“The Curious World of Fairy Tales” Irish Dresses.

These sweet, crisp, linen/ramie summer dresses amuse and delight little girls, who love the story snippets on the grosgrain-sashed aprons. The snippets are taken from wonderful European fairy tales, the forebears of the watered-down versions of today. Not Disney; these fairy tale harken from another time. They celebrate the beauty of a flower and the buzz of a bee without sparing what is odd and nervous-making. Pair with a cardigan and warm socks when the weather is chillier in spring and fall. Machine washable. The two snippets are:

Opposite her was a little stool for the cat, before whom was a little porringer of gold, filled with little fried fish and the thighs of snipes. At one side was a bowl of rich crystal filled with fresh milk. The table was served by gazelles who were marvellously adroit.

At this moment the little house disappeared entirely and she saw with the greatest consternation that the key alone remained in her hand. She now saw at her side a small grey mouse who gazed at her with its sparkling little eyes and began to laugh in a thin discordant voice.

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