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Fairy Stories and Fables
James Baldwin
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CONTENTS
Little Tuppen
The Dog and the Wolf
The Mice and the Cat
The Fox in the Well
The Three Bears
The Deer
The Wise Goat
The Three Goats Named Bruse
The Wolves, the Dogs, and the Sheep
The Hare and the Tortoise
The Silly Kid
The Three Pigs
The Wolf and the Lamb
The Dog and the Shadow
Little Red Riding Hood
The Quarrel
The Milkmaid and Her Pail
The Story of Tom Thumb
The Fox Who Lost His Tail
The Wind and the Sun
Jack and the Beanstalk
The Fox Outwitted
The Farmer and His Sons
The Battle of the Beasts
The Old Lion
A Wise Crow
Peter and the Magic Goose
Two Foolish Birds
The Lion’s Share
Tom Tit Tot
The Dog in the Manger
The Camel and His Master
Cinderella; or, the Little Glass Slipper
The Mouse and the Lion
The Fox and the Crane
Princet and the Golden Blackbird
The Foolish Tortoise
The Ant and the Cricket
Puss in Boots
The Hares
Drakesbill and His Friends
The Tree and the Reeds
The Nest Builders
The Lark and the Farmer
The Fisherman and His Wife
Fairy Stories and Fables
LITTLE TUPPEN
ONE day an old hen whose name was Cluck-cluck went into the
woods with her little chick Tuppen to get some blueberries to eat.
But a berry stuck fast in the little one’s throat, and he fell upon the
ground, choking and gasping. Cluck-cluck, in great fright, ran to
fetch some water for him.
She ran to the Spring and said: “My dear Spring, please give me
some water. I want it for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking
and gasping under the blueberry bush in the green woods.”
The Spring said: “I will give you some water if you will bring me a
cup.”
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the Oak-tree and said: “Dear Oak-tree,
please give me a cup. I want it for the Spring; and then the Spring
will give me water for my little chick Tuppen, who lies choking and
gasping under the blueberry bush in the green woods.”
The Oak-tree said: “I will give you a cup if some one will shake my
branches.”
Then Cluck-cluck ran to Maid Marian, the wood-cutter’s child, and
said: “Dear Maid Marian, please shake the Oak-tree’s branches; and
then the Oak-tree will give me a cup, and I will give the cup to the
Spring, and the Spring will give me water for my little chick Tuppen,
who lies choking and gasping under the blueberry bush in the green
woods.”
The wood-cutter’s child, Maid Marian, said: “I will shake the Oak-
tree’s branches if you will give me some shoes.”
Then Cluck-cluck ran to the Shoemaker and said: “Dear Shoemaker,
please give me some shoes. I want them for Maid Marian, the wood-
cutter’s child; for then Maid Marian will shake the Oak-tree’s
branches, and the Oak-tree will give me a cup, and I will give the
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