, THREE EYES

There was once a woman who had three daughters, of whom the eldest was
named "One Eye," because she had only one eye in the middle of her
forehead. The second had two eyes, like other people, and she was called
"Two Eyes." The youngest had three eyes, two like her second sister, and
one in the middle of her forehead, like the eldest, and she bore the
name of "Three Eyes."

Now because little Two Eyes looked just like other people, her mother
and sisters could not endure her. They said to her, "You are not better
than common folks, with your two eyes; you don't belong to us."

So they pushed her about, and threw all their old clothes to her for her
to wear, and gave her only the pieces that were left to eat, and did
everything that they could to make her miserable. It so happened that
little Two Eyes was sent into the fields to take care of the goats, and
she was often very hungry, although her sisters had as much as they
liked to eat. So one day she seated herself on a mound in the field, and
began to weep and cry so bitterly that two little rivulets flowed from
her eyes. Once, in the midst of her sorrow she looked up, and saw a
woman standing near her who said, "What are you weeping for, little Two
Eyes?"

"I cannot help weeping," she replied; "for because I have two eyes, like
other people, my mother and sisters cannot bea