ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
COLOURED PLATES
Ian and the Blue Falcon Frontispiece
The Three Maidens Sitting on the Rocks Facing page 38
‘Ashes, Ashes!’ Twittered the Sparrows 98
Standing in the Shelter of a Tree, He Watched Her a Long While 114
The Queen and the Crab 202
The Crown Returns to the Queen of the Fishes 234
How José Found the Princess Bella-Flor 288
The Princess Imprisoned in the Summer-house 356
FULL-PAGE PLATES
Makóma Leaps into the Pool of Crocodiles Facing page 2
Makóma Gets Entangled by a Hair of Chin-débou Máu-giri 8
Makóma in the Hands of Sákatirína 12
The Knight and the Raven 38
Ian Breaks the Giant’s Chain 44
The Princess Finds Herself a Prisoner on the Ship 68
How Ian Direach Returned Home, and How His Stepmother Fell as a Bundle of Sticks 74
‘That is an End of You,’ She Said. But She Was Wrong, for it Was only the Beginning 90
The Princess Returns from the Sea 120
The Giants Find Jack in the Treasure Room 182
The Uninvited Fairy 204
How the Queen Met the Lion-Fairy 242
The King on his Dragon Fights his Way through the Monsters to the Queen and Muffette 258
Doran-Donn Brings the Salmon to Covan the Brown-Haired 276
‘We Never Waste Time When We Are Helping Others’ 284
‘Who Are You who Dare to Knock at my Door?’ 298
The Little Boy Sees the Stalo in the Wood 320
IN TEXT
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Makóma Throws his Hammer at the Fire-eater 7
Gopáni-Kúfa Sees a Strange Sight 17
Shasása Hides the Mirror 21
No One Knows What Was there Shown to the King 25
The Old King Sees Himself Reflected in the Shields of the Bodyguard 28
Gudu Drops a Stone into the Water 30
‘Where Did You Get that from?’ Asked Isuro 31
How Gudu Danced and the Bones Rattled 35
Ian Finds the Youngest Sister 43
The Seven Big Women Fall over the Crag 72
She Found Sitting Round Her a Whole Circle of Cats 95
‘Take the Black! Take the Black!’ Cried the Cats 100
Three Little Doves Were Seated on the Handle of the Axe 111
The Stepmother Tries to Drown the Princess 116
The Jew Brings the Jewels to the Princess 130
I Go to Seek my Fortune Alone 136
The Cat Lets Fall the Stone 139
How Manus Got the Lion’s Cub 145
Pinkel Brings the Witch’s Lantern to the King 151
Pinkel Steals the Witch’s Goat 156
The Brothers Ill-treat Poor Jack 180
The Rover of the Plain Does the Girl’s Work 193
Last of All She Sang in a Low Voice a Dirge over the Rover of the Plain 197
For a Minute They Looked at Each Other 219
‘A Small Dragon Crept in and Terrified Her’ 249
Ardan Pursues the Golden Cock and the Silver Hen 269
The King Jumps into the Cauldron 290
How the Boy Found the Bird of Truth 303
The Mink is Very Rude to the Grandmother Wolf 309
Andras Baive Shoots the Stalo 333
Balancin’s Delight at the White Slipper 338
Gilguerillo Falls in Love with Princess Diamantina 344
‘Just as He Was Going to Strike’ 353
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