Contents

The Hut in the Forest			11
The Tale of the Silver Saucer and the Transparent Apple			18
Sadko			40
Frost			54
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship			70
Baba Yaga			88
The Cat who became Head-Forester			106
Spring in the Forest			120
The Little Daughter of the Snow			122
Prince Ivan, the Witch Baby, and the Little Sister of the Sun			136
The Stolen Turnips, the Magic Tablecloth, the Sneezing Goat, and the Wooden Whistle			155
Little Master Misery			184
A Chapter of Fish			206
The Golden Fish			212
Who Lived in the Skull?			228
Alenoushka and her Brother			231
The Fire-Bird, the Horse of Power, and the Princess Vasilissa			242
The Hunter and his Wife			260
The Three Men of Power--Evening, Midnight, and Sunrise			269
Salt			294
The Christening in the Village			316

LIST OF COLOUR PLATES

They sailed away once more over the blue sea	Frontispiece
There she was, a good fur cloak about her shoulders and costly blankets round her feet	64
There she was, beating with the pestle and sweeping with the besom	96
Misery seated himself firmly on his shoulders and pulled out handfuls of his hair	192
"Head in air and tail in sea, Fish, fish, listen to me"	208
He stepped on one of its fiery wings and pressed it to the ground	240
It caught up the three lovely princesses and carried them up into the air	272