The Book of Fables and Folk Stories

“Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 58-69.

Anonymous — Sat, 04 Feb 2023 18:06:05 +0000

“Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 58-69. Anonymous (not verified) Sat, 02/04/2023 - 11:06

Horace Scudder

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, who made his daughter do many hard chores and treated her unwell. They called her Cinderella or the cinder-maid, because she sat in the corner with the ashes after finishing her work. The king’s son was to host a ball, to which all of the rich were invited, including Cinderella’s step-sisters. She worked hard for them, working on their dresses and doing their hair, while they teased her and argued with each other. Although Cinderella said she knew it was not proper for her to go, as soon as the step-sisters left, she began to weep. The girl’s fairy godmother appeared and told her to fetch a pumpkin, which was turned into a splendid coach. She then fetched six mice from the kitchen mouse-trap, which all became horses, and three rats from the rat trap, which were turned into coachmen. Next, Cinderella brought six lizards, which the fairy turned into six footmen. Her godmother then turned her rags into a dress of silver and gold, and on her feet two glass slippers. She told the girl that she could go to the ball, but warned her not to stay past midnight, because the spell would be broken. Everyone was amazed by her beauty and riches when she arrived, and the prince himself went to meet her, and the rest of the night could not keep his eyes off of her. Cinderella spent the evening sitting with her step-sisters, who could not imagine who it really was. She left for home at a quarter to midnight, and there told her godmother about the night, when her step-sisters arrived. Cinderella pretended to have been woken, marveled at their story of the beautiful princess, and asked the eldest sister (Lady Javotte) to borrow a yellow dress to see for herself, and was not at all displeased when she refused. The next night of the ball, the fairy again prepared Cinderella, and again the prince was very taken with her, and was so charming that the girl forgot about the time, and at the first stroke of midnight ran off but left behind a glass slipper in her haste. A few days later, the prince sent a messenger to travel the kingdom with the slipper, and declared that he would marry whoever fit it. When it came to Cinderella’s house, and the two step-sisters could not fit it, she asked if she could try. Seeing that she was very fair, the messenger agreed, and it fit her like wax. The fairy again, unseen, transformed her into the beautiful princess, and the step-sisters begged for forgiveness, which was readily given. Cinderella took the two with her to the palace where she married the prince, and eventually became Queen.

Fairy Tale Title

Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Common Tale Type

Cinderella

Tale Classification

ATU 510A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 58-69

Full Citation of Tale

“Cinderella, or The Glass Slipper.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 58-69.

Original Source of the Tale

Charles Perrault

Tale Notes

This version of the story only has two nights of the ball, while many others have three.

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Book of Fables and Folk Stories

Book Author/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published

1919

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

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“The Elves and the Shoemaker.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 30-33.

Anonymous — Wed, 01 Feb 2023 00:15:58 +0000

“The Elves and the Shoemaker.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 30-33. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/31/2023 - 17:15

Horace Scudder

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 awoke, they were already made. A customer came in and was so pleased with their quality he paid a high price, with which the Shoemaker bought leather for two more shoes. He cut these out and went to bed early, and again woke to find the work was done. His business did well, and people came from miles around to buy his quality shoes. One evening at Christmas-time, the Shoemaker and his wife decided to stay up and find out who was doing the work, and at midnight saw two little elves who toiled away and then fled. The wife said to the Shoemaker that they should repay them somehow, and that it pained her that they had no clothes to keep them warm. They decided to make for each of them a shirt, a coat, a waistcoat, a pair of pantaloons, and a tiny pair of shoes. When they were ready one evening, the couple laid them out instead of the usual shoe cut-outs, and hid behind a curtain to watch. At midnight, the elves arrived, and were gleeful to find the clothes, dressing themselves and dancing out the door. The Shoemaker never saw them again, but everything went well with him as long as he lived.

Fairy Tale Title

The Elves and the Shoemaker

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Common Tale Type

Tale Classification

Page Range of Tale

pp. 30-33

Full Citation of Tale

“The Elves and the Shoemaker.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 30-33.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Tale Audio

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Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Book of Fables and Folk Stories

Book Author/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published

1919

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

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“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55.

Anonymous — Tue, 31 Jan 2023 21:59:41 +0000

“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55. Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 01/31/2023 - 14:59

Horace Scudder

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 had not done more, and offered to bring the cow to town to sell, and reluctantly, his mother agreed. Before he made it into town, he met a butcher who offered him a hatful of beans in exchange for the animal. Gladly, he took them and gave the cow away. His mother was distraught and threw the beans out the window, and the two of them went to bed without a bite to eat. The next morning, Jack saw that the beans had sprouted and created a ladder into the clouds. He was curious, climbed for hours, and reached the top where he saw not a living creature. After a while, he met a beautiful lady, and told her all about his journey. She asked him if he remembered his father, and he told her that no, his mother always wept when he brought her up. The lady said that she would explain about him. She told Jack that she was really a fairy, and his father used to be under her care, but she was careless and lost her powers for a time, making her helpless to stop the giant from killing him for his money. The giant told Jack’s mother that she must never speak of her late husband, or else he would kill her and her child. The fairy said that she got her powers back just yesterday, and so set into place the magical events that led Jack to climb the beanstalk. She told him to keep going and find the giant’s house, and that she would help him when the time came, but not to tell his mother anything. Jack traveled until he found the place, and although the giant’s wife warned him of her husband, he pleaded for hospitality and was let in the house. After Jack noticed cages of people, there was a knock on the door, and the boy was hidden in the oven. From there he observed a hen which laid golden eggs. When the giant fell asleep, he took it, and made it back home where it would provide for his mother. The next day he returned, after changing his appearance so the wife would not know him as the thief, and again begged for shelter. He was let in and hid in a closet while the giant demanded his wife bring him bags of money to amuse himself with. Jack knew it was his father’s money, and when the giant fell asleep, ran off with it, giving the guard dog a scrap of meat. After the two day’s journey home (the money was very heavy) he found his mother was sick by his absence, but began feeling better with him around, and so they stayed for three years. But Jack could not stop thinking of his father, and one day returned to the giant’s house, reluctantly let in by the wife and hid in a copper boiler. He saw a harp which played itself, and ran off with it when the giant fell asleep. But the harp called out to its master, and the giant chased Jack, knowing he had stolen his hen and money bags, also. Jack hurried down the beanstalk and called to his mother for a hatchet, which he used to sever the stalk. The giant fell to his death. The fairy then appeared to tell Jack’s mother all that had happened and how brave her son had been.

Fairy Tale Title

Jack and the Bean-stalk

Fairy Tale Author(s)/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Fairy Tale Illustrator(s)

Common Tale Type

Jack and the Beanstalk

Tale Classification

ATU 328A

Page Range of Tale

pp. 41-55

Full Citation of Tale

“Jack and the Bean-stalk.” The Book of Fables and Folk Stories, Horace Elisha Scudder, Boston: Houghton Mifflin; 1919, pp. 41-55.

Original Source of the Tale

Tale Notes

Research and Curation

Kaeli Waggener, 2023

Book Title

The Book of Fables and Folk Stories

Book Author/Editor(s)

Horace Elisha Scudder

Illustrator(s)

None listed

Publisher

Houghton Mifflin

Date Published

1919

Decade Published

1910-1919

Publisher City

Boston

Publisher Country

United States

Language

English

Rights

Public Domain

Digital Copy

Available at the Internet Archive

Book Notes

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