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The Brown Bear of Norway (Celtic legend)
Once upon a time, there was a king in Ireland who had three daughters. One day the king asked his daughters whom they wanted to marry. The oldest daughter wanted the king of Ulster, the second the king of Munster, and the youngest the Brown Bear of Norway. That night, the youngest princess woke to find herself in a grand hall, and a handsome prince on his knees before her, asking her to marry…
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Treasure Island (Stevenson)
Once upon a time, in the seaside town of Black Hill Cove, overlooking the Bristol Channel in southwest England, lived a boy known by the name of Jim. Jim is the young son of the owners of the Admiral Benbow, an inn overlooking the sea. One day, an old sailor named Billy Bones appears. The boy is immediately fascinated by the man, but he is also partly terrified of him as he is a violent drunkard.…
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Water Virtue Emperor Zhuanxu
In his old age, Huangdi became a disciple of the immortal Guangchengzi and the Duke of Rongcheng, using the method of following the laws of nature to govern the Three Realms. When he achieved success, he desired to retire. He sent laborers to extract copper ore from the Shou Mountain and cast the Ding of Treasures at the foot of the Jing Mountain. On the day when the Ding was cast, a giant dragon…
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Bella and the Beast
(original story by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont) Once upon a time there was a very respected merchant who was an old widow and father of three daughters. The two eldest were very vain. The youngest, on the other hand, although even more beautiful than her sisters, not only danced and sang like the others and knew how to converse better than them, but she had read hundreds of books enriching…
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Jack the giant killer
Jack the giant killer
Once upon a time, when good King Arthur reigned, there lived near the Land’s End of England, in the county of Cornwall, a farmer who had one only son called Jack. He was brusque and impatient, lively wit so that nobody or nothing could worst him. In those days the Mount of Cornwall was kept by a huge giant named Cormoran. He was eighteen feet in height and about three yards round the waist, of…
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Belmiele e Belsole (by Italo Calvino)
Belmiele e Belsole (by Italo Calvino)
Once upon a time, a father had two children: a boy and a girl. As beautiful as they were, he called the boy Belmiele (which means beautiful honey), and the girl, Belsole (which means beautiful sun). This man was a housekeeper at the king’s court, and since the king was in another country, he had to stay away from his children. The king, having learned that his house master’s children were so…
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The Canary Prince (by Italo Calvino)
The Canary Prince (by Italo Calvino)
Once upon a time, there was a King, and he had a daughter. This daughter’s mother was dead, and the stepmother was jealous of her daughter and always spoke ill of her to the King. The girl tried to defend herself; but the stepmother said so much and so much, that made the King, although fond of his daughter, to believe the Queen and send her away. However, the King wanted to place his daughter in…
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The Canary Prince (by Italo Calvino)
The Canary Prince (by Italo Calvino)
Once upon a time, there was a King, and he had a daughter. This daughter’s mother was dead, and the stepmother was jealous of her daughter and always spoke ill of her to the King. The girl tried to defend herself; but the stepmother said so much and so much, that made the King, although fond of his daughter, believe the Queen and send her away. However, the King wanted to place his daughter in a…
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