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The Baldwin Library 'Rr 'Z OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY TALES. CINDERELLA. c4* 4., /883- OUR FAVOURITE NURSERY TALES. WITH FULL PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS ON EVERY ALTERNATE PAGE, Ila ( : .-. _' ,J_ LONDON: FREDERICK WARNE AND CO., BEDFORD STREET, STRAND. CONTENTS. PAGE A, APPLE PIE 15 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK 27 ToM THUMB 39 Puss IN BOOTS 51 HoP o' My THUMB .63 CINDERELLA . 75 THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN; OR, THE TWO GIRLS 87 THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. . 99 THE STORY OF THE THREE LITTLE PIGS .111 THE THREE BEARS 123 LITTLE TOTTY 135 THE UGLY DUCKLING 147 PREFACE. IN this volume will be found one of the first Play Alphabets that have been written for the little ones. A, Apple Pie, from which even Great-Grandpapa and Great-Grandmamma may have learned their letters. Next we have the dear old Nursery Stories of which many generations of children have never tired, and the two comparatively new ones, quite worthy of being printed with them, which came to English children from over the sea- from the Princess of Wales's country-Den- mark, where all the little ones knew and loved their author, HANs ANDERSEN. That the little readers of these charming tales may spend many happy hours reading them is the earnest wish of the Publishers. I II ",. 1 it ! I I'___'1____I I I t/, i 'i ;;I II I A, APPLE PIE. Swas a very good Apple Pie. I could not make one, if I should try. B bit it, his wee mouth's like a trap And he has a plateful on his lap. 0 cut it, like a nice tidy maid, That it might be touched, she was afraid. D danced for it while she held her plate And said that her wish for some was great. 15 -v- 3 `:" r. I -,:! i A, APPLE PIE. E eat it while sitting on the ground And very good the rich flavour found. F fought for it like a naughty boy (Quarrelsome children nothing enjoy). G got it; but gave it up again, To try and save it from F was vain. H had it and held it, as you see, For E to eat it, quite cheerfully. 17 I, KI Vl A, APPLE PIE. J jumped for it as high as he could And when he had it, eating it stood. K kept it in her cupboard you see As careful a housewife as can be. L longed for it, the poor little thing, And hoped that nurse soon a plate would bring. Mi mourned for it with a flood of tears; How very silly her grief appears ! 19 I I I I II' III I 1 .II II I '\\ li _,, i i - :1:1 i i I lli:i 4 -1~~ K-'' 11 A, APPLE PIE. N nodded for it her small fair head And asked on Apple Pie to be fed. o opened it with a kindly grace, A gentle smile on her pretty face. P peeped at it; the inquisitive boy; And thought of dinner with hungry joy. Squarrelled for it; how cross he looks, I think he'll get in nurse's black books. 21 1 41' 'i, , * II1 A, APPLE PIE. lB ran for it; 'twas a foolish race For nobody wished to give him chase. Sstole it and the policeman came And said the boy merited great blame. T took it and held it very tight, Although to the pie he had no right. V viewed it with wonder in his hands, With her arms behind her, here she stands. 23 -II A, APPLE PIE. W wanted it very much And held out his hands the crust to touch. X expected it and stood quite still, He thought he was sure to gain his will. Y yielded it, as a generous child, She always was very kind and mild. Z and & wished a small piece to hold, And Apple Pie's story now is told. 25 N ~lia\~- J~j~ ~~C I/I~~M -; x / LK= .~==~ /;~l f jLTL ~4,/ f ~--~ 5, z1/ JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. ONCE upon a time there was a poor widow who lived in a little cottage with her only son Jack. Jack did no work as yet, and by degrees they grew dreadfully poor. The widow saw that there was no means of keeping Jack and herself from starvation, but by selling her cow ; so one morn- ing she said to her son, Jack, you must take the cow to market for me, and sell her." Jack liked going to market to sell the cow very much; but as he was on the way, he met a butcher who had some beautiful beans in his hand. Jack stopped to look at them, and the butcher told the boy that they were of great value, and persuaded him to sell the cow for them When Jack brought them home to his mother instead of the money she ex- pected for her nice cow, she was very vexed, and scolded Jack well for his folly. Jack was sorry himself; but he said he might as well make the best of his bargain, so he put the seed beans into 27 r-f \-AA\V .. S" '' ' c t\ \ JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. the ground, close by the side of the steep hill, under shelter of which their cottage was built, and went to bed. The next morning when he got up, he found that the beans had grown, till the bean-stalk reached right over the top of the hill, and was quite out of