“ Your cow may die before you go to Cork. There may be many cattle at the fair, and you get a bad price, or you may be robbed when you are ceming home; but I see you are determined to throw away your luck, Mick Purcell. ”

“ Now, as this powerful fairy was guarded by two fierce lions, it was impossible to pass them without appeasing their fury, and this could only be done by giving them a cake made of millet, sugar-candy, and crocodiles' eggs. The Queen having provided herself with a cake made for the purpose, put it in a little basket, which she hung upon her arm, and set out for the abode of the fairy. ”

“ Tho King, in the meantime, after parting with the Mermaid, advanced boldly forward, and meeting with two terriblo sphinxes, who flew at him, would have torn him in a thousand pioces, had it not been for the Mermaid's sword, which glittered so in their eyes, that thoy fell down at his feet without any strength, when he gavo each a mortal wound. ”

“ How very civil the wolf is, thought the silly girl; how wrong people are to be afraid of him and givo out that he eats children. I dare say it is an untruth. I am suro he was very kind to me; the day is indeed warm, and why should I fatigue myself, there is plenty of time between this and dusk. So she amused herself with catching butterflies, and filling the top of her basket with field flowers, to make bow pots for the mantel-piece ”

“ In an instant she put every thing right; and Mick, looking at his bottle, exultingly cried out, “Bottle, do your duty!” In a twinkling two great stout men with big cudgels issued from the bottlo, and belaboured poor Mick and his wifo and all his family, till thoy lay on the floor, when in they went again. Mick, as soon as he recovered, got up and looked about him; he thought and thought, and at last he took the bottle under his coat and went to his landlord, who had a great company: ho got a servant to tell him he wanted to speak te him. ”

“ Mick set it on the floor, and uttered the words: in a moment the landlord was tumbled en the floor ; ladies and gentlemen, servants and all, were running, and roaring, and sprawling, and kicking, and shrieking, until tho landlord called out, “Stop those two devils, Mick Purcell, or I’ll havo you hanged!”
“They never shall stop,” said Mick, “till I get my own bottle that I see up there at the top of that shelf.” ”

“ THE MAGIC BOTTLE.
Mick Purcell rented a few acres of barren ground in the neighbourhood of Mallow, in tho county of Cork. Mick had a wifo and family? they all did what they could, and that was but little, for the poor man had no child grown up big enough to help him in his work; and all the poor woman could do was to mind the children, milk tho one cow, boil the potatoes, and carry the eggs to market ”

“ The wolf having closed tho door, put on tho old woman’s night-cap and gown, and got into bed, whero ho lay quite snug, waiting tho arrival of Red Riding-Hood.
When ho had lain about an hour, she camo with two or three gentlo raps.
“Who is there?” said tho wolf, with such a rough voice that poor Celia was startled, until she rocollected hearing that her grandmother had a sovore cold. Sho answered, “It is me, Little Red Riding-Hood, with a pot of butter, some cakes, and a bottle of wino.” ”

“ So thought Red Riding-Hood.—“Then my grandmother is angry, though I understood just now she was nover better pleased. It certainly was vory wrong for mo to loiter and stay on the road; and still worse to talk with tho wolf of the wood. I hope my mother will pardon mo when I tell her, and promise never to offend again by disobedience; no I will be wiser in futuro.”
Celia was too good a child to strive to conceal any transaction in which she was concerned from her parents ”