German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... beautiful castle for the rest of our lives . " " Perhaps we may , " said the wife ; " but let us sleep upon it , before we make up our minds to that . " So they went to bed . 66 The next morning when Dame Ilsabill awoke it was broad ...
... beautiful castle for the rest of our lives . " " Perhaps we may , " said the wife ; " but let us sleep upon it , before we make up our minds to that . " So they went to bed . 66 The next morning when Dame Ilsabill awoke it was broad ...
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... beautiful garden , and in the garden stood a tree that bore golden apples . Lest any of these apples should be stolen , they were always counted ; but about the time when they began to grow ripe , it was found that every night one of ...
... beautiful garden , and in the garden stood a tree that bore golden apples . Lest any of these apples should be stolen , they were always counted ; but about the time when they began to grow ripe , it was found that every night one of ...
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... beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will have the whole bird . " Then the gardener's eldest son set ...
... beautiful thing that had ever been seen , and that it was worth more than all the wealth of the kingdom : but the king said , " One feather is of no use to me , I must and will have the whole bird . " Then the gardener's eldest son set ...
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... beautiful golden cage ; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one , otherwise you will be sorry for it . " Then the fox stretched out his brush again , and the young man sat himself down ...
... beautiful golden cage ; but do not try to take the bird out of the shabby cage and put it into the handsome one , otherwise you will be sorry for it . " Then the fox stretched out his brush again , and the young man sat himself down ...
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... beautiful princess , he should live , and have the horse given him for his own . Then he went his way again very sorrowful ; but the old fox once more met him on the road , and said , " Why did you not listen to me ? If you had , you ...
... beautiful princess , he should live , and have the horse given him for his own . Then he went his way again very sorrowful ; but the old fox once more met him on the road , and said , " Why did you not listen to me ? If you had , you ...
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