It is the language of fairy-tales; and that, of course, is child’s talk. But the father’s part is clear in the artistic handling of the tales, in the addition of “_Moralités_” after the manner of Æsop, and in asides of laughter or comment intended for grown-up ears,—a sly dig at the lawyers in “_Le Maître Chat_”, or at women, through the Ogre’s wife in “_Le Petit Poucet_”.