THE FIRST BOOK OF FAIRY TALES - Raising funds for Children in Need E-Book

Anon E. Mouse

• Herausgeber: Abela Publishing
• Kategorie: Fantasy und Science-Fiction
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2018

Beschreibung

This book has especially been republished to raise funds for the BBC’s Children in Need appeals.This book is compiled of 26 old, rare and forgotten Fairy Tales and stories taken from books in Abela Publishing’s series “Folk-Lore, Fairytales, Myths and Legends from Around the World” - a series created to raise funds for charities and underprivileged individuals. Keeping true to our vision, the intent behind this compendium is to raise funds for BBC’s Children in Need Appeal.The 26 stories and poems in this volume raising funds for the appeal areTom Tit Tot - EnglishKing O'toole And His Goose  - IrishThe Origin Of Loch Ness - ScottishThe Widow And Her Daughters - ScottishFair, Brown And Trembling - IrishThe Perfidious Vizier - ArabianThe Frog's Skin – Rep. of GeorgiaTurtle-Dove, Sage-Cock And The Witch  - American IndianA Story About A Giant And The Cause Of Thunder – West AfricaThe Parrot's Song  - Armenian poemThe Emperor Tenchi – Japanese poemThe Beggar King - IsraeliThe Foolish, Timid Rabbit – Jataka TaleCradle Song – Armenian poemThe Charmed Ring - IndiaThe Thirteenth Son Of The King Of Erin - CelticThe Minister Michi-Nobu Fujiwara – Japanese poemThe Monkey’s Fiddle – Kalahari BushmenThe Daughter Of The Rose - RomaniaThe Gypsy And The Dragon – Bukowina GypsyHow The Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast - TibetThe Story Of Gelert - WalesWhy The Kingfisher Always Wears A War Bonnet – American IndianHow Sun, Moon, And Wind Went Out To Dinner - IndiaTwas The Night Before Christmas – Viking VersionThe Tail - CelticThe words 'Fairy Tales' must be taken to include tales in which something 'fairy', something extraordinary occurs -- fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. Mostly it is the comical stupidity of some of the actors, as is so common in moral tales.In buying this book you will be giving in more than one way. Once to the Children in Need appeal and again, to yourself, as you read and enjoy stories not read for many a year. But should you perchance happen to read these stories to your children, nieces and nephews or grand-children, you will be giving yet again. 50% of the profit from the sale of this book will be donated to the appeal.So take some time out and travel back to a period before television, or even radio for that matter, when families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma  or an uncle or aunt would delight and captivate their audience with stories passed on to them from their mothers, fathers and grandparents.===============TAGS: Folklore, fairy tales, myths, legends, children’s stories, bedtime, fables, lore, Children in Need, Appeal, Tom Tit Tot, English, King O'toole, Goose, Ireland, Origin Of Loch Ness, Scotland, Widow, Daughters, Fair, Brown, Trembling, Perfidious Vizier, Arabia, Frog's Skin, Turtle-Dove, Sage-Cock, Witch, Giant, Cause Of Thunder, West Africa, Parrot's Song, Armenia, Emperor Tenchi, Beggar King, Jewish, Foolish, Timid Rabbit, Cradle Song, Charmed Ring, Thirteenth Son, King Of Erin, Celtic, Minister, Fujiwara, Japan, Monkey’s Fiddle, Jataka, Daughter, Rose, Romania, Gypsy, Dragon, Sacred Duck, Yellow Breast, Tibet, Gelert, wales, Kingfisher, War Bonnet, American Indian, Sun, Moon, Wind, Out To Dinner, India, Night Before Christmas, Viking, Tail

Leseprobe

The First BookofFairy Tales

Compiled By

John Halsted

Published By

Abela Publishing, London[2018]

* ***** *Originally Published

To Raise Funds For

CHILDREN in NEED 2009

The First Book of Fairy Tales

Typographical arrangement of this edition

© Abela Publishing 2018

This book may not be reproduced in its current format in any manner in any media, or transmitted by any means whatsoever, electronic, electrostatic, magnetic tape, or mechanical ( including photocopy, file or video recording, internet web sites, blogs, wikis, or any other information storage and retrieval system) except as permitted by law without the prior written permission of the publisher.

Abela Publishing

London

United Kingdom

2018

ISBN-13: 978-X-XXXXXX-XX-X

email

[email protected]

Website

www.AbelaPublishing.com

Acknowledgements

The Publisher acknowledges the work that the

editors and compilers of these

Old And Forgotten Fairy Tales

did in compiling them in a time well before

any electronic media was in use.

* * * * * * *

50% of the profit from the sale of this book

will be donated to

Children in Need.

Contents

Introduction

Tom Tit Tot

King O'toole And His Goose

The Origin Of Loch Ness

The Widow And Her Daughters

Fair, Brown And Trembling

The Perfidious Vizier

The Frog's Skin

Turtle-Dove, Sage-Cock And The Witch

A Story About A Giant And The Cause Of Thunder

The Parrot's Song

The Emperor Tenchi

The Beggar King

The Foolish, Timid Rabbit

Cradle Song

The Charmed Ring

The Thirteenth Son Of The King Of Erin

The Minister Michi-Nobu Fujiwara

The Monkey’s Fiddle

The Daughter Of The Rose.

The Gypsy And The Dragon

How The Sacred Duck Got His Yellow Breast

The Story Of Gelert

Why The Kingfisher Always Wears A War Bonnet

How Sun, Moon, And Wind Went Out To Dinner

Twas The Night Before Christmas

The Tail

Introduction

This book is compiled from old, rare and forgotten Fairy Tales and stories taken from books in Abela Publishing’s series “Folk-Lore, Fairy Tales, Myths and Legends from Around the World”. A series created to raise funds for charities.

Keeping true to our vision, the intent behind this compendium is a dedicated tool to raise funds for the UK’s Children In Need Appeal.

In buying this book you will be giving in more than one way. Once to the Children in Need appeal and again, to yourself, as you read and enjoy stories not read for many a year. But should you perchance happen to read these stories to your children, nieces and nephews or your grand-children, you will be giving yet again.

The words 'Fairy Tales' must accordingly be taken to include tales in which something 'fairy', something extraordinary occurs -- fairies, giants, dwarfs, speaking animals. One cannot imagine a child saying, 'Tell me a folk-tale', or 'Another nursery tale, please, grandma'. It must also be taken to cover tales in which something magical happens. Mostly it is the comical stupidity of some of the actors, as is so common in moral tales.

So take some time out and travel back to a period before television, or even radio for that matter, when families would gather around a crackling and spitting hearth and granddad or grandma or an uncle or aunt would delight and captivate their audience with stories passed on to them from their mothers, fathers and grandparents.

John Halsted

Abela Publishing

Tom Tit Tot

(A Tale from Olde England)

Once Upon a Timethere was a woman, and she baked five pies. And when they came out of the oven, they were that overbaked the crusts were too hard to eat. So she says to her daughter:

'Darter,' says she, 'put you them there pies on the shelf, and leave 'em there a little, and they'll come again.' - She meant, you know, the crust would get soft.

But the girl, she says to herself: 'Well, if they'll come again, I'll eat 'em now.' And she set to work and ate 'em all, first and last.

Well, come supper-time the woman said: 'Go you, and get one o' them there pies. I dare say they've come again now.'

The girl went and she looked, and there was nothing but the dishes. So back she came and says she: 'Noo, they ain't come again.'