Chapter I: Front Matter

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THE GREEN FOREST FAIRY BOOK

THE
GREEN FOREST
FAIRY BOOK

BY
LORETTA ELLEN BRADY

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
ALICE B PRESTON

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY
BOSTON

_Copyright, 1920_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

TO THE BOYS AND GIRLS
OF LITTLE JIM WARDS
SAN FRANCISCO CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
IN LOVING REMEMBRANCE OF
OUR TWILIGHT STORY-HOURS
THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
PROLOGUE 1
I DAME GRUMBLE AND HER CURIOUS APPLE-TREE 6
II A TALE OF THE NORTHLAND KINGDOM 61
III THE LITTLE TREE THAT NEVER GREW UP 92
IV THE TALE OF PUNCHINELLO 109
V THE STRANGE TALE OF THE BROWN BEAR 125
VI THE BEGGAR PRINCESS 132
VII SWEEP AND LITTLE SWEEP 170
VIII KINGS AND QUEENS AND PEASANT FOLK 216
IX THE GOOSE GIRL AND THE BLUE GANDER 231
X THE LITTLE BROWN MAN 239
XI A TALE FOR HALLOWEEN 248

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

"And now, Yvonne, to set your mind at rest
gaze into the pool at your feet" _Frontispiece_

"Oh, you wicked creature!" Dame Grumble would
exclaim when he began to shake the Apple Tree 9

For many days these three companions journeyed
on through soft white clouds 86

From this bag the Night Wind begged a dream
for the Little Tree 96

"Look, look, dear Punchinello!" little Beppo
cried. "I am no longer lame" 116

"Hide me, Little Sweep," cried Red Cap.
"My brother is after me" 175

So at last, after much thought, the goose girl
did as the blue gander bade 237

It was the gayest company one ever could
imagine, as they marched along 262

THE GREEN FOREST FAIRY BOOK