Vulgar words in The Yellow Fairy Book (Page 1)

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_CONTENTS_ PAGE _The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership_ 1 _The Six Swans_ 4 _The Dragon of the North_ 9 _Story of the Emperor's New Clothes_ 21 _The Golden Crab_ 26 _The Iron Stove_ 32 _The Dragon and his Grandmother_ 38 _The Donkey Cabbage_ 42 _The Little Green Frog_ 50 _The Seven-headed Serpent_ 60 _The Grateful Beasts_ 64 _The Giants and the Herd-boy_ 75 _The Invisible Prince_ 78 _The Crow_ 92 _How Six Men travelled through the Wide World_ 95 _The Wizard King_ 100 _The Nixy_ 108 _The Glass Mountain_ 114 _Alphege, or the Green Monkey_ 119 _Fairer-than-a-Fairy_ 126 _The Three Brothers_ 134 _The Boy and the Wolves, or the Broken Promise_ 138 _The Glass Axe_ 141 _The Dead Wife_ 149 _In the Land of Souls_ 152 _The White Duck_ 155 _The Witch and her Servants_ 161 _The Magic Ring_ 178 _The Flower Queen's Daughter_ 192 _The Flying Ship_ 198 _The Snow-daughter and the Fire-son_ 206 _The Story of King Frost_ 209 _The Death of the Sun-hero_ 213 _The Witch_ 216 _The Hazel-nut Child_ 222 _The Story of Big Klaus and Little Klaus_ 225 _Prince Ring_ 237 _The Swineherd_ 249 _How to tell a True Princess_ 254 _The Blue Mountains_ 256 _The Tinder-box_ 265 _The Witch in the Stone Boat_ 274 _Thumbelina_ 279 _The Nightingale_ 291 _Hermod and Hadvor_ 301 _The Steadfast Tin-soldier_ 308 _Blockhead Hans_ 313 _A Story about a Darning-needle_ 319 _LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS_ _PLATES_ _The Swineherd takes the Ten Kisses_ _Frontispiece_ _The Six Brothers changed into Swans by their Stepmother_ _To face page_ 8 _The Witch-maiden sees the Young Man under a Tree_ " 12 _'Here you shall remain chained up until you die'_ " 20 _The Prince throws the Apple to the Princess_ " 30 _The Iron Stove_ " 32 _'Standing in the doorway a charming maiden at whose sight his mind seemed to give way'_ " 58 _The Seven-headed Serpent_ " 62 _The Mirror of the Present_ " 84 _Prince Gnome learns the Name of his Rival at the Golden Fountain_ " 88 _The Black Girl stops the Witch with a Bit of the Rock_ " 144 _Militza and her Maidens in the Garden_ " 168 _Iwanich casts the Fish into the Water_ " 172 _'In winter, when everything is dead, she must come and live with me in my palace underground'_ " 196 _Simpleton's Army appears before the King_ " 204 _The Snow Maiden_ " 206 _'Gee up, my five horses'_ " 226 _The Swineherd takes the Ten Kisses_ " 250 _The Irishman arrives at the Blue Mountains_ " 262 _The Witch comes on Board_ " 274 _Sigurd hews the Chain asunder_ " 276 _The King finds the Queen of Hetland_ " 302 _WOODCUTS IN TEXT_ PAGE _The Partnership_ 1 _At Home in the Church_ 2 _Protestation_ 3 _The Way of the World_ 3 '_And then her dress_' 7 _The Youth secures the Dragon_ 17 _The Emperor comes to see his New Clothes_ 24 '_Let down, let down thy petticoat that lets thy feet be seen_' 27 _The Fisherman brings the Crab on the Golden Cushion_ 28 '_Then she reached the three cutting swords, and got on her plough-wheel and rolled over them_' 35 _The Dragon carries off the Three Soldiers_ 39 _The Fiend defeated_ 41 _The Maiden obtains the Bird-heart_ 44 _The Hunter is transformed into a Donkey_ 46 _The Young Man gives the Donkeys to the Miller_ 48 _The Prince looks into the Magic Mirror_ 51 _Prince Saphir Steals the Horse and Harness_ 55 _Ferko healed by Magic Waters_ 67 _Ferko before the King_ 68 _Ferko leads the Wolves on_ 73 _The Herd-boy binds up the Giant's Foot_ 75 _Rosalie_ 82 _In the Labyrinth of Despair_ 85 _The Evil Spirits drag the Girl to the Cauldron_ 93 _My Enemy is given into my Hands_ 97 _The Princess and the Eagle in the Flowery Meadow_ 102 _The Wizard King pays a Visit to the Princess_ 105 _The Miller sees the Nixy of the Mill-pond_ 109 _A Wave swept the Spinning-wheel from the Bank_ 112 _The Boy attacked by the Eagle on the Glass Mountain_ 116 _The King makes Friends with the Green Monkey_ 121 _The Green Monkey in the Bath_ 123 _Lagree gives the Two Bottles to Fairer-than-a-Fairy_ 127 _Fairer-than-a-Fairy summons the Rainbow_ 130 '_Then the youth swung his mighty sword in the air, and with one blow cut off the serpent's head_' 136 '_My brother, my brother, I am becoming a wolf_!'

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[Illustration: And That Was the End] BLOCKHEAD-HANS Far away in the country lay an old manor-house where lived an old squire who had two sons.

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All the servants stood in the courtyard and saw them mount their steeds, and here by chance came the third brother; for the squire had three sons, but nobody counted him with his brothers, for he was not so learned as they were, and he was generally called 'Blockhead-Hans.'

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'Oh, oh!' said Blockhead-Hans.

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I'll go too!' cried Blockhead-Hans; and the brothers laughed at him and rode off.

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'Dear father!' cried Blockhead-Hans, 'I must have a horse too.

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[Illustration: Then They Oiled the Corners of Their Mouths] 'Well,' said Blockhead-Hans, 'if I can't have a horse, I will take the goat which is mine; he can carry me!'

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'Here I come!' shouted Blockhead-Hans, singing so that the echoes were roused far and near.

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'Hullo!' bawled Blockhead-Hans, 'here I am!

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'Blockhead!' said his brothers, 'what are you going to do with it?'

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'Blockhead!' said they, 'that is an old wooden shoe without the top!

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'Of course I shall!' returned Blockhead-Hans; and the brothers laughed and rode on a good way.

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here I am!' cried Blockhead-Hans; better and better--it is really famous!'

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'Oh,' said Blockhead-Hans, 'it is really too good!

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'Of course it is!' said Blockhead-Hans, 'and it is the best kind!

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But the brothers rode on so fast that dust and sparks flew all around, and they reached the gate of the town a good hour before Blockhead-Hans.

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Now Blockhead-Hans came in; he rode his goat right into the hall.

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'That's good!' replied Blockhead-Hans; 'then can I roast a crow with them?'

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said Blockhead-Hans That was neatly done!

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said the Princess] 'Oh, rather!' said Blockhead-Hans.

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'I've got that in my pocket!' said Blockhead-Hans.

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By each window do you see there are standing three reporters and an old editor, and this old editor is the worst, for he doesn't understand anything!' but she only said this to tease Blockhead-Hans.

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are those the great people?' said Blockhead-Hans.

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Blockhead-Hans became King, got a wife and a crown, and sat on the throne; and this we have still damp from the newspaper of the editor and the reporters--and they are not to be believed for a moment.

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