THE FOX AND THE BLACKBIRD – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
A fox was walking through the forest when he fell into a deep hole. And there he sat and sat, till all at once he began to feel hungry.
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THE STRAW OX – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife, and one day she said to him: “Make me a straw ox and smear him over with pitch.”
THE BEAR AND THE OLD MAN’S DAUGHTERS – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
There was once an old man and he had three little daughters, and one day he said to them:
THE BEAR’S PAW – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
One day a peasant saw a bear asleep in the forest, so he crept up to him and cut off one of his hind paws with an axe.
KING FROST – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
Once upon a time there lived an old man and his wife. She had one daughter of her own, and he had one of his own.
THE DOG AND THE COCK – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
One summer a certain peasant’s crops failed him, and so he had no food to give to his animals, which were a cock and a dog.
Fairy Tales of the Slav Peasants – THE PEASANT AND THE BEAR
Once upon a time a certain peasant lost his wife, then he lost his other relations, and then he was left alone with no one to help him in his home or his fields.
THE HUNGRY WOLF – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
There was once a wolf, and he got very hungry, and so he went to have a look to see what he could find for dinner.
THE GOAT AND THE RAM – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
Once upon a time there lived a man and his wife, and they had a goat and a ram.
THE COCK AND THE BEAN – Russian Fairy Tales – Pictures
A cock was scratching one day in the earth under the wall of a cottage when he found a bean.
MR. FOX – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Lady Mary was young and Lady Mary was fair, and she had more lovers than she could count on the fingers of both hands.
THE THREE HEADS OF THE WELL – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Once upon a time there reigned a King in Colchester, valiant, strong, wise, famous as a good ruler.
HENNY-PENNY – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
One day Henny-penny was picking up corn in the rickyard when—whack!—an acorn hit her upon the head.
THE TRUE HISTORY OF SIR THOMAS THUMB – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
At the court of great King Arthur, who lived, as all know, when knights were bold, and ladies were fair indeed, one of the most renowned of men was the wizard Merlin.
MR. AND MRS. VINEGAR – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar, a worthy couple, lived in a glass pickle-jar.
NIX NAUGHT NOTHING – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Once upon a time there lived a King and a Queen who didn’t differ much from all the other kings and queens who have lived since Time began.
The Three Little Pigs – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Once upon a time there was an old sow who had three little pigs, and as she had not enough for them to eat, she said they had better go out into the world and seek their fortunes.
CATSKIN – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Once upon a time there lived a gentleman who owned fine lands and houses, and he very much wanted to have a son to be heir to them.
TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse both lived in a house.
Titty Mouse went a-gleaning, and Tatty Mouse went a-gleaning.
THE LAIDLY WORM – English Fairy Tales by Flora Annie Steel
In Bamborough Castle there once lived a King who had two children, a son named Childe Wynde, and a daughter who was called May Margret.