The Olive Fairy Book

Abstract

The Olive Fairy Book includes unusual stories from Turkey, India, Denmark, Armenia, the Sudan, and the pen of Anatole France. Collected and edited by Andrew Lang. It contains the following tales: "Madschun" "The Blue Parrot" "Geirlug The King's Daughter" "The Story of Little King Loc" "A Long-Bow Story" "Jackal or Tiger?" "The Comb and the Collar" "The Thanksgiving of the Wazir" "Samba the Coward" "Kupti and Imani" "The Strange Adventures of Little Maia" "Diamond Cut Diamond" "The Green Knight" "The Five Wise Words of the Guru" "The Golden-Headed Fish" "Dorani" "The Satin Surgeon" "The Billy Goat and the King" "The Story of Zoulvisia" "Grasp All, Lose All" "The Fate of the Turtle" "The Snake Prince" "The Prince and the Princess in the Forest" "The Clever Weaver" "The Boy Who Found Fear At Last" "He Wins Who Waits" "The Steel Cane" "The Punishment of the Fairy Gangana" "The Silent Princess"