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Of the World Best-loved Folktales OF THE WORLD SELECTED AN D WITH AN INTRODUCTTON BV JOANNACOLE — uW'ví.> For Philip Copyright © 1982 by Joanna Colé All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America Design by Jeanette Portelli Grateful acknowledgment is made to the following for permission to reprint their copyrighted material. Every reasonable effort has been made to trace the ownership of all copy­ righted stories included in this volume. Any errors which may have occurred are inadvertent and will be corrected in subsequent editions, provided noti- fication is sent to the publisher. Kathleen Arnott. “The Rubber Man” from A frican Myths and Legends, retold by Kathleen Arnott, copyright © 1962 by Kathleen Arnott. Re- printed by permission of Oxford University Press. Nathan Ausubel. “Chelm Justice,” “It Could Always Be Worse,” “Saint on Horse,” and “When Hershel Eats” reprinted from A Treasury of Jewish Folklore by Nathan Ausubel. Copyright 1948, © 1976 by Crown Pub- lishers, Inc. By permission of Crown Publishers, Inc. Ellen C. Babbitt. “The Monkey and the Crocodile” from Jakata Tales: Animal Stories, copyright 1912, renewed 1940. Reprinted by permission of Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, N.J. “Younde Goes to Town” from West African Folktales by William H. Barker, 1917. Reprinted by permission of Harrap Limited. Genevieve Barlow. “The Search for the Magic Lake” reprinted from Latín American Tales by Genevieve Barlow, 1966. Reprinted by permission of the author. Ralph Steele Boggs and Mary Gould Davis. “Don Demonio’s Mother-in- Law” and “Toñino and the Fairies” from Three Golden Oranges and Other Spanish Folktales by Ralph Steele Boggs and Mary Gould Davis. Longmans, Green & Co. Copyright 1936, © 1964. Used by permission of Ralph Steele Boggs. Leslie Bonnett. “Simple Wang” from Chínese Folk and Fairy Tales. Copy- c o u te íits Introduction Enjoying the World’s Folktales xvii West Europe 1. Cinderella (France) 3 2. Beauty and the Beast (France) 8 3. Puss in Boots (France) 24 4. Blue Beard (France) 28 5. The WhiteCat (France) 32 6. Drakestail (France) 45 7. The Doctor and His Pupil (France) 50 8. Snow-White (Germany) 53 9. The Brave LittleTailor (Germany) 61 10. Ashenputtel (Germany) 68 11. Rapunzel (Germany) 75 12. The Devil’s Three Gold Hairs (Germany) 78 13. Darling Roland (Germany) 84 14. The Fisherman and His Wife (Germany) 88 15. TheFrogPrince (Germany) 95 16. The Goosegirl (Germany) 98 17. Tom Thumb (Germany) 104 18. The Wolf and the Seven Little Kids (Germany) 109 19. Little Red RidingHood (Germany) 112 20. The JuniperTree (Germany) 115 21. The Golden Goose (Germany) 122 22. Thousand-Furs (Germany) 126 23. Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) 131 24. Mother Hollé (Germany) 134 CONTE NTS XI Sleeping Beauty (Germany) 137 The Queen Bee (Germany) 140 The Bremen Town Musicians (Germany) 142 Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 145 The Merman and the Farmer (Germany) 151 Crab (Italy) 152 Bastianelo (Italy) 154 The Cock and the Mouse (Italy) 157 TheThoughtless Abbot (Italy) 158 Don Demonio’s Mother-in-law (Spain) 160 Toñino and the Fairies (Spain) 166 I Ate the Loaf (Spain) 1 yo The Half-Chick (Spain) 171 ALegend of SaintNicholas (Holland) 174 The Haré and the Tortoise (Ancient Greece) 177 The Fox and the Grapes (Ancient Greece) 178 1. The Goose with the Golden Eggs (Ancient Greece) 178 2. The Man, the Boy and the Donkey (Ancient Greece) 179 3. Eros and Psyche (AncientGreece) 180 4. TheTwelve Months (Modern Greece) 186 ritish Isles (.5. Jack and the Beanstalk (England) 193 \6. Jack the Giant-Killer (England) 198 \y. Tom TitTot (England) 207 48. The Boggart (England) 2 11 49. Good and Bad News (England) 212 50. The Hand of Glory (England) 213 >1. Lazy Jack (England) 214 >2. Molly Whuppie (England) 216 53. Teeny-Tiny (England) 219 34. TheThree Wishes (England) 220 35. Dick Whittington and His Cat (England) 221 36. The Pied Piper (England) 228 37. Masterof All Masters (England) 231 X ll CONTENTS 58. Munacharand Manachar (Ireland) 232 59. TheField of Boliauns (Ireland) 235 60. The Fisherman’s Son and the Gruagach of Tricks (Ireland) 237 61. The Thirteenth Son of the King of Erin (Ireland) 247 62. The Birth of Fin MacCoul (Ireland) 256 63. Fin MacCoul and the Fenians of Erin in the Castle of Fear DubI (Ireland) 264 64. Black, Brown, and Gray (Ireland) 270 65. The Brownie of Blednock (Scotland) 275 66. TheMidwife (Scotland) 280 67. The W ee, W eeM annie (Scotland) 281 68. The Cow on the Roof (W ales) 283 Scandinavia and Northern Europe 69. East of the Sun and W est of the Moon (Norway) 287 70. Boots and theTroll (Norway) 296 71. Gudbrand on the Hillside or What the Good Man Does Is Alway Right (Norway) 300 72. The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (Norway) 304 73. TheLad Who Went to the North Wind (Norway) 310 74. The M asterThief (Norway) 313 75. The Three Billygoats