Dutch Fairy Tales by William Elliot Griffis.pdf

Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks
Table of Contents
Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks...................................................................................................................1
William Elliot Griffis...............................................................................................................................1
THE ENTANGLED MERMAID............................................................................................................2
THE BOY WHO WANTED MORE CHEESE.......................................................................................5
THE PRINCESS WITH TWENTY PETTICOATS................................................................................7
THE CAT AND THE CRADLE...........................................................................................................10
PRINCE SPIN HEAD AND MISS SNOW WHITE.............................................................................13
THE BOAR WITH THE GOLDEN BRISTLES...................................................................................17
THE ICE KING AND HIS WONDERFUL GRANDCHILD...............................................................19
THE ELVES AND THEIR ANTICS....................................................................................................21
THE KABOUTERS AND THE BELLS...............................................................................................25
THE WOMAN WITH THREE HUNDRED AND SIXTY−SIX CHILDREN....................................29
THE ONI ON HIS TRAVELS..............................................................................................................34
THE LEGEND OF THE WOODEN SHOE..........................................................................................37
THE CURLY−TAILED LION..............................................................................................................41
BRABO AND THE GIANT..................................................................................................................44
THE FARM THAT RAN AWAY AND CAME BACK.......................................................................46
SANTA KLAAS AND BLACK PETE.................................................................................................50
THE GOBLINS TURNED TO STONE................................................................................................52
THE MOULDY PENNY.......................................................................................................................55
THE GOLDEN HELMET.....................................................................................................................59
WHEN WHEAT WORKED WOE.......................................................................................................62
WHY THE STORK LOVES HOLLAND.............................................................................................66
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