鈥淭he Fairy.鈥 Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton听and Co., 1923, pp. 9-12.
Tale Summary
Once upon a time, there was a very disagreeable widow with two daughters. The eldest was much like her, but the youngest was more like her father and was very beautiful and sweet of temper, and her mother disliked her very much. She made her work constantly and had to twice a day draw water a mile and a half from the house, and bring home a pitcher full. One day, as she was doing this chore, a poor woman came to her and begged her for a drink. The girl agreed, and the woman revealed herself as a fairy, and gave her a gift: for every word she spoke, out of her mouth would come out either a flower or a jewel. When the girl got home and her mother scolded her for being so long, she apologized, and two roses, two pearls, and two diamonds came out of her mouth. She explains what happened, and the mother tells her older daughter to go to the fountain and do the same. The fairy appears to the sister there, this time as a princess, to see how far the girl鈥檚 rudeness would go. The girl is very unpleasant, and the fairy gives her this gift: for every word she speaks, out of her mouth will come听a snake or a toad. The mother is enraged and goes to punish the younger daughter, who flees into the forest, where she runs into the King鈥檚 son. [The book is missing the last page, but from other versions, we can assume it ends with him marrying her, and possibly the death of her stepsister].
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Fairy Tale Title
The Fairy
Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)
Charles Perrault
Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)听
John Austen
Common Tale Type听
The Kind and the Unkind Girls
Tale Classification
ATU 480
Page Range of Tale听
pp. 9-12
Full Citation of Tale听
鈥淭he Fairy.鈥 Tales of Past Times Written for Children, Charles Perrault, illustrated by John Austen, New York: E.P Dutton听and Co., 1923, pp. 9-12.
Original Source of the Tale
Charles Perrault
Tale Notes
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Research and Curation
Kaeli Waggener, 2022
Book Title听
Tales of Past Times Written for Children
Book Author/Editor(s)听
Charles Perrault
Illustrator(s)
John Austen
Publisher
E.P Dutton听and Co.
Date Published
1923
Decade Published听
1920-1929
Publisher City
New York
Publisher Country
United States
Language
English
Rights
Public Domain
Digital Copy
Book Notes
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