Old French Fairy Tales

by Comtesse de Ségur

 

Old French Fairy Tales

Comtesse DeSegur

Roaslie saw before her eyes a tree of marvelous beauty

THE STORIES
BLONDINE. BONNIE-BICHE, AND BEAU-MINON
Blondine	9
Blondine Lost	15
The Forest of Lilacs	23
Blondine's Awakening-Beau-Minon	25
Bonnie-Biche	28
Blondine's Second Awakening	33
The Parrot	40
Repentance	49
The Tortoise	56
The Journey and Arrival	59
GOOD LITTLE HENRY
The Poor Sick Mother	69
The Crow, the cock, and the frog	73
The Harvest	78
The Vintage	81
The Chase	84
The Fishing	89
The Plant of Life	94
PRINCESS ROSETTE
The Farm	103
Rosette at the Court of the King Her Father	109
Family Council	116
Second Day of the Festival	119
Third and Last Day of the Festival	129
THE LITTLE GRAY MOUSE
The Little House	143
The Fairy Detestable	150
The Prince Gracious	162
The Tree in the Rotunda	168
The Casket	174
OURSON
The Lark and the Toad	181
Birth and Infancy of Ourson	188
Violette	191
The Dream	203
The Toad Again	209
Violette's Sacrifice	217
The Wild Boar	222
The Conflagration	231
The Well	242
The Farm—The Castle—The Forge	251
The Sacrifice	257
The Combat	262
The Recompense	271

ILLUSTRATIONS
Rosalie saw before her eyes a tree of marvellous beauty	Frontispiece
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Leger meets the wicked princess, Fourbette	11
Blondine sees the castle of Bonne-Biche and Beau-Minon	50
They were three months passing through the forest	60
She threw her arms around the neck of Bonne-Biche	35
A large and deep river ran at the foot of the mountain	75
A part of the wall crumbled with a terrible noise	82
Henry sprang upon the Wolf's back	87
"What are you seeking, little one?"	95
She saw a man arrive in a laced hat and coat	105
They walked side by side during the rest of the evening	127
The fairy must give herself up to the queen and lose her power for eight days	138
Rosalie never left the park which was surrounded by high walls	144
The broom was on fire at once, blazed up and burned her hands	154
Agnella and Passerose were dashed from cloud to cloud	185
"Ah, ha ! you are at last in my domain, little fool!"	211
Violette consented willingly to pass the night in the forest	229