German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... Father , I should like to go and cut wood too . " But his father said , " Your brothers have both lamed themselves ; you had better stay at home , for you know nothing about the business of wood - cutting . " But Dummling was very ...
... Father , I should like to go and cut wood too . " But his father said , " Your brothers have both lamed themselves ; you had better stay at home , for you know nothing about the business of wood - cutting . " But Dummling was very ...
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... father would not listen to him for a long while , for he was very fond of his son , and was afraid that some ill - luck might happen to him also , and hinder his coming back . However , at last it was agreed he should go ; for , to tell ...
... father would not listen to him for a long while , for he was very fond of his son , and was afraid that some ill - luck might happen to him also , and hinder his coming back . However , at last it was agreed he should go ; for , to tell ...
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... father . At first he said , " No ! " but she wept still more and more , and fell at his feet , till at last he yielded ; but the moment she came to her father's door the guards awoke , and he was taken prisoner again . So he was brought ...
... father . At first he said , " No ! " but she wept still more and more , and fell at his feet , till at last he yielded ; but the moment she came to her father's door the guards awoke , and he was taken prisoner again . So he was brought ...
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... father's home . Now the weather was very hot ; and as they came to the wood where the fox first met them , they found it so cool and shady under the trees , by the side of a brook that ran close by , that the two brothers said , " Let ...
... father's home . Now the weather was very hot ; and as they came to the wood where the fox first met them , they found it so cool and shady under the trees , by the side of a brook that ran close by , that the two brothers said , " Let ...
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... father , looking some rears older than when she saw him last , and her mother , whom she hardly knew , was by his side . Close by was a young man . " Father , " said Roseken , " who is this ? " " Who are you that call me father ? " said ...
... father , looking some rears older than when she saw him last , and her mother , whom she hardly knew , was by his side . Close by was a young man . " Father , " said Roseken , " who is this ? " " Who are you that call me father ? " said ...
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