- You have recently read
-
- The Story of the Blind Baba-Abdalla
- The Eight Immortals (II)
- The tiger, the Brahman and the jackal
- Little Claus and Big Claus
- The World's Fairest Rose
- Ib and Little Christine
- The laidly worm of Spindleston Heugh
- The Devil's Match: The Story of a Farmer Who Remembered What His Grandmother Told Him
- The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood
- The Little Soldier
- Clean
The Devil's Little Brother-in-law: The Story of a Youth Who Couldn't Find Work
"
"Not if you make me a good wife," Peter said.
And you can understand what a good wife Linka became when I tell you that never again all her life long did she see the Devil.
The Shoemaker's Apron: The Story of the Man Who Sits Near the Golden Gate There was once an honest journeyman tailor, by name Labakan, who learned his trade with an excellent master in Alexandria. It could not be said that Labakan was unhandy with the needle; on the contrary, he could make excellent work: moreover, one would have done him injustice to have called him lazy. Nevertheless, his companions knew not what to make of him, for he would often sew for hours together so rapidly that the needle would glow in his hand, and the thread smoke, and that none could equal him.
© 2013-2019 FairyTales
Almost all texts on this website are from the Public Domain.