1) The Old Woman and Her Pig 208

2) Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse 208

3) Johnny Cake 209

4) The Gingerbread Man 209

5) The Straw Ox 209

c.  Tales of repetition and variation 209

1) The Three Bears 209

2) The Three Billy Goats 211

2.  The animal tale 211

a.  The evolution of the animal tale 211

b.  The animal tale may be an old beast tale 211

1) Henny Penny 213

2) The Foolish Timid Rabbit 214

3) The Sheep and the Pig 215

4) Medio Pollito 215

5) The Three Pigs 216

c.  The animal tale may be an elaborated fable,
illustrated 211

d.  The animal tale may be an imaginary creation,
illustrated 211

e.  The Good-Natured Bear, a modern type. (See
Appendix) 217

3.  The humorous tale 217

a.  The humorous element for children 218

b.  The Musicians of Bremen, a humorous type 219

c.  Humorous tales mentioned previously 221

d.  Drakesbill, a humorous type 221

4.  The realistic tale 223

a.  Lazy Jack, a realistic type of common life 224

b.  The Old Woman and Her Pig, a realistic type 225

c.  How Two Beetles Took Lodgings, a realistic
tale of scientific interest 226

d.  Titty Mouse and Tatty Mouse, a realistic
theme transformed into a romantic tale 227

5.  The romantic tale 228

a.  Cinderella 228

b.  Sleeping Beauty 231

c.  Red Riding Hood 232

d.  Puss-in-Boots. (See Appendix) 232

1) The Norse Lord Peter (See Appendix) 232

e.  Tom Thumb, a romantic tale of fancy. (See
Appendix) 232

1) The French Little Thumb. (See Appendix) 232

2) The English Tom Thumb. (See Appendix) 232

f.  Snow White and Rose Red, a highly idealized
romantic type tested by the standards
included here. (See Appendix) 232

6.  The old tale and the modern tale 234