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ONCE upon a time, a very old woodman lived with his very old wife in a tiny hut close to the orchard of a rich man,–so close that the boughs of a pear-tree hung right over the cottage yard. Now it was agreed between the rich man and the woodman, that if any of the fruit fell into the yard, the old couple were to be allowed to eat it; so you may imagine |
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ONCE upon a time there lived a King and Queen who would have been as happy as the day was long had it not been for this one circumstance,–they had no children. At last an old fakīr, or devotee, coming to the palace, asked to see the Queen, and giving her |
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ONCE upon a time a fat sleek Rat was caught in a shower of rain, and being far from shelter he set to work and soon dug a nice hole in the ground, in which he sat as dry as a bone while the raindrops splashed outside, making little puddles on the road. Now in the course of his digging |
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ONCE upon a time there was a wee wee Lambikin, who frolicked about on his tottery legs, and enjoyed himself amazingly. Now one day he set off to visit his Granny, and was jumping with joy to think of all the good things he should get from her, when whom should he meet but a Jackal, who looked |
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