Princess Debra lived with her parents in beautiful Castleland. Princess Debra was very lovely. She loved her parents very much. They loved her dearly. Princess Debra smiled sweetly, hummed and sang as she went about her princess duties. But her parents had noticed she had never laughed. The king and queen decided to make a decree. It said that any young lad who could make their daughter laugh would win her hand in marriage. Will it be a prince or a shepherd lad that wins her hand in marriage? Read this fascinating story and find out the surprise ending.

"The Laughing Prince: A Book of Jugoslav Fairy Tales and Folk Tales" is a fascinating collection of fairy tales and folk tales, presented by an American folklorist Parker Fillmore to demonstrate the incredible vigor and the artistic inventiveness of the Jugoslav imagination to the western reader. The tradition of the Hungarian folk tales was greatly influenced by Oriental and Northern as well as Slavic myths, which have made it incredibly rich and exciting to the reader of any time—first published in 1921.

A collection of folktales from around the world, selected for their "tellability."

Growing up without humor, the Princess becomes more and more morose, finally locking herself in her royal bedchamber and refusing to leave. The King in desperation decrees a Royal Laugh-off to make his daughter happy.

Excerpt from The Princess Chrysalline, or the Maiden Who Couldn't Laugh Blanche Oh, that, indeed, would be a hit! But all our efforts are in vain It's of no use to try again No matter what the joke or fun What jolly thing is said or done W berc'er is heard the loudest laughter, The Princess sighs the deepest after! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.