Project Gutenberg 2010-05-02 Public domain in the USA. 279 Fillmore, Parker 1878 1944 Fillmore, Parker H. (Parker Hoysted) Matulka, Jan 1890 1972 Czechoslovak Fairy Tales Reading ease score: 90.3 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Longshanks, Girth, and Keen: the story of three wonderful serving men -- The three golden hairs: the story of a charcoal-burner's son who married a princess -- The flaming horse: the story of a country where the sun never shines -- The three citrons: the story of a prince who climbed the glass hill -- Prince Bayaya: the story of a magic horse -- Katcha and the devil: the story of a clinging vine -- The betrothal gifts: the story of Kubik and the frog -- Grandfather's eyes: the story of three wicked Yezinkas -- Rattle-rattle-rattle and chink-chink-chink: the story of Long Beard, the dwarf, and the two sisters -- The bird with the golden gizzard: the story of two brothers -- The wood maiden: the story of Betushka and the golden birch leaves -- The golden spinning wheel: the story of King Dobromil and the good Dobrunka -- The golden godmother: the story of poor Lukas -- The golden duck: the story of Prince Raduz and the faithful Ludmila -- The story that never ends. Produced by Suzanne Shell, Sam W. and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "Czechoslovak Fairy Tales" by Parker Fillmore is a collection of folk tales that draws from the rich narrative traditions of Czech, Slovakian, and Moravian cultures, crafted into a format appealing to American children. The book primarily belongs to the early 20th century, as indicated by the copyright details. This anthology aims to preserve the magic of these stories while making them accessible and entertaining, featuring tales that revolve around themes of adventure, magical creatures, and heroic figures. The opening portion introduces readers to the fairy tale "Longshanks, Girth, and Keen," which follows a young prince directed by his father to find a wife. When he discovers a picture of a stunning yet captive princess, he embarks on a quest to rescue her from a powerful magician. On his journey through treacherous forest, he meets three extraordinary companions: Longshanks, who can stretch his body, Girth, who can expand to enormous sizes, and Keen, whose sharp vision can crumble rocks. As they navigate daunting challenges and confront the magician, the story sets the tone for a series of exciting and whimsical adventures, showcasing the loyalty and bravery of both the prince and his quirky allies. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fairy tales -- Czechoslovakia PZ Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Literature 303726 303718 2024-10-13T14:39:52.586678 2023-09-14T07:33:24.345064 text/html text/html 315720 2010-05-02T13:20:40 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1062854 2010-05-02T13:20:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1132720 2024-10-13T14:40:04.474630 application/epub+zip 1135256 2024-10-13T14:39:57.472655 application/epub+zip 174344 2024-10-13T14:39:54.727824 application/epub+zip 1943918 2024-10-13T14:40:08.503596 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1908197 2024-10-13T14:40:02.029646 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 284365 2022-09-15T03:34:56.869978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 255025 254807 2024-10-13T14:39:51.452694 2023-09-14T07:33:23.400062 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 254845 2010-05-02T13:20:40 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 89998 2010-05-02T13:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20933 2024-10-13T14:40:08.646641 application/rdf+xml 14645 2024-10-13T14:39:55.292669 image/jpeg 3951 2024-10-13T14:39:55.013666 image/jpeg 1133833 2024-10-13T14:39:52.666675 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia