German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... walk . " Hey- day , young gentleman ! " said Reynard ; " you see now what has happened from your not listening to my advice . I will still , however , tell you how you may find the golden horse , if you will but do as I bid you . You ...
... walk . " Hey- day , young gentleman ! " said Reynard ; " you see now what has happened from your not listening to my advice . I will still , however , tell you how you may find the golden horse , if you will but do as I bid you . You ...
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... walk in the wood , and there the old fox met him once more , and besought him , with tears in his eyes , to be so kind as to cut off his head and his brush . At last he did so , though sorely against his will , and in the same moment ...
... walk in the wood , and there the old fox met him once more , and besought him , with tears in his eyes , to be so kind as to cut off his head and his brush . At last he did so , though sorely against his will , and in the same moment ...
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... walking by the side of the river , at the bottom of the garden , she saw a 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 ...
... walking by the side of the river , at the bottom of the garden , she saw a 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 ...
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... walk in , and showed it to them . They asked him whether he would sell it , and offered him all their goods for it ; and the goods seemed so fine and costly , that he quite forgot that the stone would bring him in a moment a thousand ...
... walk in , and showed it to them . They asked him whether he would sell it , and offered him all their goods for it ; and the goods seemed so fine and costly , that he quite forgot that the stone would bring him in a moment a thousand ...
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... walk . " So the silly gir ! cut off her great toe , and thus squeezed on the shoe , and went to the king's son . Then he took her for his bride , and set her beside him on his horse , and rode away with her homewards . But in their way ...
... walk . " So the silly gir ! cut off her great toe , and thus squeezed on the shoe , and went to the king's son . Then he took her for his bride , and set her beside him on his horse , and rode away with her homewards . But in their way ...
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