There was a very vain Queen who, turning towards her maids of honour, asked them, "Is there a face more beautiful than mine?" But the old woman remained obstinate, and said, "Never mind, any way I shall go to the palace with mine!" When the youth heard this, he said resolutely, "Well, I also shall go, and I know that I shall surely return!" The prince did as he was told, and the girl made him stand behind the door, and instructed him that when her mother came home he should say that he was a poor man, and to ask her to give him shelter for the night. maiden, throw me into the well!" The next day the dove returned.

The girl went home to ask her father to marry her schoolmistress, as she would then give her porridge made with honey. From under the stone a large spider came out, and the boy had hardly seen her when he said to her, "You shall be my wife." The queen for this reason was always in great distress of mind, and often prayed to God to give her at least a son. He asked his chamberlain to accompany him, and went searching until he came upon the princess. The father renewed his pursuit; and when the girl saw him she said to the prince, "Let my lad be turned into a hermitage, and I into a hermit." The poor fish finding itself caught and on dry land begged the fisherman to throw it back again into the sea, promising the man if he did so he would have a great catch of fish next time he went fishing. "Pass with your suite," said the sentinel. The sister, very pleased at the result of his interwiew with the king, resolved to take the towel and the comb with her, and accompany her brother to the said country to marry the king. She walked on, and, on entering the first room she came to, she found a very old chest made of pinewood; in the second room she found a bed with a very old straw mattress upon it; and in the third There was once a maiden who was imprisoned in a tower.

One day the father caught a fish and brought it home alive, and as the youngest daughter was the one who occupied herself in cooking, and was besides his favourite child, he gave her the fish to prepare for their supper. The girls all answered at once: "I will, I will, I will," but the girl with the rose on her forehead remained silent.

The man replied, much distressed, "What can I possibly do, my good Sir; I have had so many children that I cannot find now any one to stand godfather to my youngest child." As the cat was by her side, and every time she placed a cake on the dish she found the other gone, she kept repeating and exclaiming:—"Shoo, you naughty thief of a pussy, how can you manage to eat so many cakes?" He knocked at the door, and the old woman came to open the door, and asked his majesty what might be his pleasure. As he was walking along he happened to see a light shining on the road, and, as it was already night, he walked on and on until he reached the light. It happened that a soldier was walking along an open country road carrying on his back a sack of oranges, and he saw two men fighting and giving each other great blows.

When the king departed, the girl There lived once a little maid who was the daughter of poor people. Her health then began to improve, and one day, when she had perfectly recovered from her attack, she went with the maid of honour and the old woman to where the milestone was, and waited there to see if the ass with the golden panniers would come forth from whence the old woman had sat before. They can make you rich in Ireland, bring you gifts in Italy, warn you of upcoming troubles in Turkey, dig you out of an avalanche in Switzerland, protect your city in Czech Republic, or… make roosters crow in Bosnia.Christmas is almost upon us! The prince who had bought the candle said: "Oh!