Does anyone remember the name of these two short stories for kids?
When I was around 8 (now im 17)I remember reading 2 books from my school library that were both short stories for kids, with beautiful illustrations. I dont remember the title or author of the books this is why Im asking(tried looking for them at the school library but no luck)
The 1st story was about a witch that stole the kids of this woman. The woman went to the witch’s house to get her kids back, but the witch didnt wantd to give them back. The part that I remember clearly is when she arrives there and the witch tells here that if she wants her kids back she must cut her legs or something similar, so the mother tricks the witch by walking on her knees and hidding her legs behind her.
I dont remember the 2nd story very well, but the pictures. The story was something about a king (and a queen i think) that were planning a party, the picture that I remember very well is one were the king is in his bathtub(or his bed, cant remember very well) and there is this huge tray with food.
- R B
June 30th, 2009 at 5:56 pm
The first sounds like an elaborate version of Hansel and Gretel
The 2nd sounds like the Emperors New CLothes
July 3rd, 2009 at 1:14 am
The first one could be Heckety Peg (I don’t remember the author’s name). A witch kidnaps a woman’s children and turns the children into different objects and then makes the children’s mother guess which child each object is. I’m pretty sure that book is the one that contains the walking on her knees trick.
The second one could be King Bidgood’s in the Bathtub (again, I can’t remember the author’s name).I’ve never read it, but ‘d be willing to bet dollars to doughnuts that it’s about a king in a bathtub.