Have you ever seen «a maiden»? I am referring to what road pavers call a «maiden,» a thing used for ramming down the paving stones. «She» is made entirely of…
Fairy Tales English
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That was a terrible affair!” said a hen, and in a quarter of the town, too, where it had not taken place. “That was a terrible affair in a hen-roost.…
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It was in the month of May. The wind was still cold, but spring had come, said the trees and the bushes, the fields and the meadows. Everywhere flowers were…
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Far, far away where the swallows fly when we have winter, there lived a King who had eleven sons and one daughter, Elisa. The eleven brothers, Princes all, each went…
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It was so beautiful in the country. It was the summer time. The wheat fields were golden, the oats were green, and the hay stood in great stacks in the…
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Poor John was very sad; for his father was so ill, he had no hope of his recovery. John sat alone with the sick man in the little room, and…
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A top and a ball were lying together in a drawer among a lot of other toys. The top said to the ball, “Since we live in the same drawer,…
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The well was deep, and therefore the rope was long; the wheel went around with difficulty when the waterfilled bucket had to be pulled up over the side of the…
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There came a soldier marching down the high road-one, two! one, two! He had his knapsack on his back and his sword at his side as he came home from…
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When the wind sweeps over the grass, the blades of grass ripple like the water of a lake; and when it sweeps over the cornfield, the ears of corn curl…