50 Greatest Short Stories Paperback

Conversation with Terry O’Brien

Contents

Introduction vii

1. Aladdin and the Magic Lamp 2. Androcles and the Lion 3. The Brave Tin Soldier 4. The Cat and the Mouse 5. Chicken Licken 21

6. Cinderella 7. David and the Giant 8. Whittington and His Cat 9. The Elephant’s Child 10. The Elves and the Shoemaker 11. The Emperor’s New Clothes 12. The Fisherman and the Bottle 13. The Frog Prince 54

14. The Gingerbread Boy 58

15. The Golden Touch 61

16. Goldilocks and the Three Bears 65

17. The Greedy Dog 68

1. Hansel and Gretel 2. The Happy Prince 76

3. The Hare and the Tortoise 83

4. Jack and the Beanstalk 86

5. The Last of the Dragons 91

6. The Lion and the Mouse 98

7. The Little Match Girl 100

8. The Little Mermaid 104

9. Peter and the Wolf 112

10. The Pied Piper of Hamelin 115

11. The Princess and the Pea 120

1. Puss in Boots 2. The Wonderful Tar Baby 3. Rapunzel 4. The Red Shoes 5. Rip Van Winkle 6. Rumpelstiltskin 7. The Selfish Giant

8. Sleeping Beauty 9. Snow White and Rose Red 10. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs 11. The Sorcerer’s Apprentice 12. The Three Billy Goats Gruff 13. The Three Little Pigs 14. The Three Wishes 184

15. The Wild Swans 187

16. Beauty and the Beast 195

17. Liam and the Fairy Cattle 203

18. The Magic Porridge Pot 207

19. The Twelve Dancing Princesses 212

20. The Precious Stove 216

21. Teeny-Tiny 221

22. The Magic Tinderbox 224