What Are You Doing?

What Are You Doing?

MOTHER FAIRY-TALES

Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.

 

First Aid For A Swoon!

The Swoon

. . . the spindle immediately ran into her hand, and she directly fell down upon the ground in a swoon. Thereupon the old woman cried out for help, and people came in from every quarter in great numbers: some threw water upon the princess’s face, unlaced her, struck her on the palm of her hands, and rubbed her temples with Hungary water; but all they could do did not bring her to herself.

 

From the story “The Sleeping Beauty”

MOTHER FAIRY-TALES

Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.

 

When the Wolf is the winner – Grandma might be dead!

“The Wolf is the Winner of the Game.”

“And,” said the Wolf, “where does your good Grannie live, little lady?”

“Through the copse, and down the hollow, and over the bridge, and three meadows after the mill.”

“Does she, indeed?” cried he. “Why, then, I do believe she is a very dear old friend of mine, whom I have not seen for years and years. Now, I’ll tell you what we’ll do, you and I: I will go by this way, and you shall take that, and whoever gets there first shall be the winner of the game.”

So the Wolf trotted off one way and Red Riding-Hood went the other; and I am sorry to say that she lingered and loitered more than she ought to have done on the road.

MOTHER FAIRY-TALES

Little Red Riding-Hood.

Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.

Tied By The Hair Of Their Heads!

“Three Fair Ladies Tied by the Hair of Their Heads.”
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER.
Mother Fairy-Tales
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.
Illustrator: R. A. Bell.

Then, taking the giant’s keys, and unlocking the rooms, he found three fair ladies tied by the hair of their heads, almost starved to death.

“Sweet ladies,” quoth Jack, “I have killed this monster and his brutish brother, and so set you free.”

“Fee, fi, fo, fum! I smell the blood of an Englishman!”

“Jack Defied Giant Thunderdell and Led Him Toward the Drawbridge.”
JACK THE GIANT-KILLER.
Mother Fairy-Tales.
Henry Altemus Company: Philadelphia. 1908.

“Fee, fi, fo, fum!

I smell the blood of an Englishman!

Be he alive or be he dead,

I’ll grind his bones to make me bread!”