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Title: The fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm
Year: 1916 (1910s)
Authors: Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863 Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859 Rackham, Arthur, 1867-1939, ill
Subjects: Fairy tales Folklore -- Germany
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, Page
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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remainedwith this Professor also for another year. When he came backhis father asked him again : iMy son, what have you learnt ? He answered : I have learnt bird language.Then the father flew into a rage, and said : Oh, you hope-less creature, have you been spending all this precious time andlearnt nothing ? Arent you ashamed to come into mypresence ? I will send you to a third Professor, but if youlearn nothing this time, I wont be your father any longer. The son stopped with the third Professor in the same way for a whole year, and when he came home again and his father asked, My son, what have you learnt ? he answered— My dear father, this year I have learnt frog language. Thereupon his father flew into a fearful passion, and said : This creature is my son no longer. I turn him out of the house and command you to lead him into the forest and take his life. They led hini forth, but when they were about to kill him, for pitys sake they could not do it, and let him go. Then they 223
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On tlie way ))e passed a swamp, in whicli a nunilier of Frogs were croaking. THE THREE LANGUAGES cut out the eyes and tongue of a Fawn, in order that they mighttake back proofs to the old Count. The youth wandered about, and at length came to a castle,where he begged a nights lodging. Very well, said the Lord of the castle. If you like topass the night down there in the old tower, you may ; but Iwarn you that it will be at the risk of your life, for it is full ofsavage dogs. They bark and howl without ceasing, and atcertain hours they must have a man thrown to them, and theydevour him at once. The whole neighbourhood was distressed by the scourge,but no one could do anything to remedy it. But the youthwas not a bit afraid, and said : Just let me go down to thesebarking dogs, and give me something that I can throw to them ;they wont do me any harm. As he would not have anything else, they gave him somefood for the savage dogs, and took him down to the tower. The dogs did not bark at hi

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