The Blue Fairytales. Andrew Lang

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       Andrew Lang

      The Blue Fairytales

      The Enchanted Tales of Fantastic & Magical Adventures

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      2020 OK Publishing

      EAN 4064066394899

Table of Contents

       The Bronze Ring

       Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess

       East of the Sun and West of the Moon

       The Yellow Dwarf

       Little Red Riding Hood

       The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood

       Cinderella, or the Little Glass Slipper

       Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp

       The Tale of a Youth Who Set Out to Learn What Fear Was

       Rumpelstiltzkin

       Beauty and the Beast

       The Master-Maid

       Why the Sea is Salt

       The Master Cat; or, Puss in Boots

       Felicia and the Pot of Pinks

       The White Cat

       The Water-Lily. The Gold-Spinners

       The Terrible Head

       The Story of Pretty Goldilocks

       The History of Whittington

       The Wonderful Sheep

       Little Thumb

       The Forty Thieves

       Hansel and Grettel

       Snow-White and Rose-Red

       The Goose-Girl

       Toads and Diamonds

       Prince Darling

       Blue Beard

       Trusty John

       The Brave Little Tailor

       A Voyage to Lilliput

       The Princess on the Glass Hill

       The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou

       The History of Jack the Giant-Killer

       The Black Bull of Norroway

       The Red Etin

      THE BRONZE RING

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      Once upon a time in a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and the soil was good, this garden yielded neither flowers nor fruits, not even grass or shady trees.

      The King was in despair about it, when a wise old man said to him:

      “Your gardeners do not understand their business: but what can you expect of men whose fathers were cobblers and carpenters? How should they have learned to cultivate your garden?”

      “You are quite right,” cried the King.

      “Therefore,” continued the old man, “you should send for a gardener whose father and grandfather have been gardeners before him, and very soon your garden will be full of green grass and gay flowers, and you will enjoy its delicious fruit.”

      So the King sent messengers to every town, village, and hamlet in his dominions, to look for a gardener whose forefathers had been gardeners also, and after forty days one was found.

      “Come with us and be gardener to the King,” they said to him.

      “How can I go to the King,” said the gardener, “a poor wretch like me?”

      “That is of no consequence,” they answered. “Here are new clothes for you and your family.”

      “But I owe money to several people.”

      “We will pay your debts,” they said.

      So the gardener allowed himself to be persuaded, and went away with the messengers, taking his wife and his son with him; and the King, delighted to have found a real gardener, entrusted him with the care of his garden. The man found no difficulty in making the royal garden produce flowers and fruit, and at the end of a year the park was not like the same place, and the King showered gifts upon his new servant.

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