| COLOUR | |
| FACING PAGE | |
| The Tailor’s Heart swelled with Pride and Joy | Frontispiece |
| He Decided to Follow Them | 62 |
| An Old Woman came slowly across the Market-Place | 112 |
| She stood Leaning upon her Staff waiting for Cuno | 196 |
| Charcoal Peter and the Glass-man | 232 |
| It had turned into an Enormous Dolphin | 316 |
| BLACK AND WHITE ILLUSTRATIONS | |
| FACING PAGE | |
| The Owl Warned them to be as Silent as the Grave | 22 |
| He made for the Door Screaming lustily for Help | 40 |
| He had unearthed a Pot full of Golden Coins | 72 |
| Choosing the Caskets | 104 |
| They told each other their Sad Stories | 140 |
| They ran Here and There in Wild Disorder | 154 |
| The Slave held an Enormous Dictionary | 168 |
| Faster and Faster they Went | 184 |
| “This,” thought he, “must surely be the Abode of the Glass-man” | 214 |
| She saw a Little Old Man coming along | 258 |
| He saw a Little Man bending over him | 292 |
| “I Came to Look for the Carmilhan,” he said | 332 |
About This Book
A collection of short fairy tales and legends that alternates between whimsical adventure and darker moral fable. Individual stories use magic, talking animals, enchanted objects, transformations, and disguises to drive their plots, while others retell folk legends and local superstitions. The narratives shift in tone from playful comedy to sober melancholy, often concluding with ironic reversals or clear moral outcomes. Presented as independent pieces, the collection examines themes of greed, pride, loyalty, and compassion through concise storytelling, memorable motifs, and vivid scenes that blend entertainment with ethical reflection.