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Title: Old French Fairy Tales

Author: Comtesse de Segur

Illustrator: Virginia Frances Sterrett

Release Date: September 29, 2009 [EBook #30129]

Language: English

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OLD FRENCH
FAIRY TALES

by

Comtesse De Segur

Illustrated by
Virginia Frances Sterrett

The Penn Publishing Company
Philadelphia

[Illustration: Copyright 1920 by
The Penn Publishing Co.]

THE STORIES

BLONDINE, BONNE-BICHE, AND BEAU-MINON

BLONDINE 9

BLONDINE LOST 15

THE FOREST OF LILACS 23

BLONDINE'S AWAKENING--BEAU-MINON 25

BONNE-BICHE 28

BLONDINE'S SECOND AWAKENING 33

THE PARROT 40

REPENTANCE 49

THE TORTOISE 56

THE JOURNEY AND ARRIVAL 59

GOOD LITTLE HENRY

THE POOR SICK MOTHER 69

THE CROW, THE COCK, AND THE FROG 73

THE HARVEST 78

THE VINTAGE 81

THE CHASE 84

THE FISHING 89

THE PLANT OF LIFE 94

PRINCESS ROSETTE

THE FARM 103

ROSETTE AT THE COURT OF THE KING
HER FATHER 109

FAMILY COUNCIL 116

SECOND DAY OF THE FESTIVAL 119

THIRD AND LAST DAY OF THE