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There was once a king, who was so devoted to the chase that he knew of no greater pleasure than hunting the beasts of the forest. Early and late he wo...

There was once a peasant, like many others, who had three sons but his wife had long been dead. When the two elder lads were somewhat grown up they we...

Once Reason met Fortune on a footbridge. "Let me pass," said Fortune. Reason was inexperienced and did not know who should go first and said...

In a village there lived a poor widow with her daughter. They lived in an old house with roof full of holes. They had several hens. The old woman used...

Once upon a time there was a little girl named Betushka. She lived with her mother, a poor widow who had only a tumbledown cottage and two goats. But ...

Caution: this tale may be too intense for children less than six years old.Once upon a time, there was a very poor blacksmith whose worldly possession...

In a little house in a little old village in Japan lived a little old man and his little old wife. One morning when the old woman slid open the screen...

Many, many years ago there lived an honest man and his wife in a small village in the southern part of Japan. This couple lived in happiness together,...

Long ago there lived in a small fishing village by the southern shores of Japan a young fisherman named Urashima Taro. We will call him Taro in our st...

Long, long ago, there lived an old farmer and his wife who had made their home in the mountains, far from any town. Their only neighbor was a bad and ...