CONTENTS THE TRAVELLERS AND THE HATCHETAdapted from Aesop’s Fable, The Travellers and the Hatchet.THE OLD MAN AND HIS GRANDSONAdapted from Grimm’s The Old Man and his Grandson.THE CROW AND THE FOXSuggested by Aesop’s Fable, The Crow and the Fox.THE MILLER, HIS SON, AND THEIR DONKEYSuggested by Aesop’s Fable, The Miller, his Son, and their Ass.EACH IN HIS OWN PLACESuggested by Grimm’s The Mouse, the Bird, and the Sausage.WHAT THE GOODMAN DOES IS ALWAYS RIGHTAdapted from Hans Andersen’s What the Goodman does is always Right.THE CAT AND THE MOUSESuggested by Grimm’s The Cat and the Mouse.THE GIRL WHO TROD ON THE LOAFSuggested by Hans Andersen’s The Girl who trod on the Loaf.THE UGLY DUCKLINGSuggested by Hans Andersen’s The Ugly Duckling.THE RED SHOESSuggested by Hans Andersen’s The Red Shoes.THE STORY OF ALI COGIAAdapted from The Story of Ali Cogia from The Arabian Nights’ Entertainments.THE WILD SWANSSuggested by Hans Andersen’s The Wild Swans.THE TWO COUNTRYMENSuggested by an oriental legend; source unknown.THE MAN AND THE ALLIGATORFrom a folk-tale of Spanish Honduras.THE SONG IN THE HEARTSuggested by Grimm’s The Three Spinners.THE EMPEROR’S TESTCHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS