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One's own sportsmen are always prettiest
2023-12-05A SPORTSMAN went out once into a wood to shoot, and met a snipe. "Dear friend," said the snipe, "don't shoot my children?" ...
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The Rabbit Steals the Elephant's Dinner
2023-12-05Kalulu the rabbit was one day watching the children of Soko the monkey playing in the trees, and saw one monkey reach out his tail and catch his broth...
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The Hermit's Daughter
2023-12-05Near a town in India called Ikshumati, on a beautiful wide river, with trees belonging to a great forest near its banks, there dwelt a holy man named ...
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Seven Simeons
2023-12-05In an empire, in a country beyond many seas and islands, beyond high mountains, beyond large rivers, upon a level expanse, as if spread upon a table, ...
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The Language of the Birds
2023-12-05Somewhere in a town in holy Russia, there lived a rich merchant with his wife. He had an only son, a dear, bright, and brave boy called Ivan. One love...
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Ivanoushka the Simpleton
2023-12-05In a kingdom far away from our country, there was a town over which ruled the Tsar Pea with his Tsaritza Carrot. He had many wise statesmen, wealthy p...
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Baba Yaga
2023-12-05Somewhere, I cannot tell you exactly where, but certainly in vast Russia, there lived a peasant with his wife and they had twins--son and daughter. On...
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Father Frost
2023-12-05In a far-away country, somewhere in Russia, there lived a stepmother who had a stepdaughter and also a daughter of her own. Her own daughter was dear ...
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Living Water
2023-12-05This happened a long, long time ago, when the cedar, the fir, and the pine still had needles that yellowed and dropped in the fall instead of staying ...
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The Silken Tassel
2023-12-05There was a girl called Torko-Chachak, which means "Silken Tassel." Her eyes were like wild cherries, her brows were like two rainbows. Into...