A Wee Book o Fairy Tales in Scots

"Wee pig, wee pig," said the wolf. "Can I come ben?"
"Whit? And let in a wolf that I dinna ken?
I''m in my hoose and I''m no feared.
By the hair on my broostlie beard
Away ye go, ye big hairy cloon."
"Then I will hech and I''ll pech and I will blaw your hoose doon."


Here are six of the world''s best-loved folk and fairy tales, retold in lively modern Scots by Matthew Fitt and James Robertson. Familiar s...