Part 1

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TALES OF FOLK AND FAIRIES

WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED

KATHARINE PYLE

BOSTON

LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY

1929

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Copyright, 1919,

BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

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CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE

THE MEESTER STOORWORM A Story from Scotland 1

JEAN MALIN AND THE BULL-MAN A Louisiana Tale 22

THE WIDOW'S SON A Scandinavian Tale 35

THE WISE GIRL A Serbian Story 61

THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA From the Arabian Nights 72

OH! A Cossack Story 101

THE TALKING EGGS A Story from Louisiana 123

THE FROG PRINCESS A Russian Story 137

THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET A Persian Story 159

THE THREE SILVER CITRONS A Persian Story 180

THE MAGIC PIPE A Norse Tale 201

THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH A Hindu Story 221

LIFE'S SECRET A Story of Bengal 251