English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs The Old Woman and Her Pig Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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english fairy tales collected by joseph jacobs

chapter 4 the old woman and her pig an old woman was sweeping her house and she found a little crooked sixpence what said she shall i do with this little sixpence i will go to market and buy a little pig as she was coming home she came to a style but the piggy wouldn't go over the style she went a little further and she met a dog so she said to the dog dog bite pig piggy won't go over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the dog wouldn't she went a little further and she met a stick so she said stick stick beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the stick wouldn't she went a little further and she met a fire so she said fire fire burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the fire wouldn't she went a little further and she met some water so she said water water quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the water wouldn't she went a little further and she met an ox so she said ox ox drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the ox wouldn't she went a little further and she met a butcher so she said butcher butcher kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the butcher wouldn't

she went a little further and she met a rope so she said rope rope hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the rope wouldn't she went a little further and she met a rat so she said rat rat nor rope rope won't hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the rat wouldn't she went a little further and she met a cat so she said cat cat kill rat rat won't nor rope rope won't hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the cat said to her if you will go to yonder cow and fetch me a source of milk i will kill the rat so away went the old woman to the cow but the cow said to her if you will go to yonder haystack and fetch me a handful of hay i'll give you the milk so away went the old woman to the haystack and she brought the hay to the cow as soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat as soon as the cat had lapped up the milk the cat began to kill the rat the rat began to gnaw the rope the rope began to hang the butcher the butcher began to kill the ox the ox began to drink the water the water began to quench the fire the fire began to burn the stick the stick began to beat the dog the dog began to bite the pig the little pig in a fright jumped over the style and so the old woman got home that night

end of chapter four the old woman and her pig

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs The Old Woman and Her Pig Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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english fairy tales collected by joseph jacobs

chapter 4 the old woman and her pig an old woman was sweeping her house and she found a little crooked sixpence what said she shall i do with this little sixpence i will go to market and buy a little pig as she was coming home she came to a style but the piggy wouldn't go over the style she went a little further and she met a dog so she said to the dog dog bite pig piggy won't go over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the dog wouldn't she went a little further and she met a stick so she said stick stick beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the stick wouldn't she went a little further and she met a fire so she said fire fire burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the fire wouldn't she went a little further and she met some water so she said water water quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the water wouldn't she went a little further and she met an ox so she said ox ox drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the ox wouldn't she went a little further and she met a butcher so she said butcher butcher kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the butcher wouldn't

she went a little further and she met a rope so she said rope rope hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the rope wouldn't she went a little further and she met a rat so she said rat rat nor rope rope won't hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the style and i shan't get home tonight but the rat wouldn't she went a little further and she met a cat so she said cat cat kill rat rat won't nor rope rope won't hang butcher butcher won't kill ox ox won't drink water water won't quench fire fire won't burn stick won't beat dog dog won't bite pig piggy won't get over the star and i shan't get home tonight but the cat said to her if you will go to yonder cow and fetch me a source of milk i will kill the rat so away went the old woman to the cow but the cow said to her if you will go to yonder haystack and fetch me a handful of hay i'll give you the milk so away went the old woman to the haystack and she brought the hay to the cow as soon as the cow had eaten the hay she gave the old woman the milk and away she went with it in a saucer to the cat as soon as the cat had lapped up the milk the cat began to kill the rat the rat began to gnaw the rope the rope began to hang the butcher the butcher began to kill the ox the ox began to drink the water the water began to quench the fire the fire began to burn the stick the stick began to beat the dog the dog began to bite the pig the little pig in a fright jumped over the style and so the old woman got home that night

end of chapter four the old woman and her pig

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs 3 The Rose Tree Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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chapter 3 the rose tree there was once upon a time a good man who had two children a girl by a first wife and a boy by the second the girl was as white as milk and her lips were like cherries her hair was like golden silk and it hung to the ground her brother loved her dearly but her wicked stepmother hated her child said the stepmother one day go to the grocer's shop and buy me a pound of candles she gave her the money and the little girl went bought the candles and started on her return there was a style to cross she put down the candles once she got over the style up came a dog and ran off with the candles she went back to the grocers and she got a second bunch she came to the style set down the candles and proceeded to climb over up came the dog and ran off with the candles she went again to the grocers and she got a third bunch and just the same happened then she came to her stepmother crying for she had spent all the money and had lost three bunches of candles the stepmother was angry but she pretended not to mind the loss she said to the child come lay your head on my lap that i may comb your hair so the little one laid her head in the woman's lap who proceeded to comb the yellow silken hair and when she combed the hair

