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The Dutch Cheese

Walter de la Mare

First published 1925
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

When a young farmer throws a dutch cheese at the local fairies they steal his sheep and his sister must strike a bargain with them. -- from <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" href="http://tartaruspress.com/d8.htm">A Guide to Supernatural Fiction</a>

First published in Lady's Realm, May 1908.

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1925 Cover Broomsticks and Other Tales Constable & Co. Ltd. Collection |2
1925 Cover Broomsticks and Other Tales Alfred A. Knopf Collection 28
1947 Cover Collected Stories for Children Faber and Faber Collection
1973 Cover A Golden Land Puffin / Penguin Books (UK) Anthology 7
1977 Cover Collected Stories for Children Puffin Books in association with Faber and Faber Collection 50
August 1997 Cover The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales Robinson Anthology 138
October 1997 Cover The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales Carroll & Graf Anthology
February 2006 Cover Short Stories for Children Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection |2
July 2012 Cover Short Stories for Children Giles de la Mare Publishers Collection