_What the Rose did to the Cypress_ 1
_Ball-Carrier and the Bad One_ 48
_How Ball-Carrier finished his Task_ 59
_The Bunyip_ 71
_Father Grumbler_ 77
_The Story of the Yara_ 88
_The Cunning Hare_ 100
_The Turtle and his Bride_ 106
_How Geirald the Coward was Punished_ 114
_Hábogi_ 126
_How the Little Brother set Free his Big Brothers_ 134
_The Sacred Milk of Koumongoé_ 143
_The Wicked Wolverine_ 154
_The Husband of the Rat's Daughter_ 161
_The Mermaid and the Boy_ 165
_Pivi and Kabo_ 183
_The Elf Maiden_ 190
_How Some Wild Animals became Tame Ones_ 197
_Fortune and the Wood-Cutter_ 202
_The Enchanted Head_ 205
_The Sister of the Sun_ 215
_The Prince and the Three Fates_ 233
_The Fox and the Lapp_ 245
_Kisa the Cat_ 256
_The Lion and the Cat_ 263
_Which was the Foolishest?_ 270
_Asmund and Signy_ 275
_Rübezahl_ 283
_Story of the King who would be Stronger than Fate_ 300
_Story of Wali Dâd the Simple-hearted_ 315
_Tale of a Tortoise and of a Mischievous Monkey_ 327
_The Knights of the Fish_ 343
THE BROWN FAIRY BOOK
_WHAT THE ROSE DID TO THE CYPRESS_[1]
Once upon a time a great king of the East, named Saman-lāl-pōsh,[2] had
three brave and clever sons--Tahmāsp, Qamās, and Almās-ruh-bakhsh.[3]
One day, when the king was sitting in his hall of audience, his eldest
son, Prince Tahmāsp, came before him, and after greeting his father with
due respect, said: 'O my royal father! I am tired of the town; if you
will give me leave, I will take my servants to-morrow and will go into
the country and hunt on the hill-skirts; and when I have taken some game
I will come back, at evening-prayer time.' His father consented, and
sent with him some of his own trusted servants, and also hawks, and
falcons, hunting dogs, cheetahs and leopards.
