I've noticed that these stories love to repeat themselves over and over again. I swear during one of the stories I could hear the lady reading for Librivox losing her will to live. That's how outrageous it was sometimes!
The Ass, The Table, and the Stick
I thought the general concept of this story was interesting and I liked all the items that Jack got in exchange for his work, but man he was stupid to keep bragging to the innkeeper. Also the ending was super weird and why did he beat up those girls for his one true love? She cried diamonds!!! She was richer than all of them!! I would change so many things about this story. Like all the components were there to make a good story but they weren't put together well.
Fairy Ointment
This story was really interesting! Why did the fairies need the ointment though? Can fairies not see other fairies without it? That would be so weird! Also how could Dame Goody know that she was only seeing the pixie with her right eye? These stories repeat everything and take about a million years so why couldn't we get a little scene of her closing one eye and then the other as she went back and forth from seeing the pixie to not seeing him!
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Bibliography. English Fairy Tales by Joseph Jacobs with illustrations by John D. Batten (1890). Links to readings
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