German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... asked him blessing on its owner , seems only one of the various types by which , in these tales , happiness , wealth , and power , are conferred on the favourites of fortune . The prize is here poetically described as so attractive ...
... asked him blessing on its owner , seems only one of the various types by which , in these tales , happiness , wealth , and power , are conferred on the favourites of fortune . The prize is here poetically described as so attractive ...
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... asked you for something before I let you go ; she does not like living any longer in the pigstye , and wants a snug little cottage . " " Go home , then , " said the fish ; " she is in the cottage already ! " So the man went home , and ...
... asked you for something before I let you go ; she does not like living any longer in the pigstye , and wants a snug little cottage . " " Go home , then , " said the fish ; " she is in the cottage already ! " So the man went home , and ...
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... asked what was the matter , the people said , " Two rogues are going to be hanged . " As he came nearer , he saw that the two men were his brothers , who had turned robbers . At the sight of them in this sad plight his heart was very ...
... asked what was the matter , the people said , " Two rogues are going to be hanged . " As he came nearer , he saw that the two men were his brothers , who had turned robbers . At the sight of them in this sad plight his heart was very ...
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... asked his kinsmen , and nobles , and friends , and neighbours . But the queen said , " I will have the fairies also , that they might be kind and good to our little daughter . " Now she , " of might sufficient to rend my armour and to ...
... asked his kinsmen , and nobles , and friends , and neighbours . But the queen said , " I will have the fairies also , that they might be kind and good to our little daughter . " Now she , " of might sufficient to rend my armour and to ...
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... asking her . So twelve fairies came , each with a high red cap on her head , and red shoes with high heels on her feet ... asked to the feast she was very angry , and scolded the king and queen very much , and set to work to take her ...
... asking her . So twelve fairies came , each with a high red cap on her head , and red shoes with high heels on her feet ... asked to the feast she was very angry , and scolded the king and queen very much , and set to work to take her ...
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