sight. Jack instantly climbed up it, and came to a great plain, on which stood a stately castle. As he paused to gaze on it, an old woman came up to him, and said, Jack, that castle belongs to you! A wicked giant killed your father, and took it from your mother; try and get it back." Then she suddenly dis- appeared. Jack was much surprised; however, he walked up to the castle door and knocked, and an old giantess came out. She did not wait till he spoke, but pulled him in, for she thought he would make a nice supper for her when her husband was asleep. But just at that moment she heard the giant's step approaching, so she put Jack into a press, and told him to hide there, or the giant would eat him. As soon as the ogre came in, he cried in a terrible voice: "Fee, fa, fie, fo, fum, I smell the breath of an Englishman." 29 Il\l '~liillil~~lid~ll I I' N y JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. "Oh said his wife, "there is nobody here. You only smell a crow that is flying over the chimney." Then the giant sat down to dinner, which was quite ready, and when he had eaten a whole sheep, he said, Bring me my hen." The giantess brought a hen, and put it on the table before him, and then she went away. "Lay," said the giant to the hen, and she laid a golden egg. Jack could see all quite plain through a little hole which he had bored in the door. Three times the giant said "Lay," and each time the hen laid a solid gold egg. Then the ogre, being drowsy, shut his eyes, and soon snored very loudly. Directly Jack found that he was asleep, he stole out of the press, caught up the hen, ran out of the castle, and descended the bean-stalk as fast as he could go. His mother was glad to see him again, and much surprised at recovering the long lost hen, which laid them three gold eggs every day. Jack's mother took them to the next town and sold them, and soon grew quite rich. 31 \k:' ., i'I\ I'- \ II I JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. Some time afterwards Jack made another journey up the bean-stalk to the giant's castle; but first he dyed his hair and disguised himself. The old woman did not know him, and dragged him in to eat him by-and-by; but again she heard her husband coming, and hid him in the press, not thinking that it was the same boy who had stolen the hen. Again the giant came home and cried: Fee, fa, fi, fo, fum, I smell the breath of an Englishman. But his wife said, No, it was only a vulture that flew over the chimney." When the giant had dined, he bade his wife bring him his money-bags as he wished to see what gold he had. She obeyed him; brought two great bags and left him. The giant counted his money, put it back in the bags and fell fast asleep. Then Jack stole softly out, seized the bags, and ran out of the castle, and down the bean-stalk to his home, which he reached safely. A long time passed away before Jack went 33 II-j 11 JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK. to the giant's castle again; but he did at last venture. He had disguised himself so well that the giantess did not know him at all, and drew him inside the door as before. And once more she heard the giant, and this time she put him on a shelf in her huge'cupboard. Again the giant's heavy steps sounded outside and Jack heard him say, Fee, fa, fi, fo, fum, I smell the breath of an Englishman. "Oh no, you don't," said the stupid giantess. "It was a raven you smell which has just flown over the chimney." When the giant had dined, he said, Bring me my harp," and the old woman brought it, and left him. The giant said, "Play," and the harp played so beautifully that Jack was delighted. It soon lulled the giant to sleep, and then Jack stole out and seized it, and ran away with it. But the harp was a fairy, and as he ran, he cried out, "Master! master !" and woke the giant, who sprang up and ran after Jack. 35 Itll.r "ti k1 A II I -- ii-v JACK AND THE BEAN-STALK, Jack ran as fast as he could to save his life, but as he reached the bottom of the ban-stalk he saw the giant's great feet just on it. "Mother, mother, give me the axe !" he cried. The widow brought it quickly, and just as the giant ,was a little way down the bean-stalk, Jack chopped it in halves, and the monster came tumbling down, and was killed on the spot. Then Jack called together his neighbours, and they went to the castle and took it, and shut up the giantess, who ate children, for all the rest of her life. Thus, Jack won his castle back again; grew very rich, and became a brave knight'; and was kind to his mother, who lived with him very happily always afterwards; and people have told ever since the story of Jack and the Bean-stalk. 