The Fairy Godmother-in-law

By Oliver Herford

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Good Press
• Release date: Nov 21, 2019
• ISBN: 4057664647627

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Oliver Herford

The Fairy Godmother-in-law

Published by Good Press, 2022

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EAN 4057664647627

Table of Contents

PREFACE

I THE WEDDING

II THE LETTER

III THE VISIT

IV THE BALL

V MIDNIGHT

THE CHARM THAT FAILED

THE SILVER QUESTION

HOW THE LION BECAME KING

THE WAKEFUL PRINCESS

A MODERN DIALOGUE

THE HEART OF ICE

THE JUDGMENT OF BISHOP VALENTINE

THE BACHELOR GIRL

MEPHISTO

A CORNER IN CURLS

THE HYDRANT- HEADED MONSTER

TO MY TOY CANARY

THE HAND OF TIME

ENVOI

PREFACE

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It is not always well to place

Unbounded Faith in Fairy Lore,

Believing that in every case

They all lived Happy evermore.

Stranger than Fiction though we deem

The Truth, it does not follow, too,

That Fairy Tales, because they seem

Still Stranger, must be still more True.

Far be it from me to assail

The Truthfulness of Fairy Writ,

But let us take a Well-Known Tale

And see what really came of it.

I

THE WEDDING

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When Cinderella wed the Prince

She thought him all her Fancy Painted,

And this was not surprising since

They were not very Well Acquainted.

While he, not dreaming where she got

Glass slippers, counted on a Dot.

The Prince was Brave, Industrious, Wise:

Brave in bright Silks and Satins gay,

Wise in the Lore of Ladies’ Eyes,

And most Industrious—at Play;

A Leader, too—in Fashion’s Set;

And Deep—that is to say, in Debt.

Who was the Somebody of Note?

(I never could remember names)

Was it Mark Twain or Mr. Choate

Or Mrs. Ward or Henry James

That penn’d those words of Wise Import,

Who weds in haste repents—in court?

But let us not Anticipate.

The Princess wore