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The Magic Thread (I)
2023-12-05Once there was a widow who had a son called Peter. He was a strong, able boy, but he did not enjoy going to school and he was forever daydreaming.&quo...
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The Magic Thread (II)
2023-12-05On the day of his wedding, everyone, including Peter, was happy. He could hardly wait to show Liese the house he had built for her. At the wedding fea...
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The Pardoner’s Tale
2023-12-05Some years ago, there was a group of young men who lived very badly. One Sunday they were sitting in a tavern instead of going to church. A man was ki...
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Prince Llewelyn and his dog Gelert
2023-12-05Prince Llywelyn of Gwynedd's favourite dog is Gelert, a fearless hunting dog and loyal friend and companion who was said to have been a gift from ...
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King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone (I)
2023-12-05LONG years ago, there ruled over Britain a King called Uther Pendragon. A mighty prince was he, and feared by all men; yet, when he sought the love of...
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King Arthur and the Sword in the Stone (II)
2023-12-05At once there were fierce quarrels, each man clamouring to be the first to try his fortune, none doubting his own success. Then the Archbishop decreed...
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Robin Hood and Little John
2023-12-05BECAUSE of the hardness towards the English people of William the Conqueror, and of William's successors to several generations, many an Englishma...
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Maori legend of how the kiwi lost its wings
2023-12-05One day, Tanemahuta, guardian of the forest noticed that his children the trees were starting to sicken, because they were being eaten by insects. He ...
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The Girl who Taught the World to Weave
2023-12-05This is a story of the time when humans first walked the earth. And in those days they did not wear clothes, for they did not know how to weave cloth....
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The First Woman
2023-12-05The story (absurd enough!) is that Jupiter made the first woman and sent her to Prometheus and his brother, to punish them for their presumption in st...