37 II 'I I I I' IIIi l I IIIIII I .1!.1l10 11 Pilll .11Y li'lll~ l~ll'll'll, i '" --II~!'16 '" i ... ""III~I :I Ilklh p Vill" I i I II i a IlIih SI I I~ / II I i I i ' TOM THUMB. IN the days of good King Arthur, there lived a ploughman and his wife, who wished very much to have a son; so the man went to Merlin the enchanter, and asked him to let him have a child even if it were "no bigger than his thumbb" Go home and you will find one," said Merlin ; aifd when the man came back to his house he found his wife nursing a very, very, wee baby, who in four minutes grew to the size of the ploughman's thumb, and never grew any more. The fairy queen came to his christening, and named him "Tom Thumb." She then dressed him nicely in a shirt of spider's web, and a doublet and hose of thistle down. Tom was a very healthy baby; but he grew 39 I - Nilil III .1' I I IT lit ._i t 1 T 1 ..rX~ _ i, --- -- - __ r_ TO M YHUMB. very little. However, his parents were very fond of him, and used to hold him on the palm of their hands till he could walk and run about on the table ; but then, as he was as mischievous as .most children are, his small size caused him to get into danger sometimes. One day, while his mother was making a plum-pudding, Tom stood on the edge of the bowl with a lighted candle in his hand, that she might see to make it properly. Unfortunately, however, while her back was turned, Tom fell into the bowl, and his mother not missing him, stirred him up in the pudding, and put it and him into the pot. Tom no sooner felt the hot water than he danced about like mad; the woman was nearly frightened out of her wits to see the pudding come out of the pot and jump about, and she was glad to give it to a tinker who was passing that way. The tinker was delighted with his present; but as he was getting over a stile, he happened to sneeze very hard, and Tom called out from the middle of the pudding, Hallo, Pickens which 41 NJ'4t i-(I? ii . _ _- ,j iI i; , t 7, SkA If IP '* ': '' *', 2 ,A N I' 'I: I I' .~ '/h N -' N r/.' I . - *"' -r TOM THUMB. so terrified the tinker, that he threw the pudding into the field, and scampered away as fast as he could. The pudding tumbled to pieces in the fall, and Tom creeping out, went home to his mother, who had been in great affliction because she could not find him, and was very glad to get him back again, though he was all over a crust of dough and plums. Now this was not Tom's fault, it had been an accident; but very often he got in difficulties by creeping into all kinds of odd places. One day he climbed over into the milk jug, and was nearly drowned in the milk. Luckily his cries brought his mother in time; though his voice was so small one could scarcely hear it a little way off. Another time he was lost, and after seeking for him everywhere, the poor woman saw his head peeping out of the salt box which hung on the wall, and she drew him out all covered with sparkles of white. A few days afterwards Tom went with his mother into the fields to milk the cows, and for fear he should be blown away by the wind, 43 ' I~W -~.~~ 7 t* -;- ik1--- TOM THUMB. she tied him to a thistle with a small piece of thread. And there little Tom sat and sang as merrily as a cricket. And a bee that buzzed by quite longed to give him some honey from its honey bag, but did not know how to manage it. A butterfly came next, and Tom Thumb said to it, Pretty butterfly, will you take me for a ride on your back some day ?" But the butterfly did not answer. It flew away at once, for it was afraid, even tiny Tom would brush the pretty downy feathers from its beautiful scarlet wings, if he sat on them. By and by a field-mouse came and looked at him with its little bright eyes, and Tom said to it, May I come and sit in your nest some day, Mrs. Mouse." But mousey ran away, and never said a word he could understand. Only I know she did not want him in her nest with her large family of little ones. Very soon after a cow eat up the thistle and swallowed Tom Thumb. His mother was in sad grief again; but Tom scratched and kicked in the cow's throat till she was glad to throw him out of her mouth again. 45 ; A- . - i .. _- - -- -- -- S TOM THUMB. One day Tom went ploughing with his father, who gave him a whip made of a barley straw, to drive the oxen with; but while he was playing at being a herdsman a great eagle flying by swooped down on him, caught him up in his beak, and carried him to the top of a great giant's castle. The giant would have eaten Tom up ; but the fairy dwarf scratched and bit his tongue and held on by his teeth till the giant in a passion took him out of his mouth and threw him into the sea, when a very large fish swallowed him up directly. It was not at all comfortable inside the fish, there was so little air; but Tom was not long in it, for it did not like him much as food, and trying to get some more (for it was very hungry) it bit at a fisherman's bait and was caught. The fisherman thought the fish such a fine one that he took it as a present to King Arthur, and when the cook opened