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THERE was once upon a time a widow1 who had two daughters.2 The eldest3 was so much like her in the face and humor that whoever looked upon the daught...

THERE was once upon a time a king who was so much beloved by his subjects that he thought himself the happiest monarch in the whole world, and he had ...

ONCE upon a time there was a poor husbandman1 who had many children2 and little to give them in the way either of food or clothing.3 They were all pre...

A SHOEMAKER,2 by no fault of his own, had become so poor that at last he had nothing left but leather for one pair of shoes. So in the evening, he cut...

MANY, many years ago lived an emperor,2 who thought so much of new clothes that he spent all his money in order to obtain them; his only ambition was ...

IN a certain far-away Tsardom not in this Empire, there lived a Tsar named Vyslav, who had three sons: the first Tsarevitch Dimitri, the second Tsarev...

THERE was once on a time a Fisherman who lived with his wife in a miserable hovel close by the sea, and every day he went out fishing. And once as he ...

IN OLD times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itse...

NOW you shall hear a story that somebody's great-great-grandmother told a little girl ever so many years ago:1There was once a little old man and ...

A CERTAIN miller2 had little by little fallen into poverty, and had nothing left but his mill3 and a large apple-tree4 behind it. Once when he had gon...