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Tales of Laughter

by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora Archibald Smith

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  1. 1A Laughing Song
  2. 2The Rats and Their Son-in-Law
  3. 3The Mouse and the Sausage
  4. 4The Three Wishes
  5. 5The Fox and the Goose
  6. 6If Heaven Will It
  7. 7The Booby
  8. 8The Months
  9. 9The Stone in the Cock’s Head
  10. 10The Fox and the Cat
  11. 11The Straw Ox
  12. 12The Cat, the Cock, and the Fox
  13. 13The Fox and the Dove
  14. 14The Fox and the Hedgehog
  15. 15The Disappointed Bear
  16. 16Young Neverfull
  17. 17Hudden and Dudden and Donald O’Neary
  18. 18The Tail
  19. 19Jack and the King Who Was a Gentleman
  20. 20Hans in Luck
  21. 21The Family Servants
  22. 22The Flail Which Came From the Clouds
  23. 23The Sole’s Mouth
  24. 24The Three Brothers
  25. 25The Wren and the Bear
  26. 26The Musicians of Bremen
  27. 27The Fox and the Cat
  28. 28The Golden Key
  29. 29Doctor Know-All
  30. 30The Fair Catherine and Pif-Paf Poltrie
  31. 31The Wolf and the Fox
  32. 32Discreet Hans
  33. 33King Thrush-beard
  34. 34The Three Luck-Children
  35. 35The Three Sluggards
  36. 36The Fisherman and His Wife
  37. 37The Nose-tree
  38. 38The Adventures of Chanticleer and Partlet
  39. 39II — The Visit to Mr. Korbes
  40. 40III — The Death of Partlet
  41. 41The Golden Goose
  42. 42The Young Giant
  43. 43The Sweet Soup
  44. 44Seven at One Blow
  45. 45The Cat and the Mouse in Partnership
  46. 46Old Sultan
  47. 47The Nail
  48. 48The Fox and the Horse
  49. 49The Giant and the Tailor
  50. 50The Spider and the Flea
  51. 51The Little Shepherd Boy
  52. 52The Seven Swabians
  53. 53The Shreds
  54. 54The Wolf and the Seven Kids
  55. 55The Elves and the Shoemaker
  56. 56King Wren
  57. 57Why the Bear Has a Stumpy Tail
  58. 58Three Ways to Build a House
  59. 59How to Tell a True Princess
  60. 60The Five Servants
  61. 61The Hare and the Fox
  62. 62The Story of Zirac
  63. 63Johnny-Cake
  64. 64The Wee, Wee Mannie
  65. 65Sir Gammer Vans
  66. 66Tom Tit Tot
  67. 67The Old Woman and Her Pig
  68. 68The Story of the Three Little Pigs
  69. 69The Three Sillies
  70. 70The Cat and the Mouse
  71. 71Hereafterthis
  72. 72Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse
  73. 73The Magpie’s Nest
  74. 74Scrapefoot
  75. 75The Wise Men of Gotham
  76. 76Of Hedging a Cuckoo
  77. 77Of Sending Cheeses
  78. 78Of Drowning Eels
  79. 79Of Sending Rent
  80. 80Of Counting
  81. 81Henny-Penny
  82. 82A Son of Adam
  83. 83The Happy Family
  84. 84The Blind Man, the Deaf Man, and the Donkey
  85. 85The Alligator and the Jackal
  86. 86Why the Fish Laughed
  87. 87The Selfish Sparrow and the Houseless Crows
  88. 88The Lambikin
  89. 89The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
  90. 90The Greedy Cat
  91. 91Well Done: Ill Paid
  92. 92Reynard and Chanticleer
  93. 93Father Bruin in the Corner
  94. 94Why the Sea Is Salt
  95. 95Gudbrand on the Hillside
  96. 96The Pancake
  97. 97The Death of Chanticleer
  98. 98Reynard Wants to Taste Horse-flesh
  99. 99Bruin and Reynard Partners
  100. 100Pork and Honey
  101. 101How Reynard Outwitted Bruin
  102. 102Nanny Who Wouldn’t Go Home to Supper
  103. 103The Box With Something Pretty in It
  104. 104The Farmer and the Troll
  105. 105One’s Own Children Always Prettiest
  106. 106The Princess Whom Nobody Could Silence
  107. 107The Money-box
  108. 108The Darning-Needle
  109. 109Master of All Masters
  110. 110Belling the Cat
  111. 111The Magpie and Her Children
  112. 112The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-cock
  113. 113The Race Between Hare and Hedgehog
  114. 114Bruno’s Story
  115. 115The Bluebottle Who Went Courting
  116. 116How Two Beetles Took Lodgings
  117. 117Little Tuppen
  118. 118The Story of the Four Little Children Who Went Round the World
  119. 119Chapter I — Introductory
  120. 120Chapter II — The Seven Families
  121. 121Chapter III — The Habits of the Seven Families
  122. 122Chapter IV — The Children of the Seven Families Are Sent Away
  123. 123Chapter V — The History of the Seven Young Parrots
  124. 124Chapter VI — The History of the Seven Young Storks
  125. 125Chapter VII — The History of the Seven Young Geese
  126. 126Chapter VIII — The History of the Seven Young Owls
  127. 127Chapter IX — The History of the Seven Young Guinea-Pigs
  128. 128Chapter X — The History of the Seven Young Cats
  129. 129Chapter XI — The History of the Seven Young Fishes
  130. 130Chapter XII — Of What Occurred Subsequently
  131. 131Chapter XIII — Of What Became of the Parents of the Forty-Nine Chil…
  132. 132Chapter XIV — Conclusion
  133. 133Wee Robin’s Yule-Song
  134. 134The Giant’s Shoes
  135. 135The Farmer and the Money-Lender
  136. 136How the Sun, the Moon, and the Wind Went Out to Dinner
  137. 137Singh Rajah and the Cunning Little Jackals
  138. 138Harisarman
  139. 139It Is Quite True
  140. 140Manabozho and His Toe
  141. 141The Most Frugal of Men
  142. 142The Moon-Cake
  143. 143The Ladle That Fell From the Moon
  144. 144The Young Head of the Family
  145. 145A Dreadful Boar
  146. 146The Old Man and the Devils
  147. 147The Wonderful Tea-Kettle
  148. 148The Wonderful Mallet
  149. 149The Tongue-Cut Sparrow
  150. 150Battle of the Monkey and the Crab
  151. 151The Cub’s Triumph
  152. 152The Silly Jelly-Fish
  153. 153Chin-Chin Kobakama
  154. 154The Old Woman Who Lost Her Dumplings
  155. 155The Three Goats
  156. 156The Fox Turned Shepherd
  157. 157The Seven Boys and the Monster
  158. 158The Story of Little Black Mingo
  159. 159The Cock and the Crested Hen
  160. 160The Old Woman and the Fish
  161. 161The Lad and the Fox
  162. 162The Old Woman and the Tramp

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