it there was Tom Thumb inside! He was carried to the king, who was delighted with the little man. 47 'II 'II ~~I ~Ill1(~1 ~cI TOM THUMB. Tom walked on the king's left hand, and danced on the queen's. He became a great favourite with Arthur, who made him a knight. He was good and kind to his parents, and the old ballad says,- Such where his deeds and noble acts In Arthur's court there shone, As like in all the world beside Was hardly seen or known. At length with peace and quietness, He left this earth below, And up into the fairy land, Tom Thumb did fading go. For whom King Arthur and his knights, Full forty days did mourn; And in remembrance of his name, That was so strangely born, He built a tomb of marble grey, And year by year did come, To celebrate the mournful death And burial of Tom Thumb. "Whose fame still lives in England here, Amongst the country sort; Of whom our wives and children small, Tell tales of pleasant sport. 49 SIb I: I Ik -"I@1,j' ,,,#lIi i; ,,,rf llllj' I__il l p i "- \ iij _ _-_--7_ / / __ ' ________ PUSS IN BOOTS. ONCE upon a time there was a miller who had three sons. When he was dying he left each of them a legacy. To his eldest son he left his mill; to the second his ass; and to the youngest his cat. The poor youngest son was very sad when he found that he had nothing left to him but a cat; but to his great surprise, puss jumped on the table, and said in a friendly manner: "Do not be sad, my dear master. Only buy me a pair of boots and a bag, and I will provide for you and myself." So the miller's son, who had a shilling or two in his pocket, bought a smart little pair of boots and a bag, and gave them to puss, who put some bran and sow-thistles into his bag, opened 51 'I N it l n I", ( I - A = 2 N jjT I7 I PUSS IN BOOTS. the mouth of it, and lay down in a rabbit warren. A foolish young rabbit jumped into it; puss drew the string and soon killed it. He went immediately to the palace with it. He found the king and queen sitting on their throne; and bowing low, he laid the rabbit at the king's feet, saying : "Please your majesty, my master, the Mar- quis de Carrabas, has sent you a rabbit from his warren, as a mark of respect." "I am much obliged to the Marquis," said the king, and he ordered the rabbit to be taken to the cook, and a piece of money to be given tq the cat. Puss, much pleased, took a rabbit daily to the king, as a gift from his master, till his majesty was well acquainted with the name of the Marquis de Carrabas, and with his wonderful cat. There was a very rich and cruel Ogre living in that country. One day puss went to call on him, 53 __ JS i ,iiliilii:iiililr~;~-,...... ff1 1" .<.~'A' "' PUSS IN BOOTS. and the ogre was quite amazed at hearing a cat talk ; it was the first time too he had seen a " Puss in Boots." "Is it true, most wonderful ogre," said Puss, that you can change yourself into any creature you please ?" Quite true, as you shall see," said the ogre. and he changed himself into : lion, and roared so terribly, that the cat climbed up the wall out of his way. Then the ogre resumed his own ugly shape, and laughed at puss's fear. "It was very surprising," said the cat; "you Share of such a grand size that I do not wonder you could become a lion-but could you change yourself into some very small animal ?" "You shall see," said the stupid .vain ogre, and he turned into a mouse. Directly puss sav, him in that shape, he darted at him and eat hin: up. The ogre quite deserved it, for he had eaten many men himself. 55 -- ~' Jr ____ .'1 ~l1l~\, bla~ ~:~i~~n~\ '.r5~'~888m/ PUSS IN BOOTS. Then puss made haste back to his master, and said, "Come and bathe in the river, and when the king passes by, do exactly as I tell you, for I see his carriage coming this way." The miller's son obeyed his friend the cat; undressed and jumped into the water, and cun- ning puss ran away with his clothes and hid them under a large stone. By-and-bye the king drove by with his daughter. Puss begn toi call very loud Help, help or my lord Alquis de Carrabas will be drowned." The king stopped the coach directly, and asked what was the matter. Puss an- swered, that while his master was bathing, some thieves had stolen his clothes, and that therefore the marquis could not come out of the water. The king luckily had a dress suit with him, so he sent it by a servant to the Marquis, and desired him to accept a seat in the royal coach, and he would drive him home. The miller's son looked very well in his fine clothes, and the king was pleased with his appear- ance. Puss directed the coachman to drive to the late ogre's castle, and then he ran on before. 57 S- ? ,,'.> . -k- t ' Al. ~7 1 F a I - U4 ll fl.