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The Story of Robinson Crusoe(Part 1)
2023-11-24I WAS born in the city of York, in England, in the year 1632. My father was a man of some wealth, able to give me a good home and send me to school. I...
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Old Mother Goose and Her Son Jack
2023-11-24OLD MOTHER GOOSE lived in a cottage with her son Jack. Jack was a very good lad, and although he was not handsome, he was good-tempered and industriou...
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The Story of Blue Beard
2023-11-24A LONG time ago, there lived a man who was very rich. He owned vast tracts of land, and lived in a splendid castle, that stood upon a high, steep hill...
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THERE once lived in a town in Persia two brothers, one named Cassim, and the other Ali Baba. Cassim had married a rich wife, but Ali Baba was poor, an...
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Meanwhile, the robbers had again visited their cave; and finding that the body had been removed, saw that somebody knew their secret, and resolved not...
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Bear and fox
2023-11-24What wasthe young'sname?THE big bear and the clever fox had once bought a firkin of butter together; they were to have it at Christmas-tide, and h...
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Ones own sportsmen are always prettiest
2023-11-24A 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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Bushy bride
2023-11-24ONCE there was a widower who had a son and a daughter by his first marriage. Both were good children, and loved each other dearly. Some time after the...
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The cock and hen
2023-11-24Donald's cousin imitating a cock-[In this tale the notes of the cock and Hen are to be imitated.]HEN - "You promise me shoes year after year,...
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The Rabbit Steals the Elephants Dinner
2023-11-24Kalulu 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...