The second part of this reading, to me, did not contain nearly as many interesting stories as the first one did. However, while reading I did still find two that I liked. The first is called The Higgeledy-Piggledy Palace. In this story, there is a man and his extremely beautiful wife, Sarah. She was so beautiful that they feared the King attempting to take her. So the husband tried to hide her, after which, the palace guards find her and take her to the King. Once there, the King attempted to try and make Sarah his queen but began being haunted. He was unable to lay down on the bed as every time he tried, it got overturned. He was unable to touch Sarah, as every time he tried, he was injured. Eventually he figured out it was due to Sarah and he husband so he let them go. The second story is called the Fairy Frog. In this story a son was told by his dying parents to go into the village, and buy the first thing offered to him. The first thing offered was a little silver box, containing something unknown. True to his word, the son bought the box, and when opened at home a frog jumped out. This frog ate the family right into poverty, and eventually was so big that they could no longer take it. The frog offered to grant them what they wanted and he did. Eventually he spoke and said that since he had been treated so well, they were going to get a gift. After going into the woods, the frog gave them a huge pile of herbs and stones. Then told them he was a fairy and hopped away. My favorite of the two was definitely The Fairy Frog.
Bibliography: Jewish Fairy Tales and Legends by Gertrude Landa
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