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Grimm Tales Made Gay

Grimm Tales Made Gay

by Guy Wetmore CARRYL (1873 - 1904)

A comic rendering in verse of well-loved Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm, each ending with a moral and full of puns. The titles of the tales themselves make another verse.(Summary by Annise)


01 - How the Babes in the Wood Showed They Couldn’t be Beaten

02 - How Fair Cinderella Disposed of Her Shoe

03 - How Little Red Riding Hood Came to be Eaten

04 - How the Fatuous Wish of a Peasant Came True

05 - How Hop o'my Thumb got rid of an Onus

06 - How the Helpmate of Blue Beard made free with a door

07 - How Rumplestilz Held Out in Vain for a Bonus

08 - How Jack Made the Giants Uncommonly Sore

09 - How Rudeness and Kindness Were Justly Rewarded

10 - How Beauty Contrived to Get Square with the Beast

11 - How a Fair One no Hope to His Highness Accorded

12 - How Thomas a Maid from a Dragon Released

13 - How a Beauty was Waked and Her Suitor was Suited

14 - How Jack Found that Beans May go Back on a Chap

15 - How a Cat Was Annoyed and a Poet Was Booted

16 - How Much Fortunatus Could Do with a Cap

17 - How a Princess Was Wooed from Habitual Sadness

18 - How a Girl was too Reckless of Grammar by Far

19 - How the Peaceful Aladdin Gave Way to His Madness

20 - How a Fisherman Corked up His Foe in a Jar - Envoi