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PRINCESS ON THE GLASS HILL (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a man who had a meadow, which lay high up on the hill-side, and in the meadow was a barn, which he had built to keep his hay in. Now, I must tell you, there hadn’t been much in the barn for the last year or two, for every…

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THE CAT ON THE DOVREFELL (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a man up in Finnmark who had caught a great white bear, which he was going to take to the king of Denmark. Now, it so fell out, that he came to the Dovrefell just about Christmas Eve, and there he turned into a cottage where a man lived,…

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THE FOX AS HERDSMAN (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a woman who went out to hire a herdsman, and she met a bear. ‘Whither away, Goody?’ said Bruin. ‘Oh, I’m going out to hire a herdsman’, answered the woman. ‘Why not have me for a herdsman?’ said Bruin. ‘Well, why not?’ said the woman. ‘If you only knew…

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THE GIANT WHO HAD NO HEART IN HIS BODY (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a king who had seven sons, and he loved them so much that he could never bear to be without them all at once, but one must always be with him. Now, when they were grown up, six were to set off to woo, but as for the youngest,…

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THE TWELVE WILD DUCKS (Popular Tales from the Norse) By SIR GEORGE WEBBE DASENT

Once on a time there was a Queen who was out driving, when there had been a new fall of snow in the winter; but when she had gone a little way, she began to bleed at the nose, and had to get out of her sledge. And so, as she stood there, leaning against…

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THE MAGIC CASK – (The Chinese Fairy Book, 1921) by Richard Wilhelm

ONCE upon a time there was a man who dug up a big, earthenware cask in his field. So he took it home with him and told his wife to clean it out. But when his wife started brushing the inside of the cask, the cask suddenly began to fill itself with brushes. No matter…

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