Polish Fairy Tales. Antoni Józef Gliński

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       Antoni Józef Gliński

      Polish Fairy Tales

      Published by Good Press, 2021

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      EAN 4064066462864

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       Polish Fairy Tales

       The Frog Princess

       Princess Miranda and Prince Hero

       The Eagles

       The Whirlwind

       The Good Ferryman and the Water Nymphs

       The Princess of the Brazen Mountain

       The Bear in the Forest Hut

       Appendix

      Polish Fairy Tales

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      ILLUSTRATIONS

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The Fairy Girls Make the Carpet	FRONTISPIECE
	TO FACE PAGE
The Little House Turns	10
The Way Home	13
Through the Telescope	15
The Dragon who Kept Watch	25
The Children Transformed	29
The Old Man Blesses the Princess	31
To Trick the Basilisk	36
The Bride Carried off by the Whirlwind	37
The Horse Appears in the Storm	42
The Dwarf Defeated	49
The Good Ferryman Captures the Mermaid	53
The Purse that was Ever Full	55
The Meeting of the Sisters	63
The Fight for the Magic Boots	69
The Prince Steals the Wings	70
The Truant Wife is Captured	77
The Mouse Saves the Good Little Girl	79
The Good Little Girl is Sent Away	80
The Reward of the Good Little Girl	93

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      POLISH FAIRY TALES

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      The Frog Princess

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      THE FROG PRINCESS

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      HERE was once a king, who was very old; but he had three grown-up sons. So he called them to him, and said:

      "My dear sons, I am very old, and the cares of government press heavily upon me. I must therefore give them over to one of you. But as it is the law among us, that no unmarried prince may be King, I wish you all to get married, and whoever chooses the best wife shall be my successor."

      So they determined each to go a different way, and settled ​it thus. They went to the top of a very high tower, and each one at a given signal shot an arrow in a different direction to the others. Wherever their arrows fell they were to go in search of their future wives.

      The eldest prince's arrow fell on a palace in the city, where lived a senator, who had a beautiful daughter; so he went there, and married her. The second prince's arrow struck upon a country-house, where a very pretty young lady, the daughter of a rich gentleman, was sitting; so he went there, and proposed to her, and they were married.

      But the youngest prince's arrow shot through a green wood, and fell into a lake. He saw his arrow floating among the reeds, and a frog sitting thereon, looking fixedly at him.

      But the marshy ground was so unsafe that he could not venture upon it; so he sat down in despair.

      "What is the matter, prince?" asked the frog.

      "What is the matter? Why, I cannot reach that arrow on which you are sitting."

      "Take me for your wife, and I will give it to you."

      "But how can you be my wife, little frog?"

      "That is just what has got to be. You know that you shot your arrow from the tower, thinking that where it fell, you would find a loving wife; so you will have her in me."

      "You are very wise, I see, little frog. But tell me, how ​can I marry you, or introduce you to my father? And what will the world say?"

      "Take me home with you, and let nobody see me. Tell them that you have married an Eastern lady, who must not be seen by any man, except her