Picture Books and Fairy Tales • Literature for children
Đavo i njegov šegrt / Laž za okladu: Srpske narodne pripovijetke
For the short story The Devil and His Apprentice Wolf St. Karadžić says that it was "narrated and written to him in 1829 in Zemusnkome infirmary by Gruje Mehandžijić from Sentomaš". Regarding the short story Laž za okladu, he says that he "heard it back i
About the origin of the short story The girl outsmarted the emperor by Vuk St. Karadžić says that it was sent to him by pop Vuk Popović from Risno in Boka Kotorska. About the short story Two Money, he says: "I heard it from a beggar in Novi Sad, but I wro
The book follows the adventure of two children who find themselves in a shipwreck. Their struggle for survival, mutual support and coping in an unfamiliar environment form the core of this story.