akorn - Mighty Old Tales Retold

Childe Rowland

Childe Rowland and his brother twain
Were playing at the ball,
And there was their sister Burd Ellen
In the midst, among them all.
Childe Rowland kicked it with his foot
And caught it with his knee;
At last as he plunged among them all
O'er the church he made it flee.
 

Henny Penny

One day Henny Penny was picking up corn in the corn yard when -- whack; something hit her upon the head.  "Goodness Gracious me!" said Henny Penny; "the sky's a-going to fall; I must go and tell the king."

Jack the Giant Killer

When Good King Arthur reigned, there lived near the Land's End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack.

The Story of the Three Bears

Once upon a time there were Three Bears, who lived together in a house of their own, in a wood.

The Story of the Three Little Pigs

Once upon a time when pigs spoke rhyme,
And monkeys chewed tobacco,
And hens took snuff to make them tough,
And ducks went quack, quack, quack, O!
There was an old sow with three little pigs, ...
 

Jack and the Beanstalk

There was once upon a time a poor widow who had an only son named Jack, and a cow named Milky-white.

Cap O' Rushes

Well, there was once a very rich gentleman, and he had three daughters, and he thought he'd see how fond they were of him.

Nix Nought Nothing

The once lived a king and a queen as many a one has been. They were long married and had no children; but at last a baby boy came to the queen when the king was away in the far countries.

How Jack Went To Seek His Fortune

Once upon a time there was a boy named Jack, and one morning he started to go and seek his fortune.

The Old Woman and Her Pig

An old woman was sweeping her house, and she found a little crooked sixpence. "What," she said, "shall I do with this sixpence? I will go to market, and buy a little pig."