- IN MIN, lit. PUSS IN BOOTS. Coming to a large field in which reapers were at work, he said, "If the king asks you to whom these fields belong, you must say, to the Marquis de Carrabas, or you shall all be chopped as small as mincemeat." The men were so astonished at hearing a cat talk, that they dared not refuse; so when the king came by and asked, whose fields are these ? they said, "they belong to the Marquis de Car- rabas." Next puss came to some meadows with shepherds and flocks of sheep, and said the same to them. So when the king asked them, "whose flocks are these ?" they answered, "those of the Marquis de Carrabas." Puss ran on all over the dead ogre's land and said the same words to all the labourers on it, till she reached the castle. There she stood at the door to receive the King and Princess when they drove up to it. "Will your majesty honour my lord by taking some refreshment ?" he said; and the king, who had not so fine a castle belonging to himself as this one was, alighted from his carriage and entered the hall. Nil 1- - PUSS IN BOOTS. Now, the ogre was just going to his dinner when puss had called and killed him, so there was a very fine feast upon the table. Puss told the ogre's servants they should be made into mince- meat if they did not consent to take the Marquis de Carrabas for their master, and they were glad to serve him instead of the ogre. The king took such a fancy to the rich Marquis de Carrabas, that he gave him the princess for his wife. They. lived in the ogre's fine castle (which puss pre- sented to his master), and the most faithful and the happiest of their servants was "Puss in Boots." The miller's son soon learned the manners and habits of a gentleman from his wife, who (thinking he was only eccentric in his ways) took pains to make him renounce all his former awkwardness, and he became very courteous and polished. He also read and tried to improve his mind. On the death of the King he succeeded to the throne in right of his wife, and knowing the abilities of Puss in Boots made him Prime-Minister. 61 ii I' ~~l I .\ 4r (7T A. HOP O' MY THUMB. ONCE upon a time, there was a woodman and his wife, who had so many children that they did not know how to find food for them. So one night, when they were all in bed, the father told his wife that they thought they had better take them into the forest and lose them there. The youngest child, who was so very small that he was called Hop o' my Thumb, overheard his father, and as he was a very clever boy, he made up his mind to find his way home again. So he went down to the brook very early the next morning, and filled his pocket with large smooth pebbles as white as snow. By-and-bye the woodman and his wife told the children that they might go with them into the wood to have a good game of play. They were all glad, except Hop o' my Thumb, who knew what his father intended. So they set out; the woodman and his wife first, then the boys, and lastly Hop o' my Thumb, who sprinkled pebbles all the way they went. They spent a very merry day; but by-and-bye the parents stole away, and left the children all 63 jil 1 HOP O' MY THUMB. by themselves. They were very much frightened when they missed their father and mother, and called loudly for them; but when Hop o' my Thumb told them what he had heard, and how they could find their way home by following the track of the pebbles, which marked the way they had come, they set out, and reached home safely, and their father and mother pretended to be very glad to see them back. But soon after they again resolved to lose their children, if possible, in the forest. This time all the boys feared that they should be left behind, and the eldest brother said he would take some peas to sprinkle, to mark the pathway that led home. By-and-bye the cruel parents stole away, and left the little ones in the dark wood. At first they did not care, for they thought they could easily find their way home; but, alas when they looked for the line of peas which they had sprinkled, they found they were all gone-the wood-pigeons had eaten them up, and the children were lost in the wood. Holding each other's hands and crying sadly, they walked on, to seek a place to sleep in. By-and-bye they came to a giant's castle, where they were taken in, and told that they might sleep in the nursery with the seven baby daughters of the giant, who were lying all in a row in one bed, with gold crowns on their heads. Hop o' my S65 muir - '-V THEGIANTINTHESEVENLEA BO THE GIANT IN THE SEVEN LEAGUE BOOTS. HOP 0' MY THUMB. Thumb thought it strange that the giant should be so kind, as he had been told that ogres eat children. So in the night he got up softly, and took off the little giantesses' crowns, and put them on his brothers' heads and his own, and lay down again. It was lucky for him that he did so, for in the night the giant came up in the dark to kill the boys, that they might be ready for the next day's breakfast. He felt the beds, and finding the crowns on the boys' heads took them for his own