German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... travelled , they too were forced to follow , whether they would or no , as fast as their legs could carry them . 66 In the middle of a field the parson met them ; and when he saw the train , he said , Are you not ashamed of yourselves ...
... travelled , they too were forced to follow , whether they would or no , as fast as their legs could carry them . 66 In the middle of a field the parson met them ; and when he saw the train , he said , Are you not ashamed of yourselves ...
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... travelled on and came to another village : and there the boys had got an ass , that they made stand on its hind legs , and tumble and cut capers . Then they laughed and shouted , and gave the poor beast no rest . So the good man gave ...
... travelled on and came to another village : and there the boys had got an ass , that they made stand on its hind legs , and tumble and cut capers . Then they laughed and shouted , and gave the poor beast no rest . So the good man gave ...
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... bargain . " So he took the purse , put up his fiddle , and travelled on , very well pleased with his bargain . Meanwhile , the Jew erept out of the bush , half naked and in a piteous plight ; and began to THE JEW IN THE BUSH . 49.
... bargain . " So he took the purse , put up his fiddle , and travelled on , very well pleased with his bargain . Meanwhile , the Jew erept out of the bush , half naked and in a piteous plight ; and began to THE JEW IN THE BUSH . 49.
Page 61
... Man is sometimes introduced , but generally to his dis- advantage , and for the purpose of reproof and correction , as in " Spita and the Sparrow . " After he had travelled a little way , he spied THE WAITS OF BREMEN . 61 XIII.
... Man is sometimes introduced , but generally to his dis- advantage , and for the purpose of reproof and correction , as in " Spita and the Sparrow . " After he had travelled a little way , he spied THE WAITS OF BREMEN . 61 XIII.
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Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. After he had travelled a little way , he spied a dog ' ying by the road - side , and panting as if he were very tired . " What makes you pant so , my friend ? " said the ass . " Alas ! " said the dog , " my ...
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm. After he had travelled a little way , he spied a dog ' ying by the road - side , and panting as if he were very tired . " What makes you pant so , my friend ? " said the ass . " Alas ! " said the dog , " my ...
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