The oak-tree fairy book; favorite fairy tales - Tapa blanda

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1905 Excerpt: ...brought home an ear of wheat and Tatty Mouse brought home an ear of wheat. Titty Mouse took her ear of wheat and picked all the grain out of the husks, and Tatty Mouse took her ear of wheat and picked all the grain out of the husks. Then Titty Mouse put her wheat in the pot to boil, and Tatty Mouse put her wheat in the pot to boil; and when the wheat was boiled Titty Mouse was taking the pot off the fire and her foot slipped and the hot water from the pot splashed on her. She was scalded so badly that she went to bed sick, and Tatty sat down and cried. A three-legged stool saw the tears dropping from Tatty's eyes, and it asked, "Tatty, why do you weep? "Titty's sick," replied Tatty, "and so I weep." "Then I 'll hop," said the stool. So the stool hopped. A broom in the corner of the room saw the stool hopping and it asked, "Stool, why do you hop?" "Oh!" replied the stool, "Titty's sick, and Tatty weeps, and so I hop." "Then I 'll sweep," said the broom. So the broom began to sweep. The door saw the broom sweeping and it asked, "Broom, why do you sweep?" "Oh!" replied the broom, "Titty's sick, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and so I sweep." "Then I 'll creak," said the door. So the door creaked. Just outside the door by the house wall stood an old bench, and when the door creaked the bench asked, " Door, why do you creak?" "Oh," replied the door, "Titty's sick, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, and so I creak." "Then I 'll run round the house," said the old bench. So the old bench ran round the house. A fine large waFnut-tree grew in the yard and shadowed the house very pleasa...