Belgian Fairy Tales

BELGIAN FAIRY TALES

By WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS

Author of “Belgium: The Land of Art,” “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” etc.

NEW YORK THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY PUBLISHERS

TO KATHARINE AND ELLIOT TEDDY AND MICKEY

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE I. A Story for a Preface ...