fell over her knees and rolled right down to the ground then the stepmother hated her more for the beauty of her hair so she said to her i cannot part your hair on my knee fetch a bullet of wood so she fetched it then said the stepmother i cannot part your hair with a comb fetch me an axe so she fetched it now said the wicked woman lay your head down on the billet once i part your hair well she laid down her little golden head without fear and wrist down came the axe and it was off so their mother wiped the axe and laughed then she took the heart and liver of the little girl and she stewed them and brought them into the house for supper the husband tasted them and shook his head he said they tasted very strangely she gave some to the little boy but he would not eat she tried to force him but he refused and ran out into the garden and took up his little sister and put her in a box and buried the box under a rose tree and every day he went to the tree and wept till his tears ran down on the box

one day the rosary flowered it was spring and there among the flowers was a white bird and it sang and sang and sang like an angel out of heaven away it flew and it went to a cobbler's shop and perched itself on a tree hard by and thus it sang my wicked mother slew me my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick stock stone dead sing again that beautiful song said the shoemaker if you will first give me those little red shoes you are making the cobbler gave the shoes and the birds sang the song then flew to a tree in front of a watchmakers and sang my wicked mother salumi my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick stock stone dead

oh the beautiful song sing it again sweet bird ask the watchmaker if you'll give me first that gold watch and chain in your hand the jeweler gave the watch and chain the bird took it in one foot the shoes in the other and after having repeated the song flew away to where three millers were picking a millstone the bird perched on a tree and sang my wicked mother slew me my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick then one of the men put down his tool and looked up from his work stock then the second miller's man laid aside his tool and looked up stone then the third miller's...

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs 3 The Rose Tree Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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english fairy tales collected by joseph jacobs

chapter 3 the rose tree there was once upon a time a good man who had two children a girl by a first wife and a boy by the second the girl was as white as milk and her lips were like cherries her hair was like golden silk and it hung to the ground her brother loved her dearly but her wicked stepmother hated her child said the stepmother one day go to the grocer's shop and buy me a pound of candles she gave her the money and the little girl went bought the candles and started on her return there was a style to cross she put down the candles once she got over the style up came a dog and ran off with the candles she went back to the grocers and she got a second bunch she came to the style set down the candles and proceeded to climb over up came the dog and ran off with the candles she went again to the grocers and she got a third bunch and just the same happened then she came to her stepmother crying for she had spent all the money and had lost three bunches of candles the stepmother was angry but she pretended not to mind the loss she said to the child come lay your head on my lap that i may comb your hair so the little one laid her head in the woman's lap who proceeded to comb the yellow silken hair and when she combed the hair

fell over her knees and rolled right down to the ground then the stepmother hated her more for the beauty of her hair so she said to her i cannot part your hair on my knee fetch a bullet of wood so she fetched it then said the stepmother i cannot part your hair with a comb fetch me an axe so she fetched it now said the wicked woman lay your head down on the billet once i part your hair well she laid down her little golden head without fear and wrist down came the axe and it was off so their mother wiped the axe and laughed then she took the heart and liver of the little girl and she stewed them and brought them into the house for supper the husband tasted them and shook his head he said they tasted very strangely she gave some to the little boy but he would not eat she tried to force him but he refused and ran out into the garden and took up his little sister and put her in a box and buried the box under a rose tree and every day he went to the tree and wept till his tears ran down on the box

one day the rosary flowered it was spring and there among the flowers was a white bird and it sang and sang and sang like an angel out of heaven away it flew and it went to a cobbler's shop and perched itself on a tree hard by and thus it sang my wicked mother slew me my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick stock stone dead sing again that beautiful song said the shoemaker if you will first give me those little red shoes you are making the cobbler gave the shoes and the birds sang the song then flew to a tree in front of a watchmakers and sang my wicked mother salumi my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick stock stone dead

oh the beautiful song sing it again sweet bird ask the watchmaker if you'll give me first that gold watch and chain in your hand the jeweler gave the watch and chain the bird took it in one foot the shoes in the other and after having repeated the song flew away to where three millers were picking a millstone the bird perched on a tree and sang my wicked mother slew me my dear father ate me my little brother whom i love sits below and i sing above stick then one of the men put down his tool and looked up from his work stock then the second miller's man laid aside his tool and looked up stone then the third miller's...

