The Cat and the Mouse - A Book of Persian Fairy Tales

Hartwell [Editor] James, John R. (John Rea) Neill

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The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Cat and the Mouse,Edited by Hartwell James, Illustrated by John R. NeillThis eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and withalmost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away orre-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License includedwith this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.orgTitle: The Cat and the MouseA Book of Persian Fairy TalesEditor: Hartwell JamesRelease Date: January 31, 2008 [eBook #24473]Language: EnglishCharacter set encoding: ISO-8859-1***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CAT AND THE MOUSE***E-text prepared by Michael Gray([e-mail]) PERSIAN FAIRY TALESA designThe frontispieceALTEMUS' FAIRY TALE SERIESThe Cat and the MouseA Book of PersianFairy TalesEDITED with an INTRODUCTIONBy HARTWELL JAMESWITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONSBy JOHN R. NEILLA borderA designPHILADELPHIAHENRY ALTEMUS COMPANYAltemus'IllustratedFairy Tales SeriesThe Magic BedA Book of East Indian TalesThe Cat and the MouseA Book of Persian TalesThe Jeweled SeaA Book of Chinese TalesThe Magic Jaw BoneA Book of South Sea Islands TalesThe Man ElephantA Book of African TalesThe Enchanted CastleA Book of Tales from Flower LandFifty Cents EachCopyright, 1906By Henry AltemusIntroductionPersia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years the stories in this book, and many others as well, havebeen told to the wondering boys and girls of that country, ...

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This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales Editor: Hartwell James Release Date: January 31, 2008 [eBook #24473] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE CAT AND THE MOUSE***

E-text prepared by Michael Gray ([e-mail])

 

      PERSIAN FAIRY TALES

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Altemus'

Illustrated Fairy Tales Series

The Magic Bed A Book of East Indian Tales The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Tales The Jeweled Sea A Book of Chinese Tales The Magic Jaw Bone A Book of South Sea Islands Tales The Man Elephant A Book of African Tales The Enchanted Castle A Book of Tales from Flower Land

Fifty Cents Each

Copyright, 1906 By Henry Altemus

The Cat and the Mouse A Book of Persian Fairy Tales EDITED with an INTRODUCTION By HARTWELL JAMES WITH FORTY ILLUSTRATIONS By JOHN R. NEILL A border

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PHILADELPHIA HENRY ALTEMUS COMPANY

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Contents

The Cat and The Mouse 13 The Son of the Soap Seller 37 The King's Treasu   61 re The King and The Fisherman 85

" Two friends on one carpet may with contentment sleep;  Two monarchs in one kingdom the peace can never keep.  While earth revolves, and little children play,  Cats over mice will always hold the sway."

List of Illustrations

H. J.

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Persia is rich in folk lore. For hundreds and hundreds of years the stories in this book, and many others as well, have been told to the wondering boys and girls of that country, who, as they hear them, picture their native land as one of roses and tulips, where beautiful fairies build their castles in the rosy morn, and black gnomes fly around in the darkness of midnight. A land, too, where the sun gleams like a fire above the blue mountains, and the water lilies are mirrored in the deep lakes. A land where the eyes of the tigers gleam through the reeds by the riverside, and dark-eyed, sunburned people are quick to love and quick to hate. The belief in the "Ghool," or "Old Man of the Desert," is still prevalent in Persia, which probably accounts for the popularity of the story of "The Son of the Soap Seller." The other stories selected for this volume are great favorites, but the story of "The Cat and the Mouse" is perhaps the most popular of all. The frontispiece to this volume is a reduced facsimile of a whole page in a Persian book, showing both the pictures and the reading as they were published in Persia. The other illustrations for "The Cat and the Mouse" are copies of drawings by a Persian artist.

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Persian Fairy Tales The Cat and the Mouse Showing how one may be lost in wonder at the story of the cat and the mouse, when related with a clear and rolling voice, as if from a pulpit. ACCORDING to the decree of Heaven, there once lived in the Persian city of Kerman a cat like unto a dragon—a longsighted cat who hunted like a lion; a cat with fascinating eyes and long whiskers and sharp teeth. Its body was like a drum, its beautiful fur like ermine skin. Nobody was happier than this cat, neither the newly-wedded bride, nor the hospitable master of the house when he looks round on the smiling faces of his guests.

A flower.

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