German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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Page 15
... is very pleasant and beautiful to look at , but go not in there . Rest for the night in the other , though it may seem to you very poor and mean . " " What can such a beast as this know about the matter ? " thought the THE FOX'S BRUSH . 15.
... is very pleasant and beautiful to look at , but go not in there . Rest for the night in the other , though it may seem to you very poor and mean . " " What can such a beast as this know about the matter ? " thought the THE FOX'S BRUSH . 15.
Page 16
... poor . " I should be very silly , " said he , " if I went to that shabby house , and left this charming place : " so he went into the smart house , and ate and drank at his ease ; and there he stayed , and forgot the bird and his ...
... poor . " I should be very silly , " said he , " if I went to that shabby house , and left this charming place : " so he went into the smart house , and ate and drank at his ease ; and there he stayed , and forgot the bird and his ...
Page 22
... poor piper , and came playing on his pipe to the king's court . But he was scarcely within the gate when the horse began to eat , and the bird to sing , and the prin- cess left off weeping . And when he got to the great hall , where all ...
... poor piper , and came playing on his pipe to the king's court . But he was scarcely within the gate when the horse began to eat , and the bird to sing , and the prin- cess left off weeping . And when he got to the great hall , where all ...
Page 26
... poor little fish , that had thrown itself out of the water , and lay gasping and nearly dead on the bank . Then the queen took pity on the little fish , and threw it back again into the river ; and before it swam away it lifted its head ...
... poor little fish , that had thrown itself out of the water , and lay gasping and nearly dead on the bank . Then the queen took pity on the little fish , and threw it back again into the river ; and before it swam away it lifted its head ...
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... a fly , stinging the sleeping Freya till she throws off her necklace . Mrs. Jameson has given us a Canadian Indian's legend , having ‹ similar basis . jumps about ! " But the man pitied the poor FRITZ AND HIS FRIENDS . 31 VIII.
... a fly , stinging the sleeping Freya till she throws off her necklace . Mrs. Jameson has given us a Canadian Indian's legend , having ‹ similar basis . jumps about ! " But the man pitied the poor FRITZ AND HIS FRIENDS . 31 VIII.
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