Favorite Fairy Tales
from Czechoslovakia
Book 10 of the "Favorite Fairy Tales" series tells five
wonderful tales from Czechoslovakia. The five stories are "The
Twelve Months", "Kuratko the Terrible", "The
Wood Fairy", "The Shepherd's Nosegay" and "The
Three Golden Hairs of Grandfather Know All". These fairy tales
are enchanting, dramatic stories, suitable for eight years and up.
The Twelve Months - An interesting variation on the wicked stepmother
and stepsister theme, where the twelve months of the years are personified
by twelve men who help out the beautiful young, heroine, Marushka.
Kuratko the Terrible - Kuratko, a horrible chicken that is always
hungary, sets about swallowing whole anyone who comes along his
path. Finally, he meets his match in Kostor, the cat.
The Wood Fairy - Batushka, a young girl who spins flaxen each day
for her mother, a poor widow, loves to dance. One day, a wood fairy
appears and tempts Batushka to dance all day long, resulting in
none of the flax getting spun. What will poor Batushka tell her
mother?
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