German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... DWARF AND THUMBLING THE GIANT 175 THE WATER OF LIFE • 185 EVENING THE NINTH . THE BLUE LIGHT THE THREE CROWS CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET THE FROG - PRINCE 195 202 206 • 214 EVENING THE TENTH . THE ELVES AND THE COBBLER 219 CHERRY THE FROG ...
... DWARF AND THUMBLING THE GIANT 175 THE WATER OF LIFE • 185 EVENING THE NINTH . THE BLUE LIGHT THE THREE CROWS CHANTICLEER AND PARTLET THE FROG - PRINCE 195 202 206 • 214 EVENING THE TENTH . THE ELVES AND THE COBBLER 219 CHERRY THE FROG ...
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... dwarf no bigger than my finger . And before her stood princes , and dukes , and earls : and the fisherman went up to her and said , " Wife , are you emperor ? " she , " I am emperor . " " Ah ! " said the man , as he gazed upon her ...
... dwarf no bigger than my finger . And before her stood princes , and dukes , and earls : and the fisherman went up to her and said , " Wife , are you emperor ? " she , " I am emperor . " " Ah ! " said the man , as he gazed upon her ...
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... dwarfs were always employed in searching the earth for gold . Small as this fairy land looked from without , it seemed within to have no end ; a mist hung around it to shield it from the eyes of men ; and some of the little elves sat ...
... dwarfs were always employed in searching the earth for gold . Small as this fairy land looked from without , it seemed within to have no end ; a mist hung around it to shield it from the eyes of men ; and some of the little elves sat ...
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... dwarfs . Elfie seemed sorry at its being seen , and said that she had found it in the garden . But Roseken watched her , and soon found that she went every afternoon to sit by herself in a shady place behind the house . So one day she ...
... dwarfs . Elfie seemed sorry at its being seen , and said that she had found it in the garden . But Roseken watched her , and soon found that she went every afternoon to sit by herself in a shady place behind the house . So one day she ...
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... dwarf met him , and asked him what made him so merry . " Why , what should make me downhearted ? " said he ; " I am sound in health and rich in purse , what should I care for ? I have saved up my three years ' earnings , and have it all ...
... dwarf met him , and asked him what made him so merry . " Why , what should make me downhearted ? " said he ; " I am sound in health and rich in purse , what should I care for ? I have saved up my three years ' earnings , and have it all ...
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