children, left them, and went to the other bed and cut off the heads of his daughters instead. Then he went back to bed. Directly he was gone, Hop o' my Thumb and his brothers got up, stole down stairs, opened the door, and fled away from the castle. But they did not go far. Hop o' my Thumb knew that the giant would come after them in his seven-league boots. So they got into a hole in the side of a hill and hid. Very soon after they saw the giant coming at a great pace in his wonderful boots: but he took such long steps that he passed right over their 67 ?iiiJ i "" - .._ __ . - V. - HOP 1* MY UT FT HOP 0' MY THUMB TAKING OFIT THE BOOTS. HOP 0' MY THUMB. heads. They were afraid to move out till they had seen him go home again. So they remained quietly where they were. By-and-bye the giant, who had been miles and miles in an hour or two, came back very tired, and being also stupid with grief (for he had loved his own children), he lay down on the hill-side, and fell fast asleep. As he lay snoring, Hop o' my Thumb stole put of the hole, drew the seven-league boots off, and put them on his own feet. They fitted him exactly, for being fairy boots they would grow large or small just as one liked. The giant did not wake, so the boys all came out of the hole, and hurried on as fast as they could on their way home. Hop o' my Thumb saw a woman sitting weep- ing by the way-side, and asked her why she grieved. "Alas said she, "our good king is gone out to fight, and I have just heard that his enemies are close to him, though he does not know it, and I have no one to send and tell him his danger." I will go," said Hop o' my Thumb, "in my fast boots." 69 ZOEi -- -- II 35' HO 0'M /\ O ORR _e HOP 0MV TUMB RRIVNG A THRCAMP HOP 0' MY THUMB. He started at once, and in two steps he was in the camp. The soldiers were quite frightened, when they saw Hop o' my Thumb step in on his seven-league boots. The king was very much obliged to him for saving him from this great danger, and kept him with him, that he might send messages by such a swift servant. When Hop o' my Thumb could be spared he went back to his old home, where he found- all his brothers; but his father and mother were not there. Hop o' my Thumb hastened to make en- quiries for them, and found that they had been suspected of murdering their children-who had all disappeared suddenly-that they had owned to leaving them in the wood, and that they were to be put to death for the crime. We must go and save them," he said. So he took his brothers into the seven-league boots, and set out to the place where their parents were in prison. 71 Il h iki \ i~ ~----~C 7~e'\- -\ HO 'MYTUBSAE I PRNS HOP 0' MY THUMB. They arrived only just in time, for the guards were bringing out the woodman and his wife to put them to death. Hop o' my Thumb took off the boots, and all the children called out, "We are alive we are alive Do not kill our mother and father." Then there was great joy. The woodman and his wife were set free, and embraced their children. They had repented of their wickedness and were never unkind and cruel any more; and Hop o' my Thumb kept them all in comfort, by going on errands for the king in his seven-league boots. 73 iii ~~Ili i! I; I CINDERELLA. CINDERELLA. CINDERELLA'S mother died while she was a very little child, leaving her to the care of her father and her step-sisters, who were very much older than herself; for Cinderella's father had been twice married, and her mother was his second wife. Now, Cinderella's sisters did not love her, and were very unkind to her. As she grew older they made her work as a servant, and even sift the cinders; on which account they used to call her in mockery "c Cinderella." It was not her real name, but she became afterwards so well known by it that her proper one has been forgotten. She was a very sweet-tempered, good girl, however, and everybody except her cruel sisters loved her. 75 y 41 7- .11/ 7 i I I tl L i: , CINDERELLA. It happened when Cinderella was about seven- teen years old, that the King of that country gave a ball, to which all ladies of the land, and among the rest the young girl's sisters, were invited. So they made her dress them for this ball, but never thought of allowing her to go there. "I wish you would take me to the ball with you, sisters," said Cinderella, meekly. "Take you, indeed!" answered the elder sister with a sneer; "it is no place for a cinder-sifter: stay at home and do your work." When they were gone, Cinderella, whose heart was very sad, sat down and cried bitterly; but as she sat sorrowful, thinking of the unkind- ness of her sisters, a. voice called to her from the garden, and she went out to see who was there. It was her god-mother, a good old Fairy. "Do not cry, Cinderella," she said; "you also shall go to the ball, because you are a kind, good girl. Bring me a large pumpkin." 