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Doctor Knowall
2023-12-05There was once on a time a poor peasant called Crabb, who drove with two oxen a load of wood to the town, and sold it to a doctor for two thalers.When...
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The Water of Life
2023-12-05There was once a King who had an illness, and no one believed that he would come out of it with his life. He had three sons who were much distressed a...
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The Three Little Birds
2023-12-05About a thousand or more years ago, there were in this country nothing but small kings, and one of them who lived on the Keuterberg was very fond of h...
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Old Hildebrand
2023-12-05Once upon a time lived a peasant and his wife, and the parson of the village had a fancy for the wife, and had wished for a long while to spend a whol...
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The Peasant's Wise Daughter
2023-12-05There was once a poor peasant who had no land, but only a small house, and one daughter. Then said the daughter, "We ought to ask our lord the Ki...
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The King of the Golden Mountain
2023-12-05There was a certain merchant who had two children, a boy and a girl; they were both young, and could not walk. And two richly-laden ships of his saile...
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The Elves
2023-12-05There was once upon a time a rich King who had three daughters, who daily went to walk in the palace garden, and the King was a great lover of all kin...
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The Young Giant
2023-12-05Once on a time a countryman had a son who was as big as a thumb, and did not become any bigger, and during several years did not grow one hair's b...
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映雪囊萤
2023-12-05In the Jin Dynasty, there was a man named Che Yin who was fond of learning but because of his family's destitute(赤贫的,缺乏的) conditions, his father c...
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苏秦刺股
2023-12-05Once upon a time there was a scholar named Suqin. He was utterly destitute(穷困的) from the time he was young with no money to study with. In order to ma...