"A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad book tells us the truth about its author" - Gilbert K, Chesterton
This book consists of a collection of 36 fairy tales and folk tales for children.
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"Croak, croak, croak," was all her son could say for himself;
so the toad took up the elegant little bed, and swam away with it, leaving Tiny
all alone on the green leaf, where she sat and wept. She could not bear to think of living with the old toad, and
having her ugly son for a husband. The little fishes, which swam about in the
water beneath, had seen the toad, and heard what she said, so they lifted their
heads above the water to look at the little maiden. As soon as they caught
sight of her, they saw she was very pretty, and it made them very sorry to
think that she must go and live with the ugly toads. "No, it must never be!"
so they assembled together in the water, round the green stalk which held the
leaf on which the little maiden stood, and gnawed it away at the root with
their teeth. Then the leaf floated down the stream, carrying Tiny far away out
of reach of land.
Tiny sailed past many towns, and the little birds in the bushes saw her, and sang, "What a lovely little creature;" so the leaf swam away with her farther and farther, till it ...
Tiny sailed past many towns, and the little birds in the bushes saw her, and sang, "What a lovely little creature;" so the leaf swam away with her farther and farther, till it ...
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