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Title: Tales of Folk and Fairies

Author: Katharine Pyle

Release Date: June 27, 2008 [EBook #25913]

Language: English

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[Illustration: He took out his pipe and blew a tune.]

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TALES OF
FOLK AND FAIRIES

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED

BY

KATHARINE PYLE

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1929

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_Copyright, 1919_,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

THE MEESTER STOORWORM _A Story from Scotland_ 1

JEAN MALIN AND THE BULL-MAN _A Louisiana Tale_ 22

THE WIDOW'S SON _A Scandinavian Tale_ 35

THE WISE GIRL _A Serbian Story_ 61

THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA _From the Arabian Nights_ 72

OH! _A Cossack Story_ 101

THE TALKING EGGS _A Story from Louisiana_ 123

THE FROG PRINCESS _A Russian Story_ 137

THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET
_A Persian Story_ 159

THE THREE SILVER CITRONS _A Persian Story_ 180

THE MAGIC PIPE _A Norse Tale_ 201

THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH _A Hindu Story_