"'This is a case which can only be settled on the spot itself, my dear dragon,' said the fox."  From Fairy Tales from the Far North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 1897.

"He said farewell to the sky country and let himself down to earth—by one of his own strands of yarn."  From Canadian Fairy Tales by Cyrus MacMillan, 1922.

"Pulled a feather out of farmer Weatherbeard's head."  From Fairy Tales from the Far North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 1897.

From Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks by William Elliot Griffis, 1918.

"The woman was raking the fire with her nose, it was so long."  From Fairy Tales from the Far North by Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, 1897.

"The exact shape of a bright black heart."  From The Flint Heart by Eden Phillpotts, 1910.

From Fairy Dreams by Jane Goodwin Austin, 1859.

From The Shoemaker's Apron, A Second Book of Czechoslovak Fairy Tales and Folk Tales by Parker Fillmore and illustrated by Jan Matulka, 1920.

From Fairy Tales in Prose and Verse by William James Rolfe, 1889.

"They loved, too, the beautiful Iris-spirit, who came in the sun-light, and slept so gorgeously robed upon the soft bosom of the silvery spray."  From New Tales from Faëry Land, 1852.

"The minister and the fairy."  From Scottish Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Legends, illustrated by Geoffrey Strahan, 1902.