Once upon a time there stood before the palace of an emperor a golden apple tree, which blossomed and bore fruit each night. But every morning the fruit was gone, and the boughs were bare of blossom, without anyone being able to discover who was the thief. At last the emperor said to his eldest…
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THE GOAT’S EARS OF THE EMPEROR TROJAN (Serbian Folk Tale) (The Violet Fairy Book, 1889) by ANDREW LANG
Once upon a time there lived an emperor whose name was Trojan, and he had ears like a goat. Every morning, when he was shaved, he asked if the man saw anything odd about him, and as each fresh barber always replied that the emperor had goat’s ears, he was at once ordered to be…
THE STORY OF THREE WONDERFUL BEGGARS (The Violet Fairy Book, 1889) by ANDREW LANG
There once lived a merchant whose name was Mark, and whom people called ‘Mark the Rich.’ He was a very hard-hearted man, for he could not bear poor people, and if he caught sight of a beggar anywhere near his house, he would order the servants to drive him away, or would set the dogs…
Top 5 Most Cunning Lies in Fairy and Folk Tales
Lies and liars have always been an important theme in fairy tales and every tradition has got it’s own takes on the morality of lies. There are countless portrays of liars in fairy and folk tales. Therefore fairy tales provide us with a lot of insight into the world’s cultures. There are so many tales that…
THE FINEST LIAR IN THE WORLD (The Violet Fairy Book, 1889) by ANDREW LANG
At the edge of a wood there lived an old man who had only one son, and one day he called the boy to him and said he wanted some corn ground, but the youth must be sure never to enter any mill where the miller was beardless. The boy took the corn and set…
THE LAUGHING PRINCE (A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales) BY PARKER FILLMORE
THE LAUGHING PRINCE or The Story of the Boy Who Could Talk Nonsense There was once a farmer who had three sons and one little daughter. The eldest son was a studious boy who learned so much out of books that the farmer said: “We must send Mihailo to school and make a priest of…