Ebook Popular Legends of Brittany

Mahrchen has now come again, and this time she has come a long, long way, — she has come from Brittany, where many clever, honest people live, and it is so far off, that you have to go all through France to get to it.' Well, she has brought home some stories, — stories that I as sure you are well worth listening to, and that nobody is ever tired of hearing. I have written them down for you, so that you may read them yourselves, or coax grandmother to read them to you; but once for all, I charge you, give good heed, for Mahrchen often teaches many a wise lesson, and if you pay attention to what she says, you will not have to learn the same things out of other books, which would be much harder to read, and would not give you half so much pleasure.