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs 2 The Three Sillies Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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chapter 2 the three sillies once upon a time there was a farmer and his wife who had one daughter and she was courted by a gentleman every evening he used to come and see her and stop to suffer at the farmhouse and the daughter used to be sent down into the cellar to draw the beer for supper so one evening she had gone down to draw the beer and she happened to look up at the ceiling while she was drawing and she saw a mallet stuck in one of the beams it must have been there a long long time but somehow or other she had never noticed it before and she began a thinking and she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there for she said to herself suppose him and me was to be married and we was to have a son and he was to grow up to be a man and come down into the cellar to draw the beer like as i'm doing now and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be and she put down the candle and the jug and sat herself down and began a crying

well they began to wonder upstairs how it was that she was so long drawing the beer and her mother went down to see after her and she found her sitting on the settle crying and the beer running over the floor why whatever is the matter said her mother oh mother says she look at that horrid mallet suppose we was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down to the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be

dear dear what a dreadful thing it would be said the mother and she sat her down the side of the daughter and started crying too then after a bit the father began to wonder that they didn't come back and he went down into the cellar to look after them himself and there they too sat crying and the beer running all over the floor whatever is the matter says he why says the mother look at that horrid mallet just suppose if our daughter and her sweetheart was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down into the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be

dear dear dear so it would said the father and he sat himself down aside of the other two and started crying

now the gentleman got tired of stopping up in the kitchen by himself and at last he went down into the cellar too to see what they were after and there they three sat a crying side by side and the beer running all over the floor and he ran straight and turned the tap then he said whatever are you three doing sitting there crying and letting the beer run all over the floor

oh says the father look at that horrid mallet suppose you and our daughter was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down into the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him

and then they all started crying worse than before but the gentleman burst out the laughing and reached up and pulled out the mallet and then he said i've traveled many miles and i never met three such big sillies as you three before and now i shall start out on my travels again and when i can find three bigger sillies than you three then i'll come back and marry your daughter so he wished them goodbye and started off on his travels and left them all crying because the girl had lost her sweetheart

well he set out and he traveled a long way and at last he came to a woman's cottage that had some grass growing on the roof and the woman was trying to get her cow...

English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs 2 The Three Sillies Free Kid's Audiobooks Family Friendly.
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english fairy tales collected by joseph jacobs

chapter 2 the three sillies once upon a time there was a farmer and his wife who had one daughter and she was courted by a gentleman every evening he used to come and see her and stop to suffer at the farmhouse and the daughter used to be sent down into the cellar to draw the beer for supper so one evening she had gone down to draw the beer and she happened to look up at the ceiling while she was drawing and she saw a mallet stuck in one of the beams it must have been there a long long time but somehow or other she had never noticed it before and she began a thinking and she thought it was very dangerous to have that mallet there for she said to herself suppose him and me was to be married and we was to have a son and he was to grow up to be a man and come down into the cellar to draw the beer like as i'm doing now and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be and she put down the candle and the jug and sat herself down and began a crying

well they began to wonder upstairs how it was that she was so long drawing the beer and her mother went down to see after her and she found her sitting on the settle crying and the beer running over the floor why whatever is the matter said her mother oh mother says she look at that horrid mallet suppose we was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down to the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be

dear dear what a dreadful thing it would be said the mother and she sat her down the side of the daughter and started crying too then after a bit the father began to wonder that they didn't come back and he went down into the cellar to look after them himself and there they too sat crying and the beer running all over the floor whatever is the matter says he why says the mother look at that horrid mallet just suppose if our daughter and her sweetheart was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down into the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him what a dreadful thing it would be

dear dear dear so it would said the father and he sat himself down aside of the other two and started crying

now the gentleman got tired of stopping up in the kitchen by himself and at last he went down into the cellar too to see what they were after and there they three sat a crying side by side and the beer running all over the floor and he ran straight and turned the tap then he said whatever are you three doing sitting there crying and letting the beer run all over the floor

oh says the father look at that horrid mallet suppose you and our daughter was to be married and was to have a son and he was to grow up and was to come down into the cellar to draw the beer and the mallet was to fall on his head and kill him

and then they all started crying worse than before but the gentleman burst out the laughing and reached up and pulled out the mallet and then he said i've traveled many miles and i never met three such big sillies as you three before and now i shall start out on my travels again and when i can find three bigger sillies than you three then i'll come back and marry your daughter so he wished them goodbye and started off on his travels and left them all crying because the girl had lost her sweetheart

well he set out and he traveled a long way and at last he came to a woman's cottage that had some grass growing on the roof and the woman was trying to get her cow...

The Emerald Story Book Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Free Children's Books Audiobook Kids' Club.

section 5 of the emerald storybook this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by caro the emerald storybook section 5 the selfish giant by oscar wilde

