Tom Tit Tot

“Tom Tit Tot.” Fairy Gold : A Book of Old English Fairy Tales Chosen by Ernest Rhys, Ernest Rhys, London: J.M. Dent & Co.; New York : E.P. Dutton & co., 1907, pp. 51-57.

Tale Summary After overbaking five pies, a woman tells her daughter to put them on a shelf to let the crust get soft again, to eat later. The daughter thought that if they would be okay to eat later, she may as well eat them then, and so ate each...

The language of animals

“The Language of Animals” Europa’s Fairy Book, Joseph Jacobs, New York, London: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1916, pp. 66-71.

Tale Summary There was once a simple-minded boy named Jack, who was sent off to school for a year by his father in order to learn something. When he returned home, he told his father that he now understands a dog when it barks. His father sends him away again,...

Rumpel-Stilts-Kin

“Rumpel-Stilts-Kin.” German Popular Tales, Vol. 61. Brothers Grimm, edited by Edgar Taylor, London: Chatto and Windus, 1868, pp. 148-151.

Tale Summary There was once a poor miller who was so proud and vain because of his beautiful daughter that he boasted to the King that she could spin straw into gold. The greedy King demanded she is brought to him, and shut her in a room full of straw,...

Red Riding-Hood

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Old French Fairy Tales, Perrault, Charles, Madame D’aulnoy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, [1899], pp. 70-75. 

Tale Summary Red Riding-Hood’s mother asks her to go to her grandmother’s with cakes and butter. She must travel through the woods to get there and while on her way she meets a wolf. The wolf has the desire to eat her but is wary of the woodcutters nearby, so...

Little Red Riding Hood

Little Red Riding Hood. New York, D. Appleton & Co., 1867.

Tale Summary Little Red Riding Hood is sent to her Granny’s house to deliver honey and butter. On her way, she meets a wolf and convinces the hunters in the forest to spare his life. The wolf asks Little Red Riding Hood what she is doing in the forest, and...

Little Red Riding-Hood

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” Histories or Tales of Past Times Written for Children Told By Mother Goose with Morals, Charles Perrault, edited by J. Saxon Childers, London: The Nonesuch Press., 1925, pp. 19-23.

Tale Summary There was once a pretty country girl who was loved dearly by her mother and grandmother, who gifted her a red riding hood, which is how the girl’s nickname “Little Red Riding-Hood” came to be. One day, Little Red’s mother made some custards and instructed the girl to...

Rumpelstiltzkin

“Rumpelstiltzkin.” The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889, pp. 96-99.

Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor Miller had an audience with the King, and, trying to make himself seem important, said that his beautiful daughter could spin straw into gold. The King demanded her presence, and locked her away in a room full of straw, commanding her to...

Little Red

“Little Red Riding-Hood.” The Blue Fairy Book, edited by Andrew Lang, London and New York: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1889, pp. 51-53.

Tale Summary There was once a young girl who was doted on by her mother and grandmother, who had made for her a red hood, which is how she gets her nickname ‘Little Red Riding-Hood’. Hearing that Little Red's grandmother has been ill, her mother makes some custard and instructs...

Red Riding Hood

“Red Riding Hood.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, Chisholm, Louey, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 1-5.

Tale Summary There once was a young girl who lived in a pretty cottage at the edge of the forest with her father, a woodsman, and her mother, who stayed at home and tended to the cow and the food. On the other side of the wood was another pretty...

Rumpelstiltskin

“Rumpelstiltskin.” In Fairyland: Tales Told Again, Chisholm, Louey, illustrated by Katharine Cameron, New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1904, pp. 6-12.

Tale Summary A miller with a very beautiful daughter is summoned to see the king and tried to alleviate himself of the unease of never being at court before by saying that she could spin straw into gold. The king is intrigued and has her sent for, and she arrives...

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