77 I~~~ /,~L >-e 7 CINDERELL~A AT THE BALL. CINDERELLA. Cinderella obeyed, and the Fairy, touching it with her wand, turned it into a grand coach. Then she turned a rat into a coachman, and some mice into footmen; and touching Cinderella with her wand, the poor girl's rags became a rich dress trimmed with costly lace and jewels, and her old shoes became a charming pair of glass slippers, which looked like diamond. The Fairy told her to go to the ball and enjoy herself, but to be sure to leave the ball-room before the clock struck twelve. "If you do not," she said, "your fine clothes will all turn to rags again." So Cinderella got into the coach, and drove off with her six footmen behind, very splendid to behold, and arrived at the King's Court, where she was received with delight. She was the most beautiful young lady at the ball, and the Prince would dance with no one else. But she made haste to leave a little before the hour fixed, and had time to undress before her sisters came home. 79 4151/ CIN / CINDERELLA HURRYING HOME. CINDERELLA. They told her a beautiful Princess had been at the ball, with whom the Prince was de- lighted. They did not know it was Cinderella herself. Three times Cinderella went to royal balls in this manner, but the third time she forgot the Fairy's command, and heard twelve o' clock strike. She darted out of the ball room and ran downstairs in a great hurry. But her dress all turned to rags before she left the palace, and she lost one of her glass slippers. The Prince sought for her everywhere, but the guard said no one had passed the gate but a poor beggar girl. However, the Prince found the slipper, and in order to discover where Cinderella had gone, he had it proclaimed that he would marry the lady who could put on the glass slipper. All the ladies tried to put on the slipper in vain. Then Cinderella's sisters made great exertions to get it on also; but they could not. However, their 81 AWC. TRYING ON THE SLIPPER. CINDERELLA. young sister begged to be allowed to try it also, it was found to fit her exactly; and, to the Prince's delight, she drew the fellow slipper from her pocket, and he knew at once that she was his beautiful partner at the ball. The rage and envy of her sisters was sad to see, but suddenly the fairy god-mother appeared, touched Cinderella again with her wand, and her dress changed into one of silver and white satin meet for a bride. Take her for your wife, my dear Prince," she said, "she is worthy of being loved, for she is patient, gentle, and industrious, and will make you a good wife." Then turning to the sisters, Learn," she said, "that it is always wise and prudent as well as generous to be kind to all alike, rich or poor, sister or half-sister ; now you will have to trust to Cinderella's kindness for your pardon." 83 A W.CW CINDERELLA'S WEDDING. CINDERELLA. And so Cinderella was married to the Prince, and children strewed roses in their path as they came out of church. Cinderella forgave her sisters, and was so kind to them, that she made them truly sorry for their past cruelty and injustice. She proved a good queen, for she had learned to feel for others, and her husband and children loved her always tenderly. The glass slippers were put under a glass shade, and the Prince often showed them to his children, and told each in turn the story of how Cinderella went to the ball. 85 ii i' P I ',., 1, ROSE SE NT TO THE FOUNTAIN. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN; OR, THE TWO GIRLS. ONCE upon a time there was an old dame who lived in a cottage close to a large wood. She had only one child, a daughter, whom she spoilt by the most foolish indulgence, allowing her to spend all her time in dressing herself up like a lady, and idling about the village. A niece also lived with her, who had no home, and no father or mother to take care of her and love her. The cruel aunt used to make this poor girl do all the work of the family; never spoke a kind word to her, and scarcely gave her clothes enough to keep her warm. But poor Rose was gentle and sweet-tempered, and bore her hard fate very meekly; while the old woman's daughter was so rude and ill-tempered that people called her "Cross Patch." One day while Cross Patch was dressing herself up to go to the fair, the aunt told Rose to take the pitcher, and fill it, at the well in the wood: 87 '"*I f ( I i.. I' '-- RO' GIVES W T T -\ P VAR- RO6E GIVES WATER TO THE POOR WOMAN. