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Once upon a time there lived a cat of marvellous beauty, with a skin as soft and shining as silk, and wise green eyes, that could see even in the dark. His name was Gon, and he belonged to a music teacher, who was so fond and proud of him that he would not have parted with him for anything in the world.Now not far from the music master's house there dwelt a lady who possessed a most lovely little pussy cat called Koma. She was such a little dear altogether, and blinked her eyes so daintily, and ate her supper so tidily, and when she had finished she licked her pink nose so delicately with her little tongue, that her mistress was never tired of saying, 'Koma, Koma, what should I do without you?'

The Pink Fairy BookEdited by Andrew LangAll people in the world tell nursery tales to their children. The Japanese tell them, the Chinese, the Red Indians by their camp fires, the Eskimo in their dark dirty winter huts. The Kaffirs of South Africa tell them, and the modern Greeks, just as the old Egyptians did, when Moses had not been many years rescued out of the bulrushes. The Germans, French, Spanish, Italians, Danes, Highlanders tell them also, and the stories are apt to be like each other everywhere. A child who has read the Blue and Red and Yellow Fairy Books will find some old friends with new faces in the Pink Fairy Book, if he examines and compares. But the Japanese tales will probably be new to the young student; the Tanuki is a creature whose acquaintance he may not have made before. He may remark that Andersen wants to 'point a moral,' as well as to 'adorn a tale; ' that he is trying to make fun of the follies of mankind, as they exist in civilised countries.CONTENTSPrefaceThe Cat's ElopementHow the Dragon Was TrickedThe Goblin and the GrocerThe House in the WoodUraschimataro and the TurtleThe Slaying of the TanukiThe Flying TrunkThe Snow-manThe Shirt-collarThe Princess in the ChestThe Three BrothersThe Snow-queenThe Fir-treeHans, the Mermaid's SonPeter BullThe Bird 'Grip'SnowflakeI Know What I Have LearnedThe Cunning ShoemakerThe King Who Would Have a Beautiful WifeCatherine and Her DestinyHow the Hermit Helped to Win the King's DaughterThe Water of LifeThe Wounded LionThe Man Without a HeartThe Two BrothersMaster and PupilThe Golden LionThe Sprig of RosemaryThe White DoveThe Troll's DaughterEsben and the WitchPrincess Minon-minetteMaiden Bright-eyeThe Merry WivesKing LindormThe Jackal, the Dove, and the PantherThe Little HareThe Sparrow with the Slit TongueThe Story of CiccuDon Giovanni De La Fortuna

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.

The Fairy Books, or "Coloured" Fairy Books is a collection of fairy tales divided into twelve books, each associated with a different colour. Collected together by Andrew Land they are sourced from a number of different countries and were translated by Lang's wife and other translators who also retold many of the tales. The collection has been incalculably important and, although he did not source the stories himself direct from the oral tradition he can make claim to the first English translation of many.First published in 1897, The Pink Fairy Book is the 5th volume in this series.

41 Japanese, Scandinavian, and Sicilian tales: "The Snow-Queen," "The Cunning Shoemaker," "The Two Brothers," "The Merry Wives," "The Man without a Heart," and more. 69 illustrations. Andrew Gabriel Lang was a prolific Scots man of letters. He was a poet, novelist, and literary critic, and a contributor to anthropology. He now is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.