German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... turned into a rich pasty and his sour beer , when they tasted it , was de- lightful wine . They ate and drank heartily ; and when they had done , the little man said , " As you have a kind heart , and have been willing to share ...
... turned into a rich pasty and his sour beer , when they tasted it , was de- lightful wine . They ate and drank heartily ; and when they had done , the little man said , " As you have a kind heart , and have been willing to share ...
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... turned robbers . At the sight of them in this sad plight his heart was very heavy , and he cried out , " Can nothing save them from such a death ? " but the people said " No ! " unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals ...
... turned robbers . At the sight of them in this sad plight his heart was very heavy , and he cried out , " Can nothing save them from such a death ? " but the people said " No ! " unless he would bestow all his money upon the rascals ...
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... turned it the door sprang open , and there sat an old lady spin- ning away very busily . Why , how now , good mo ... turning about with a goose upon it for the king's dinner stood still ; and the cook , who was at that moment pulling the ...
... turned it the door sprang open , and there sat an old lady spin- ning away very busily . Why , how now , good mo ... turning about with a goose upon it for the king's dinner stood still ; and the cook , who was at that moment pulling the ...
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... The principal incident resembles that in " Karl Katz ; " and , more closely , that which has been turned to so much account by Mr. Hogg , in the Queen's Wake . that jumped and frisked round her , and wagged his THE ELFIN GROVE . 37 IX.
... The principal incident resembles that in " Karl Katz ; " and , more closely , that which has been turned to so much account by Mr. Hogg , in the Queen's Wake . that jumped and frisked round her , and wagged his THE ELFIN GROVE . 37 IX.
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... Turning back , Roseken saw nothing but the old oak and the gloomy grove she had known before . " How frightened my father and mother will be ! " thought she , as she looked at the sun , which had risen some time . 66 ' They will wonder ...
... Turning back , Roseken saw nothing but the old oak and the gloomy grove she had known before . " How frightened my father and mother will be ! " thought she , as she looked at the sun , which had risen some time . 66 ' They will wonder ...
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