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN. "for," she said, "a poor creature like you, without shoes, cannot go to the fair with my daughter." A tear rolled down Rose's cheeks as she heard these unkind words, but she did not answer. She took the pitcher and went out meekly to do as her aunt had ordered. When she reached the well, she filled the pitcher, and then she sat down to rest under the trees. She was crying softly, and wishing she had a mother to love her, when she heard a voice say: "My good child, will you be so kind as to give a poor woman a draught of water ?" She looked up and saw a very poor old woman standing close by her side. "With pleasure, good mother," said the girl, kindly. "Let me hold the pitcher for you; it is heavy when it is full." So she held the pitcher for the old woman to drink. "Thank you," said the dame, when she had drunk, "you speak gently. I will bestow on you a gift. Every time that you speak, you shall drop from your lips diamonds, roses, and pearls." And as the old woman spoke she suddenly dis- appeared. 89 iXl ROSE DROPPING ROSES AND PEARLS. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN. Rose was very much astonished at her words, and walked slowly home with her pitcher (which she refilled) thinking them over. Her aunt met her at the door, and began to scold her for being late. "I beg your pardon, aunt," said the girl, meekly, and as she spoke, quite a shower of diamonds fell from her lips. Oh, what is this !" cried the old aunt, picking them up; "Real sparkling diamonds ? Where did they come from, Rose ?" "From my lips!" said poor Rose, half-frightened; but dropping more as she spoke. Her aunt was greatly astonished. Then Rose told her about the old woman in the wood, and the gift she had bestowed upon her, dropping diamonds and pearls all the time she spoke, till quite a little heap was made, which her aunt greedily gathered up. "I shall send Amy to the well to-morrow," said she, jealous that the poor niece should be more highly gifted than her daughter, "and no doubt the old woman will give her something still better." 91 L.- CROSS PATCH AT THE FOUNTAIN. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN. The next day she bade her daughter go and fill the pitcher at the well, warning her to be very civil to any old woman who might ask for some water. But Cross Patch was in one of her bad tempers, and then she always did just the reverse of what she had been told. She said at first that she would not go. But her mother insisted, and at last she went. Just as she had filled the pitcher, a very poor woman came up and begged for a draught of water. Now Cross Patch was generally rude to badly dressed people; and she was very cross now at having been made to go to the well. "If you want some water, you may draw it for your- self," she said sharply, "I did not come here to wait upon beggars." You are a very rude, unkind girl," said the old woman, "but I will bestow a gift upon you. Every time you speak there shall drop from your lips a viper and a toad." And as she spoke she disappeared. Cross Patch did not believe her words; but took up her pitcher, and went sulkily home. Her mother met her in the porch, and ex- 93 II-I=II- I , S- ii ?uLl C A DO. I T S AD VIE \ I4P ut "s~ -- j -- __ .. . CROSS PATCH DROPPING TOADS AND VIPERS. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN. claimed, "Well, my darling, did you see the old woman ?" "Yes, mother," said Cross Patch, "a miser- able old creature." As she spoke there dropped from her lips a large toad and a viper. "Oh, what is this!" cried the mother. Cross Patch, now a little frightened and very angry, began to tell her what the old woman had said, and vipers and toads fell fast from her lips as she spoke. It is all that wicked Rose's doings," cried the angry mother, "she gives me no end of trouble; I will punish her very severely for it." "Yes, do, Mother," cried wicked Cross Patch, and as she spoke heaps of vipers fell out of her lips, till the old woman ran away in a fright. And she ran for a stick, and was just going to beat poor Rose, who implored her pity on her knees; when, suddenly, a cloud filled the room, and on it appeared a lady with a diamond star on her head and a sceptre in her hand. 95 "" e THE FAIRY SAVES ROSE. THE FAIRY SAVES ROSE. THE FAIRY AT THE FOUNTAIN. It was the queen of the fairies, who had before assumed the form of an old woman. Do not strike Rose," she said, in a command- ing tone. "She has done no wrong. Your daughter brought her fate on herself by her ill- temper. I shall take Rose away with me and place her with kind people, whose care of her will be rewarded by the treasures that fall from her lips. When your daughter learns to speak kindly, I will take away the spell that makes her drop toads. But remember, cross and unkind words are as bad, dropped from the lips, as toads and vipers; while kind and gentle words are better than roses and diamonds." "97 "2 IAT THE OLD WOMAN FINDS SIXPENCE. c~i"I -iI~Iig / /, THE OLD WOMAN FINDS SIXPENCE. THE OLD WOMAN AND HER PIG. AN old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. "What," said she, "shall I do with this little sixpence ? I will go to market, and buy a little pig." 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