every afternoon as they were coming from school the children used to go and play in the giants garden it was a large lovely garden with soft green grass here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars and there were 12 peach trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl and in the autumn bore rich fruit the birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them how happy we are here they cried to each other one day the giant came back he had been to visit his friend the cornish ogre and had stayed with him for seven years after the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say for his conversation was limited and he determined to return to his own castle when he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden what are you doing there he cried in a very gruff voice and the children ran away my own garden is my own garden said the giant anyone can understand that and i will allow nobody to play in it but myself so he built a high wall around it and put up a notice board trespassers will be prosecuted he was a very selfish giant the poor children had nowhere to play they tried to play on the road but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones and they did not like it they used to wander around the high wall when their lessons were over and talk about the beautiful garden inside how happy we were there they said to each other then the spring came and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds only in the garden of the selfish giant it was still winter the birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children and the trees forgot to blossom once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass and when it saw the notice board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again and went off to sleep the only people who were pleased were the snow and the frost spring has forgotten this garden they cried so we will live here all the year around the snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak and the frost painted all the trees silver then they invited the north wind to stay with them and he came he was wrapped in furs and he roared all day about the garden and blew the chimney pots down this is a delightful spot he said we must ask the hail on a visit so the hell came every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go he was dressed in grey and his breath was like ice i cannot understand why this spring is so late and coming said the selfish giant as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden i hope there will be a change in the weather but the spring never came nor the summer the autumn gave golden fruit to every garden but to the giants garden she gave none he is too selfish she said so it was always winter there and the north wind and the hail and the frost and the snow danced about through the trees one morning the giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music it sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the king's musicians passing by it was really only a little lynette singing outside his window but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world then the hill stopped dancing over his head and the north wind ceased roaring and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement i believe this spring has come at last said the giant and he...

The Emerald Story Book Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde Free Children's Books Audiobook Kids' Club.

section 5 of the emerald storybook this is a librivox recording all librivox recordings are in the public domain for more information or to volunteer please visit librivox.org read by caro the emerald storybook section 5 the selfish giant by oscar wilde

every afternoon as they were coming from school the children used to go and play in the giants garden it was a large lovely garden with soft green grass here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars and there were 12 peach trees that in the springtime broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl and in the autumn bore rich fruit the birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them how happy we are here they cried to each other one day the giant came back he had been to visit his friend the cornish ogre and had stayed with him for seven years after the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say for his conversation was limited and he determined to return to his own castle when he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden what are you doing there he cried in a very gruff voice and the children ran away my own garden is my own garden said the giant anyone can understand that and i will allow nobody to play in it but myself so he built a high wall around it and put up a notice board trespassers will be prosecuted he was a very selfish giant the poor children had nowhere to play they tried to play on the road but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones and they did not like it they used to wander around the high wall when their lessons were over and talk about the beautiful garden inside how happy we were there they said to each other then the spring came and all over the country there were little blossoms and little birds only in the garden of the selfish giant it was still winter the birds did not care to sing in it as there were no children and the trees forgot to blossom once a beautiful flower put its head out from the grass and when it saw the notice board it was so sorry for the children that it slipped back into the ground again and went off to sleep the only people who were pleased were the snow and the frost spring has forgotten this garden they cried so we will live here all the year around the snow covered up the grass with her great white cloak and the frost painted all the trees silver then they invited the north wind to stay with them and he came he was wrapped in furs and he roared all day about the garden and blew the chimney pots down this is a delightful spot he said we must ask the hail on a visit so the hell came every day for three hours he rattled on the roof of the castle till he broke most of the slates and then he ran round and round the garden as fast as he could go he was dressed in grey and his breath was like ice i cannot understand why this spring is so late and coming said the selfish giant as he sat at the window and looked out at his cold white garden i hope there will be a change in the weather but the spring never came nor the summer the autumn gave golden fruit to every garden but to the giants garden she gave none he is too selfish she said so it was always winter there and the north wind and the hail and the frost and the snow danced about through the trees one morning the giant was lying awake in bed when he heard some lovely music it sounded so sweet to his ears that he thought it must be the king's musicians passing by it was really only a little lynette singing outside his window but it was so long since he had heard a bird sing in his garden that it seemed to him to be the most beautiful music in the world then the hill stopped dancing over his head and the north wind ceased roaring and a delicious perfume came to him through the open casement i believe this spring has come at last said the giant and he...

The Children's Wonder Book The Ogre Who Ate The Shaking Jelly Free Stories For Children.
the ogre who ate the shaking jelly by martha young read for librivox.org by linda marie nielsen vancouver bc grandma gave we dick and nelly each a saucer of shaking jelly dick gave the saucer a funny long look he saw how the jelly shivered and shook oh i see said he you're afraid of me then with a stern voice and you'd better be for spite of all your quaking now i'm going to eat you anyhow end of poem this recording is in the public domain

The Children's Wonder Book The Ogre Who Ate The Shaking Jelly Free Stories For Children.
the ogre who ate the shaking jelly by martha young read for librivox.org by linda marie nielsen vancouver bc grandma gave we dick and nelly each a saucer of shaking jelly dick gave the saucer a funny long look he saw how the jelly shivered and shook oh i see said he you're afraid of me then with a stern voice and you'd better be for spite of all your quaking now i'm going to eat you anyhow end of poem this recording is in the public domain