Because of the simplicity of Tommy's language and his sweet
childishness it appeals to the child's desire to identify
himself with the character. Tommy is so clever and inventive
and his lively surprises so brimful of fun that the final
effect is entirely pleasing.

_Some tales of transformation_. The little child is not
pleased but shocked by the transformation of men into
animals. A little girl, on looking at an illustration of
_Little Brother and Sister_, remarked, "If my Sister would
turn into a fawn I would cry." When the animals are
terrifying, the transformation contains horror for the
child. This, together with the length and complexity of the
story, would move _Beauty and the Beast_ up into the second
grade where the same transformation becomes an element of
pleasure. A simple tale of transformation, such as _The
Little Lamb and the Little Fish_, in which Gretchen becomes
a lamb and Peterkin a little fish, is interesting but not
horrible, and could be used. So also could a tale such as
Grimm's _Fundevogel_, in which the brother and sister escape
the pursuit of the witch by becoming, one a rosebush and the
other a rose; later, one a church and the other a steeple;
and a third time, one a pond and the other a duck. In both
these tales we have the witch and transformation, but the
effect contains no horror.

_The tale of strange animal relations and strange creatures.
Tom Tit Tot_, which Jacobs considers the most delightful of
all fairy tales, is brimful of humor for the older child,
but here the tailed man is not suited to the faith and