Horace Scudder
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor woodman and his wife were so desperate for a child that they claimed they would be happy even with one no bigger than their thumb. This is what happened, and the boy they named Tom Thumb was smart and bright but
- Tale Summary There was once a wealthy merchant who had six children, three sons and three daughters, whom he adored. The youngest daughter was called Beauty by all, and she was as good as she was beautiful, but her two older sisters were ill-natured
- Tale Summary Once upon a time, a poor miller died and was only able to leave to his three sons a mill, an ass, and a cat. The youngest was given the cat, and lamented that it did him no good, because all he could do with it was skin and eat it,
- Tale Summary There was once a man who remarried after losing his wife, wanting someone to help look after his beautiful daughter. His new wife seemed pleasant at first, but revealed herself to be unkind, and had two daughters just the same as her
- Tale Summary There was once a little girl who was well-loved by her mother, and even more by her grandmother, who made her a red cloak that suited the child so well that everyone called her 鈥淟ittle Red-Riding-Hood鈥. One day, Red-Riding-Hood鈥檚 mother
- Tale Summary There was once an honest, hardworking Shoemaker, who could not earn enough to make a living. He was down to his last bit of leather to make one more pair of shoes, and so he cut them out to finish in the morning and went to bed. When he
- Tale Summary In the days of King Alfred, in a country village in England, there was a poor woman who had a single son named Jack. She never set him to work, and eventually they were so poor, that they only had their cow left. Jack felt badly that he