German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... BRIDE 222 THE DANCING SHOES 231 EVENING THE ELEVENTH . MASTER SNIP GIANT GOLDEN - BEARD PEE - WIT • SPITZ AND THE SPARROW 238 246 255 261 EVENING THE TWELFTH . HANSEL AND GRETHEL LILY AND THE LION DONKEY - WORT HEADS OFF 266 280 288 296 ...
... BRIDE 222 THE DANCING SHOES 231 EVENING THE ELEVENTH . MASTER SNIP GIANT GOLDEN - BEARD PEE - WIT • SPITZ AND THE SPARROW 238 246 255 261 EVENING THE TWELFTH . HANSEL AND GRETHEL LILY AND THE LION DONKEY - WORT HEADS OFF 266 280 288 296 ...
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... bride . Everything seemed to thrive around them ; and Rose- ken thought of her friends , and so called her first little girl Elfie . The little thing was loved by every one . It was pretty and very good - tempered . Roseken thought that ...
... bride . Everything seemed to thrive around them ; and Rose- ken thought of her friends , and so called her first little girl Elfie . The little thing was loved by every one . It was pretty and very good - tempered . Roseken thought that ...
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... bride for him- self . Ashputtel's two sisters were asked to come ; so they called her up , and said , " Now , comb our hair , brush our shoes , and tie our sashes for us , for we are going to dance at the king's feast . " Then she did ...
... bride for him- self . Ashputtel's two sisters were asked to come ; so they called her up , and said , " Now , comb our hair , brush our shoes , and tie our sashes for us , for we are going to dance at the king's feast . " Then she did ...
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... bride , and set her beside him on his horse , and rode away with her homewards . But in their way home they had to pass by the hazel - tree that Ashputtel had planted ; and on the branch sat a little dove singing- " Back again ! back ...
... bride , and set her beside him on his horse , and rode away with her homewards . But in their way home they had to pass by the hazel - tree that Ashputtel had planted ; and on the branch sat a little dove singing- " Back again ! back ...
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... bride , " said he to the father ; daughters ? " " No , " said he ; dirty Ashputtel here , the child of my first wife ; I am sure she cannot be the bride . " The prince told him to send her . But the mother said , " No , no , she is much ...
... bride , " said he to the father ; daughters ? " " No , " said he ; dirty Ashputtel here , the child of my first wife ; I am sure she cannot be the bride . " The prince told him to send her . But the mother said , " No , no , she is much ...
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