Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times (1916) (14780456724)

Identifier: grannyswonderful0brow (find matches)
Title: Granny's wonderful chair and its tales of fairy times
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Browne, Frances, 1816-1879 Pyle, Katharine, d. 1938, ed. and ill
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Publisher: New York, E.P. Dutton & Co
Contributing Library: Information and Library Science Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Digitizing Sponsor: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill



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open. 40 Grannys Wonderful CKair She had two dwarfs of sons; one was named Spy,and the other Pounce. Wherever their motherwent they were not far behind; and whoevertasted her mead was sure to be robbed by thedwarfs. Scrub and Fairfeather sat leaning againstthe old tree. The cobbler had a Itimp of cheesein his hand; his wife held fast a hunch of bread.Their eyes and mouths were both open, but theywere dreaming of great grandeur at court, whenthe old woman raised her shrill voice: * What ho, my sons! come here and carryhome the harvest.* No sooner had she spoken, than the two littledwarfs darted out of the neighbouring thicket.- * Idle boys! cried the mother, * what haveye done to-day to help our living ? * * I have been to the city,* said Spy, * andcould see nothing. These are hard times for us—everybody minds their business so contentedlysince that cobbler came; but here is a leatherndoublet which his page threw out of the window;its of no use, but I brought it to let you see I was
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DWARF NAMED SPY STOLE THE DOUBLET AND RAN OFF TO HIS MOTHERIN THE WOOD 4-1 42 Grannys Wonderful CHair not idle/ And he tossed down Spares doublet,with the merry leaves in it, which he had carriedlike a bundle on his little back. To explain how Spy came by it, I must tell youthat the forest was not far from the great city whereSpare lived in such high esteem. All things hadgone well with the cobbler till the king thought thatit was quite unbecoming to see such a worthy manwithout a servant. His majesty, therefore, to letall men understand his royal favour toward Spare,appointed one of his own pages to wait upon him.The name of this youth was Tinseltoes, and,though he was the seventh of the kings pages,nobody in all the court had grander notions.Nothing could please him that had not gold orsilver about it, and his grandmother feared hewould hang himself for being appointed page to acobbler. As for Spare, if anything could havetroubled him, this token of his majestys kindnesswould have d