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1、THEREDFAIRYBOOKEditedbyANDREWLANGTOMASTERBILLYTREMAYNEMILESAPROFOUNDSTUDENTYETANAMIABLECRITICPREFACEINasecondgleaningofthefieldsofFairyLandwecannotexpecttofindasecondPerrault.Buttherearegoodstoriesenoughleft,anditishopedthatsomeintheRedFairyBookmayhavetheattractionofbeinglessfa
2、miliarthanmanyoftheoldfriends.Thetaleshavebeentranslated,or,inthecaseofthosefromMadamed'Aulnoy'slongstories,adapted,byMrs.HuntfromtheNorse,byMissMinnieWrightfromMadamed'Aulnoy,byMrs.LangandMissBrucefromotherFrenchsources,byMissMaySellar,MissFarquharson,andMissBlackleyfromtheGer
3、man,whilethestoryof`Sigurd'iscondensedbytheEditorfromMr.WilliamMorris'sproseversionofthe`VolsungaSaga.'TheEditorhastothankhisfriend,M.CharlesMarelles,forpermissiontoreproducehisversionsofthe`PiedPiper,'of`Drakestail,'andof`LittleGoldenHood'fromtheFrench,andM.HenriCarnoyforthesa
4、meprivilegeinregardto`TheSixSillies'fromLaTradition.LadyFrancesBalfourhaskindlycopiedanoldversionof`JackandtheBeanstalk,'andMessrs.SmithandElderhavepermittedthepublicationoftwoofMr.Ralston'sversionsfromtheRussian.A.L.THETWELVEDANCINGPRINCESSESIONCEuponatimetherelivedinthevillag
5、eofMontignies-sur-Rocalittlecow-boy,withouteitherfatherormother.HisrealnamewasMichael,buthewasalwayscalledtheStarGazer,becausewhenhedrovehiscowsoverthecommonstoseekforpasture,hewentalongwithhisheadintheair,gapingatnothing.Ashehadawhiteskin,blueeyes,andhairthatcurledalloverhishe
6、ad,thevillagegirlsusedtocryafterhim,`Well,StarGazer,whatareyoudoing?'andMichaelwouldanswer,`Oh,nothing,'andgoonhiswaywithouteventurningtolookatthem.Thefactwashethoughtthemveryugly,withtheirsun-burntnecks,theirgreatredhands,theircoarsepetticoatsandtheirwoodenshoes.Hehadheardthat
7、somewhereintheworldthereweregirlswhoseneckswerewhiteandwhosehandsweresmall,whowerealwaysdressedinthefinestsilksandlaces,andwerecalledprincesses,andwhilehiscompanionsroundthefiresawnothingintheflamesbutcommoneverydayfancies,hedreamedthathehadthehappinesstomarryaprincess.IIOnemor
8、ningaboutthemiddleofAugust,justatmid-daywhenthesunwash
