As the Goose Flies _Written & Illustrated_ _By_ Katharine Pyle Published by Little, Brown & Co. Boston * * * * * _Copyright, 1901_, BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY _All rights reserved_ PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA * * * * * Contents Chapter Page I BEHIND THE BOOKCASE 9 II BEYOND THE WALL 15 III THE FIVE LITTLE PIGS AND THE GOAT 24 IV UP IN THE CLOUD-LAND 45 V THE HOUSE OF THE SEVEN LITTLE DWARFS 58 VI THE GREAT GRAY WOLF 77 VII THE MAGIC LAMP 89 VIII BLUEBEARD'S HOUSE 108 IX BEYOND THE MIST 120 X IN THE HOUSE OF THE QUEERBODIES 137 XI THE PRINCESS GOLDENHAIR 156 XII HOME AGAIN 175 * * * * * List of Illustrations "Then away he flew toward the dark line of forest" _Frontispiece_ "Ellen stood at the nursery window" _page_ 9 "Presently she shaded her eyes with her hand and looked up at the sky" _page_ 16 "Mother Goose told her how to do it" _page_ 22 "Ellen thought they were the cunningest little things for dolls that she had ever seen" _page_ 34 "As her eyes grew used to the gloom she saw a very large and very ugly goat" _page_ 40 "The gander and Ellen began to let the rope slip" _face page_ 55 "There stood a little dwarf holding a great wooden spoon" _page_ 59 "It beat and buffeted them with its wings and hissed so piercingly in their ears that they did not know what was after them" _face page_ 73 "Close to her was an enormous gray wolf" _page_ 78 "Spread its wings and flew up over his head" _page_ 86 "The slaves threw themselves down before her" _face page_ 91 "A terrible black genie appeared before her" _page_ 100 "Ellen climbed upon the gander's back and she then could just reach the knocker" _page_ 112 "Ellen raised the horn to her lips and blew" _page_ 122 "Still he kept whispering in its ear" _page_ 126