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The Violet Fairy Book

36 stories by Andrew Lang

A tale of the Tontlawald How a fish swam in the air and a hare in the water Jesper who herded the hares Mogarzea and his son Schippeitaro Stan Bolovan THE THREE PRINCES AND THEIR BEASTS (LITHUANIAN FAIRY TALE) The Nunda, eater of people The boys with the golden stars The child who came from an egg The enchanted knife The envious neighbour The fairy of the dawn The finest liar in the world The frog The girl who pretended to be a boy The goat's ears of the Emperor Trojan The grateful prince The headless dwarfs The history of Dwarf Long Nose The lute player The maiden with the wooden helmet The monkey and the jelly-fish The nine pea-hens and the golden apples The prince who wanted to see the world The princess who was hidden underground The story of Halfman The story of Hassebu The story of a gazelle The story of three wonderful beggars The three princes and their beasts The two frogs The underground workers The young man who would have his eyes opened Two in a sack Virgililus the sorcerer