STORIES TO READ OR TELL
STORIES TO READ OR TELL
FROM
FAIRY TALES AND FOLKLORE
Selected and Edited
by
LAURE CLAIRE FOUCHER
Assistant in the New York Public Library
Illustrated by Ada Budell
NEW YORK
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
1917
Copyright, 1911, by
MOFFAT, YARD AND COMPANY
New York
Published October, 1911
New Edition March, 1917
CONTENTS
| The Stone-Cutter | Japanese | 1 |
| Prince Kindhearted | Polish | 8 |
| The Timid Hare and the Flight of the Beasts | Hindu | 17 |
| The Bee, the Harp, the Mouse, and the Bum-Clock | Irish | 24 |
| The Tale of the Pointer Tray | German | 40 |
| The Enchanted Princess | Russian | 44 |
| "It Is Quite True!" | Danish | 57 |
| The Old Hag's Long Leather Bag | Irish | 63 |
| The Wolf and the Seven Little Goats | German | 82 |
| The Tale of the Snow and the Steeple | German | 89 |
| King Longbeard | Russian | 93 |
| The Toy Goose | Danish | 118 |
| Yellow Lily | Irish | 123 |
| The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage | German | 159 |
| The Tale of the Wolf in Harness | German | 164 |