Gruff (Norway) 326 76. The Mastermaid (Norway) 327 77. Not a Pin to Choose Between Them (Norway) 340 78. Princess on the Glass Hill (Norway) 345 79. W hy the Bear IsStumpy-Tailed (Norway) 353 80. W hy the Sea Is Salt (Norway) 354 81. TheTinderbox (Denmark) 358 82. Peter Bull (Denmark) 364 83. Maid Lena (Denmark) 368 84. The Oíd Woman and the Tramp or Nail Broth (Sweden) 377 85. Salt and Bread (Sweden) 381 86. The SeaPs Skin (Iceland) 383 87. The Pig-Headed W ife (Finland) 384 88. The Forest Bride (Finland) 387 CONTENTS X lll 89. God and the Devil Share the Harvest (Latvia) 394 90. The Bul-Bul Bird (Latvia) 395 East Europe 91. The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship (Russia) 403 92. The Baba Yaga (Russia) 4 11 93. The Firebird, the Horse of Power and the Princess Vasilissa (Russia) 414 94. The Story of King Frost (Russia) 422 95. Prince Hedgehog (Russia) 425 96. Salt (Russia) 428 97. The Treasure (Russia) 438 98. W oe (Russia) 441 99. CleverManka (Czechoslovakia) 447 100. Intelligenceand Luck (Czechoslovakia) 452 101. Czar Tro ja n’s Ears (Yugoslavia) 455 102. A Stroke of Luck (Hungary) 457 103. It Could Always Be Worse (Yiddish) 459 104. Chelm Justice (Yiddish) 460 105. SaintorHorse (Yiddish) 461 106. W hen Hershel Eats— (Yiddish) 462 Middle East 107. Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp (Arabian Nights) 467 108. Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (Arabian Nights) 478 109. The Fisherman and the Genie (Arabian Nights) 485 110. The Donkey Driver and the Thief (Arabia) 488 111. The Farmer and His Hired Help (Afghanistan) 490 112. Don’t Throw Stones from Not-Yours to Yours (Israel) 495 113. TheThree Hares (Turkey) 497 Asia 114. Momotaro or The Peach-Boy (Japan) 503 115. TheOld Woman WhoLostHerDumplings (Japan) 506 116. The Sparrow with the Slit Tongue (Japan) 509 117. TheTaleof theOki Islands (Japan) 512 XIV CONTENTS 118. The Stonecutter (Japan) 516 119. The Wife’s Portrait (Japan) 519 120. Urashima (Japan) 521 121. TheMagicKettle (Japan) 523 122. ATaoist Priest (China) 526 123. Simple Wang (China) 528 124. Faithful Even in Death (China) 531 125. The Young Head of the Family (China) 534 126. TheMostFrugalofMen (China) 537 127. The Magic Brocade (China) 539 128. Plantinga PearTree (China) 545 129. TheGroom’s Crimes (China) 546 130. AClever Judge (China) 547 13 1. Money Malees Cares (China) 548 132. DrinkingCompanions (China) 550 133. TheKing’s Favorite (China) 554 134. The CleverThief (Korea) 555 135. The Tiger’s Whisker (Korea) 558 136. Hats to Disappear with (Korea) 561 137. Why the Parrot Repeats Man's Words (Thailand) 563 138. Mister Lazybones (Laos) 565 139. The Fisherman and the Gatekeeper (Burma) 567 140. The Little Lizard’s Sorrow (Vietnam) 569 141. TheFly (Vietnam) 572 142. The Valiant Chattee-Maker (India) 575 143. The Tiger, the Brahmán, and the Jackal (India) 581 144. How theRaja’sSon Won thePríncess Labam (India) 583 145. How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner (India) 146. The Monkey and the Crocodile (India) 593 147. TitforTat (India) 595 The Pacific 148. How Ma-ui Fished Up the Great Island (Hawaii) 599 149. W hy There Are No Tigers in Borneo (Indonesia) 602 150. How Platypuses Carne to Australia (Australia) 605 CONTENTS XV 151. TheBunyip (Australia) 608 Africa 152. Talk (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 613 153. Anansi’s Hat-shaking Dance (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 615 154. AnansiandHis Visitor,Turtle (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 618 155. How Spider Obtained the Sky-God’s Stories (Africa—Ashanti Tribe) 620 156. YoundeGoes toTown (West Africa) 623 157. How Frog Lost His Tail (Africa—Sukuma Tribe) 626 158. The Rubber Man (Africa—Hausa Tribe) 627 159. TheOriginof Death (Africa—Akamba Tribe) 631 160. Man Chooses Death (Africa—Madagascar) 632 161. The Woman and the Children of the Sycamore Tree (Africa— Masai Tribe) 633 162. The WiseDog (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 634 163. The Hunter and His Magic Flute (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 638 164. The Funeral of the Hyena’s Mother (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 642 165. Oni and the Great Bird (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 644 166. The Wooden Spoon and the Whip (Africa—Yoruba Tribe) 649 167. Why There Are Cracks in Tortoise’s Shell (Africa—Baila Tribe) 652 168. The Fire on the Mountain (Ethiopia) 653 169. Why the Sun and the Moon Live in the Sky (Africa—Efik-Ibibio) 657 170. A Tug-of-War (Africa—Fan Tribe) 658 North America 171. People Who Could Fly (Black American) 663 172. Babyin theCrib (Black American) 665 173. The Wonderful Tar-Baby Story (Unele Remus) 666 174. Paul Bunyan’s Cornstalk (Western United States) 668 175. The Two Oíd Women’s Bet (Southern United States) 671 176. Jack in the Giants’ Newground (Southern United States) 674 177.
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