German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... knew all the good stories that were told in that country ; and every evening about Christmas time the boys and girls of the neighbourhood gathered round her to hear her tell them some of her budget of strange stories . One Christmas ...
... knew all the good stories that were told in that country ; and every evening about Christmas time the boys and girls of the neighbourhood gathered round her to hear her tell them some of her budget of strange stories . One Christmas ...
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... knew him to be her own brother , who had been lost a great many years ; for a spiteful fairy had enchanted him , with a spell that could only be broken by some one getting the golden bird , and by cutting off his head and his brush ...
... knew him to be her own brother , who had been lost a great many years ; for a spiteful fairy had enchanted him , with a spell that could only be broken by some one getting the golden bird , and by cutting off his head and his brush ...
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... knew her loved her . 66 It happened that , on the very day she was fifteen years old , the king and queen were not at home ; and she was left alone in the palace . So she roved about by herself , and looked at all the rooms and chambers ...
... knew her loved her . 66 It happened that , on the very day she was fifteen years old , the king and queen were not at home ; and she was left alone in the palace . So she roved about by herself , and looked at all the rooms and chambers ...
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... 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 he ; are you - no , you cannot be our long - lost Roseken ? " But they soon saw that it was ...
... 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 he ; are you - no , you cannot be our long - lost Roseken ? " But they soon saw that it was ...
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... knew it to be of the same sort as she had seen in the hands of the fairy 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 ...
... knew it to be of the same sort as she had seen in the hands of the fairy 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 ...
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