German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... soon as he touched her he too hung fast , and followed in the train ; though sorely against his will , for he was not only in rather too good plight for running fast , but just then he had a little touch of the gout in the great toe of ...
... soon as he touched her he too hung fast , and followed in the train ; though sorely against his will , for he was not only in rather too good plight for running fast , but just then he had a little touch of the gout in the great toe of ...
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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. soon as you please ! " Then he put him back into the water , and the fish darted straight down to the bottom , and left a long streak of blood behind him on the wave . When the fisherman went home to his wife ...
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. soon as you please ! " Then he put him back into the water , and the fish darted straight down to the bottom , and left a long streak of blood behind him on the wave . When the fisherman went home to his wife ...
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... soon be done . When you come to the king of the castle where the golden horse is , and he asks for the beautiful princess , you must say , ' Here she is ! ' Then he will be very glad to see her , and will run to welcome her ; and you ...
... soon be done . When you come to the king of the castle where the golden horse is , and he asks for the beautiful princess , you must say , ' Here she is ! ' Then he will be very glad to see her , and will run to welcome her ; and you ...
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... soon have a daughter . " What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass ; and the queen had a little girl , so very beauti- ful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy , and said he would hold a great feast and make ...
... soon have a daughter . " What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass ; and the queen had a little girl , so very beauti- ful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy , and said he would hold a great feast and make ...
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... soon grew round the pa- lace , and every year it became higher and thicker ; till at last the old palace was surrounded and hidden , so that not even the roof or the chimneys could be seen . But there went a report through all the land ...
... soon grew round the pa- lace , and every year it became higher and thicker ; till at last the old palace was surrounded and hidden , so that not even the roof or the chimneys could be seen . But there went a report through all the land ...
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