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Tales of Laughter

Tales of Laughter

by Kate Douglas Smith Wiggin

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Editor
Smith, Nora Archibald, 1859-1934
Title
Tales of Laughter A third fairy book
Credits
Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres
Subject
Fairy tales
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 54734
Release Date
May 16, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.Tales of Laughter A THIRD FAIRY BOOK
  2. 2.PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
  3. 3.A LAUGHING SONG
  4. 4.CONTENTS
  5. 5.The Rats and their Son-in-Law
  6. 6.The Mouse and the Sausage
  7. 7.The Three Wishes
  8. 8.The Fox and the Goose
  9. 9.If Heaven Will It
  10. 10.The Booby
  11. 11.The Months
  12. 12.The Stone in the Cock’s Head
  13. 13.The Fox and the Cat
  14. 14.The Straw Ox
  15. 15.The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox
  16. 16.The Fox and the Dove
  17. 17.The Fox and the Hedgehog
  18. 18.The Disappointed Bear
  19. 19.Young Neverfull
  20. 20.Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary
  21. 21.The Tail
  22. 22.Jack and the King who was a Gentleman
  23. 23.Hans in Luck
  24. 24.The Family Servants
  25. 25.The Flail which came from the Clouds
  26. 26.The Sole’s Mouth
  27. 27.The Three Brothers
  28. 28.The Wren and the Bear
  29. 29.The Musicians of Bremen
  30. 30.The Fox and the Cat
  31. 31.The Golden Key
  32. 32.Doctor Know-All
  33. 33.The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie
  34. 34.The Wolf and the Fox
  35. 35.Discreet Hans
  36. 36.King Thrush-beard
  37. 37.The Three Luck-Children
  38. 38.The Three Sluggards
  39. 39.The Fisherman and his Wife
  40. 40.The Nose-tree
  41. 41.The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet — I. HOW THEY WENT TO THE HILLS TO EAT NUTS — II. THE VISIT TO MR. KORBES — III. THE DEATH OF PARTLET
  42. 42.The Golden Goose
  43. 43.The Young Giant
  44. 44.The Sweet Soup
  45. 45.Seven at one Blow
  46. 46.The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
  47. 47.Old Sultan
  48. 48.The Nail
  49. 49.The Fox and the Horse
  50. 50.The Giant and the Tailor
  51. 51.The Spider and the Flea
  52. 52.The Little Shepherd Boy
  53. 53.The Seven Swabians
  54. 54.The Shreds
  55. 55.The Wolf and the Seven Kids
  56. 56.The Elves and the Shoemaker
  57. 57.King Wren
  58. 58.Why the Bear has a Stumpy Tail
  59. 59.Three Ways to Build a House
  60. 60.How to Tell a True Princess
  61. 61.The Five Servants
  62. 62.The Hare and the Fox
  63. 63.The Story of Zirac
  64. 64.Johnny-Cake
  65. 65.The Wee, Wee Mannie
  66. 66.Sir Gammer Vans
  67. 67.Tom Tit Tot
  68. 68.The Old Woman and her Pig
  69. 69.The Story of the Three Little Pigs
  70. 70.The Three Sillies
  71. 71.The Cat and the Mouse
  72. 72.Hereafterthis
  73. 73.Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
  74. 74.The Magpie’s Nest
  75. 75.Scrapefoot
  76. 76.The Wise Men of Gotham — OF BUYING OF SHEEP — OF HEDGING A CUCKOO — OF SENDING CHEESES — OF DROWNING EELS — OF SENDING RENT — OF COUNTING
  77. 77.Henny-Penny
  78. 78.A Son of Adam
  79. 79.The Happy Family
  80. 80.The Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Donkey
  81. 81.The Alligator and the Jackal
  82. 82.Why the Fish Laughed
  83. 83.The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows
  84. 84.The Lambikin
  85. 85.The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
  86. 86.The Greedy Cat
  87. 87.Well Done: Ill Paid
  88. 88.Reynard and Chanticleer
  89. 89.Father Bruin in the Corner
  90. 90.Why the Sea is Salt
  91. 91.Gudbrand on the Hillside
  92. 92.The Pancake
  93. 93.The Death of Chanticleer
  94. 94.Reynard Wants to Taste Horse-flesh
  95. 95.Bruin and Reynard Partners
  96. 96.Pork and Honey
  97. 97.How Reynard Outwitted Bruin
  98. 98.Nanny Who Wouldn’t Go Home to Supper
  99. 99.The Box With Something Pretty In It
  100. 100.The Farmer and the Troll
  101. 101.One’s Own Children Always Prettiest
  102. 102.The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence
  103. 103.The Money-box
  104. 104.The Darning-Needle
  105. 105.Master of All Masters
  106. 106.Belling the Cat
  107. 107.The Magpie and her Children
  108. 108.The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-cock
  109. 109.The Race Between Hare and Hedgehog
  110. 110.Bruno’s Story
  111. 111.The Bluebottle Who Went Courting
  112. 112.How Two Beetles Took Lodgings
  113. 113.Little Tuppen
  114. 114.The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World
  115. 115.The History of the Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple — CHAPTER I INTRODUCTORY — CHAPTER II THE SEVEN FAMILIES — CHAPTER III THE HABITS OF THE SEVEN FAMILIES — CHAPTER IV THE CHILDREN OF THE SEVEN FAMILIES ARE SENT AWAY — CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG PARROTS — CHAPTER VI THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG STORKS — CHAPTER VII THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG GEESE — CHAPTER VIII THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG OWLS — CHAPTER IX THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG GUINEA-PIGS — CHAPTER X THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG CATS — CHAPTER XI THE HISTORY OF THE SEVEN YOUNG FISHES — CHAPTER XII OF WHAT OCCURRED SUBSEQUENTLY — CHAPTER XIII OF WHAT BECAME OF THE PARENTS OF THE FORTY-NINE CHILDREN — CHAPTER XIV CONCLUSION
  116. 116.Wee Robin’s Yule-Song
  117. 117.The Giant’s Shoes
  118. 118.The Farmer and the Money-Lender
  119. 119.How the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind Went Out to Dinner
  120. 120.Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals
  121. 121.Harisarman
  122. 122.It Is Quite True
  123. 123.Manabozho and his Toe
  124. 124.The Most Frugal of Men
  125. 125.The Moon-Cake
  126. 126.The Ladle that Fell from the Moon
  127. 127.The Young Head of the Family
  128. 128.A Dreadful Boar
  129. 129.The Old Man and the Devils
  130. 130.The Wonderful Tea-Kettle
  131. 131.The Wonderful Mallet
  132. 132.The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  133. 133.Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
  134. 134.The Cub’s Triumph
  135. 135.The Silly Jelly-Fish
  136. 136.Chin-Chin Kobakama
  137. 137.The Old Woman who Lost her Dumplings
  138. 138.The Three Goats
  139. 139.The Fox Turned Shepherd
  140. 140.The Seven Boys and the Monster
  141. 141.The Story of Little Black Mingo
  142. 142.The Cock and the Crested Hen
  143. 143.The Old Woman and the Fish
  144. 144.The Lad and the Fox
  145. 145.The Old Woman and the Tramp
  146. 146.TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

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