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Folktales & LegendsPicture bookLevel 2Ages 3–5

Master of All Masters: A Gentle Retelling

English · 14 pages · 329 words · 3 min read

A gentle retelling for listeners ages 3–5 of the English tale “Master of All Masters” from Joseph Jacobs’s English Fairy Tales (1890): a funny old gentleman teaches his new servant girl his own silly names for his bed, his pants, the cat, the fire, the water, and the house, and that very night she has to wake him with a breathless warning that uses every one.

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  1. Illustration from page 2 of Master of All Masters: A Gentle Retelling

    Long ago, a girl walked to a country fair to find work. She hoped someone would hire her as a servant, to cook and clean in their house.

  2. Illustration from page 3 of Master of All Masters: A Gentle Retelling

    She waited and waited. Then along came an old gentleman who looked very funny indeed. He hired her at once, and home they went.

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