Tales of Folk and Fairies E-Book

Katharine Pyle

• Herausgeber: Katharine Pyle
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2017

Beschreibung

Tales of Folk and Fairies written by Katharine Pyle who was an American artist, poet, and children's writer. This book is one of many works by him. It has already Published in 1919. Now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy reading this book.

Leseprobe

Tales of Folk and Fairies

By

Katharine Pyle

Table of Contents

THE MEESTER STOORWORM

JEAN MALIN AND THE BULL-MAN

THE WIDOW’S SON

THE WISE GIRL

THE HISTORY OF ALI COGIA

OH!

THE TALKING EGGS

THE FROG PRINCESS

THE MAGIC TURBAN, THE MAGIC SWORD AND THE MAGIC CARPET

THE THREE SILVER CITRONS

THE MAGIC PIPE

THE TRIUMPH OF TRUTH

LIFE’S SECRET

DAME PRIDGETT AND THE FAIRIES

He took out his pipe and blew a tune.

THE MEESTER STOORWORM

A Story from Scotland

There was once a lad, and what his real name was nobody remembered, unless it was the mother who bore him; but what every one called him was Ashipattle. They called him that because he sat among the ashes to warm his toes.

He had six older brothers, and they did not think much of him. All the tasks they scorned to do themselves they put upon Ashipattle. He gathered the sticks for the fire, he swept the floor, he cleaned the byre, he ran the errands, and all he got for his pains were kicks and cuffs and mocking words. Still he was a merry fellow, and as far as words went he gave his brothers as good as they sent.

Ashipattle had one sister, and she was very good and kind to him. In return for her kindness he told her long stories of trolls and giants and heroes and brave deeds, and as long as he would tell she would sit and listen. But his brothers could not stand his stories, and used to throw clods at him to make him be quiet. They were angry because Ashipattle was always the hero of his own stories, and in his tales there was nothing he dared not do.

Now while Ashipattle was still a lad, but a tall, stout one, a great misfortune fell upon the kingdom, for a Stoorworm rose up out of the sea; and of all Stoorworms it was the greatest and the worst. For this reason it was called the Meester Stoorworm. Its length stretched half around the world, its one eye was as red as fire, and its breath was so poisonous that whatever it breathed upon was withered.

There was great fear and lamentation throughout the land because of the worm, for every day it drew nearer to the shore, and every day the danger from it grew greater. When it was first discovered it was so far away that its back was no more than a low, long, black line upon the horizon, but soon it was near enough for them to see the horns upon its back, and its scales, and its one fierce eye, and its nostrils that breathed out and in.