German Popular Stories and Fairy TalesGeorge Bell & Sons, 1888 - 306 pages |
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... wonderful princess , called Rose - Bud , lay in it asleep , with all her court . He told , too , how he had heard from his grandfather that many many princes had come , and had tried to break through the thicket , but that they had all ...
... wonderful princess , called Rose - Bud , lay in it asleep , with all her court . He told , too , how he had heard from his grandfather that many many princes had come , and had tried to break through the thicket , but that they had all ...
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... wonderful stone ; whoever has it needs only to wish , and everything that he wishes for comes to him at once . " So Fritz went and picked up the stone , and wished for a palace and a garden , and a stud of horses ; and his wish was ...
... wonderful stone ; whoever has it needs only to wish , and everything that he wishes for comes to him at once . " So Fritz went and picked up the stone , and wished for a palace and a garden , and a stud of horses ; and his wish was ...
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... wonderful stone that did all . " " What a strange stone that must be ! " said they . Then he asked them to 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 ...
... wonderful stone that did all . " " What a strange stone that must be ! " said they . Then he asked them to 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 ...
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... could hold no longer ; so he opened his mouth , and out dropped the wonderful stone . " I could not speak ̧ ” said he ; " did not you know I had the stone in my mouth ? Now it is lost , and that is FRITZ AND HIS FRIENDS . 35.
... could hold no longer ; so he opened his mouth , and out dropped the wonderful stone . " I could not speak ̧ ” said he ; " did not you know I had the stone in my mouth ? Now it is lost , and that is FRITZ AND HIS FRIENDS . 35.
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... wonderful stone by the silken string ; and when the bear saw it he jumped for joy , and said , " Now we have found what we wanted . " So he set the old frog free from his load , and told him to tell his friends they might now go home to ...
... wonderful stone by the silken string ; and when the bear saw it he jumped for joy , and said , " Now we have found what we wanted . " So he set the old frog free from his load , and told him to tell his friends they might now go home to ...
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