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A Selection from the Norse Tales for the Use of Children

This is a collection of Norse folktales selected as being appropriate for children. They range from short pieces such as, "How One Went Out to Woo" to the longer stories such as, "The Blue Belt" and "Shortshanks," and include such favorites as, "The Three Billy-Goats Gruff" and "The Lad Who Went to the North Wind." - Summary by Larry Wilson

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True and Untrue (Sue Gill)
The Old Dame and Her Hen (Adrian Stephens)
East o’ the Sun and West o’ the Moon (Adrian Stephens)
Boots Who Ate a Match with the Troll (April Mendis)
Boots, Who Made the Princess Say, ''That’s a Story'' (Sue Gill)
The Twelve Wild Ducks (Adrian Stephens)
The Giant Who Had No Heart in His Body (CadenB)
The Fox as Herdsman (Jessica Romero)
The Cat on the Dovrefell (SoundsLikeJack)
Princess on the Glass Hill (Adrian Stephens)
How One Went Out to Woo (Adrian Stephens)
The Cock and Hen (SmilingJade)
The Two Step-Sisters (mleigh)
Buttercup (Rebecca Eden Walker)
Taming the Shrew (yaumixx)
Shortshanks (Katharina21)
Gudbrand on the Hill-Side (Caelenhad)
The Blue Belt (Katharina21)
Why the Bear Is Stumpy-Tailed (SoundsLikeJack)
Not a Pin to Choose between Them (J Denning)
One’s Own Children Are Always Prettiest (T.Honcharyk)
The Three Princesses of Whiteland (SmilingJade)
The Lassie and her Godmother (SmilingJade)
The Three Aunts (mleigh)
The Cock, the Cuckoo, and the Black-Cock (SmilingJade)
Rich Peter the Pedlar (J. A. Taylor)
Boots and the Troll (Mawusi)
The Lad Who Went to the North Wind (Larry Wilson)
The Best Wish (Mike Shepard)
The Three Billy-Goats Gruff (Larry Wilson)
Well Done and Ill Paid (nbvoices)
The Husband Who Was to Mind the House (Larry Wilson)
Dapplegrim (SmilingJade)
The Seven Foals (Kayty Harrelson)
The Widow’s Son (Heather Davis)
Bushy Bride (Jess A Theron)
Boots and His Brothers (MissFreudianSlit)
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