CHRISTMAS TALES OF FLANDERS

INTRODUCTION

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE RICH WOMAN AND THE POOR WOMAN

THE TORY OF SEPPY WHO WISHED TO MANAGE HIS OWN HOUSE

THE ENCHANTED APPLE-TREE

THE CONVENT FREE FROM CARE

THE WITCHES’ CELLAR

THE BOY WHO ALWAYS SAID THE WRONG THING

HOP-O’-MY-THUMB

THE EMPEROR’S PARROT

THE LITTLE BLACKSMITH VERHOLEN

BALTEN AND THE WOLF

THE MERMAID

THE STORY OF THE LITTLE HALF-COCK

THE DWARF AND THE BLACKSMITH

PERCY THE WIZARD NICKNAMED SNAIL

SIMPLE JOHN

THE TWO CHICKENS OR THE TWO EARS

THE WONDERFUL FISH

THE WONDERFUL FISH

THE FRYING-PAN

FARMER BROOM, FARMER LEAVES, AND FARMER IRON

LITTLE LODEWYK AND ANNIE THE WITCH

THE GIANT OF THE CAUSEWAY

THE KEY-FLOWER

THE OGRE