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This book will delight listeners who love fairy tales, folklore and stories told by the fire. It suits anyone curious about how the youngest, poorest or most mocked hero appears in many lands.
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What would you do if a sea monster stretched halfway around the world and the king's wisest councillors had no plan at all? In the first tale of this book, the answer comes from a boy who sits among the ashes to warm his toes. Everyone calls him Ashipattle, and his brothers mock him.
Tales of Folk and Fairies gathers fourteen stories from many lands, retold by Katharine Pyle, an American writer and illustrator.
In dieser Zusammenfassung
- 1A mocked boy faces the StoorwormFree
- 2Curiosity opens doors that carry a price
- 3Quick wit and fair judgment settle disputes
- 4A lazy son hides among the Green One's animals
- 5Kindness at a well earns a strange reward
- 6A frog bride hides a Princess in her skin
- 7Magic gifts reward the generous and the quick
- 8A pipe and a salve show what cleverness can see
- 9Jealous plots cannot bury the truth forever
- 10What these tales share and how they are told
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A mocked boy faces the Stoorworm
The first tale sets a sturdy lad against the largest enemy imaginable. A Stoorworm, a huge sea serpent, rises from the ocean and stretches halfway around the world.
At last a sorcerer says the beast will leave only if Princess Gemlovely is given to it. So the king announces that whoever drives off the worm may have her, half the kingdom and his sword, Snickersnapper. Only thirty-six brave hearts come forward, and none of them lasts.
Meanwhile Ashipattle sits by the fire and says nothing. He learns the secret of his father's swift horse, dresses before dawn in his brothers' clothes, takes a pot of burning peat and a kitchen knife, and rides away. At the shore he tricks the king's boatman into leaving his boat, and he sails toward the sleeping monster.
When strength is missing, a quick mind and a good plan can do the work.
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What is Tales of Folk and Fairies about?
It is a collection of fourteen folk and fairy tales from Scotland, Louisiana, Scandinavia, Serbia, Arabia, Russia, Persia, Norway, India and Bengal. Each tale follows a hero, often the youngest or poorest, who wins through kindness, wit or courage.
Who wrote Tales of Folk and Fairies?
Katharine Pyle, an American author and illustrator who died in 1938, retold these tales. She is known for gathering stories from many cultures and telling them in plain, lively prose that reads well aloud.
What is the Meester Stoorworm?
It is a huge sea serpent in the Scottish tale that opens the book. It stretches halfway around the world, has one fiery eye, and withers whatever its breath touches. A boy called Ashipattle faces it.
Are these stories true or old legends?
They are traditional folk tales and legends passed down by word of mouth in many lands. Pyle retold them in English, so each keeps its own setting, magic and customs, from Scottish isles to Persian gardens.
Is Tales of Folk and Fairies easy to read aloud?
Yes, the tales use short sentences, clear scenes and storyteller phrases such as a short way and a long way. Each tale stands alone, so you can read one at a time at bedtime or by the fire.
Cite this edition
Pyle, Katharine. Tales of Folk and Fairies. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-folk-and-fairies.
Pyle, K. (2026). Tales of folk and fairies. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-folk-and-fairies (Original work published 1919)
Pyle, Katharine. Tales of Folk and Fairies. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/tales-of-folk-and-fairies.
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