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The Olive Fairy Book

by Andrew Lang

Series: Andrew Lang's Fairy Books (11)

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This was a really good collection. Whoever Major Campbell was, he did a wonderful job listening and collection stories from the Punjab people. A Long-Bow Story is a classic tale of a poor man outwitting the rich man, and I thought it was hilarious. I'm not much of a "laugh out loud" person when I read, but that story had me giggling. Grasp All, Lose All a moral story about the bad effects of greed, was also a lot of fun to read and would be highly entertaining to tell. Clever Weaver and The Boy Who Found Fear At Last were atypical of the "traditional" European fairy tale, and I really liked them for it. ( )
  valkylee | Jan 22, 2008 |
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Eight Punjabi tales, five from Armenia, 16 others. An enchanting world of flying dragons, ogres, fairies, and princes transformed into white foxes. 50 illustrations.

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