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The house was made of white stone. The princesses looked into the large rooms through the windows. The rooms were so beautiful that the six sea princesses were very happy just to look at them. The little sea princess knew that this was the house of her young prince. So she went there every night. She went nearer

　　Once a fox invited a stork to dinner. He put nothing on the table except some soup in a very shallow dish.
The fox could easily lap up the soup, but the stork could only wet the end of her long bill in it.
Whe

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　"You must not think of that," her grandmother answered. "We live longer and we are far happier than people on land."
　 But the little sea princess said, "If I die, I can never go to the top of the sea again. I can never hear the lovely noise of the sea, never again see the beautiful flowers and the sun! Tel

　　A wolf wanted to eat the sheep, but he was afraid of the vigilant shepherd and his dogs.
One day the wolf found the skin of a sheep. He put it on and walked among the sheep.
A lamb thought that the wolf was its mother because his skin

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　 "Yes, I do," the princess answered. She remembered her prince and the soul which she might get.
　 "You can never again become a sea princess. You will never get back your fish’s body. You can never go back to live with your sisters. The prince must love you so much that he will go away from his father and

　　An unlucky fox fell into a well. It was quite deep, so he could not get out by himself..
A goat passed by. He asked the fox what he was doing in the well. "Oh, have you not heard?" said the fox. "There is going to be a

　　When their king said this, none of the gods dared to say a word in defence of mankind. But Prometheus, the Titan, who was earth-born himself, and loved these men of the earth, bagged Zeus so earnestly to shae them, that Zeus consented to do so.
At this time, men lived in dark gloomy caves. Their friend, Prometheus taught t

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The next day when she had seated herself at table with the king and all the courtiers, and was eating from her little golden plate, something came creeping splish splash, splish splash, up the marble staircase, and when it had got to the top, it knocked at the door and cried, "Princess, youngest princess,

    　　The two weavers were shown in, and began to describe their cloth to the Emperor.
　　"It is gold, silver and rainbow coloured, all at the same time," said one. "It shimmers."
　　"It feels like silk, but is as warm as wool,"

　　He threw the doors open, and saw the empty loom.
　　"Why!" he cried in a surprised voice.
　　"Your Majesty," said the Chamberlain quickly. " A wise man such as yourself can surely see the colours and sheen of this magical cloth."
　　"Of course I can," said the Emperor, wondering why he could not. "It’s beautiful. Simply enc

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　　In olden times when wishing still helped one, there lived a king whose daughters were all beautiful, but the youngest was so beautiful that the sun itself, which has seen so much, was astonished whenever it shone in her face. Close by the king’s castle lay a great dark forest, and under an old lime-tree in th

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Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by every one who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child. Once she gave her a little cap o

　　A long time ago and far away, there lived a merchant and his three daughters. The older girls were proud, while the youngest girl was generous and kind.
One day, the merchant heard that all his ships had been lost in a storm. He was penniless and would have to move to a tiny cottage on the edge of the woods.
"Eve

　　The merchant set out that very day for the town with the messenger. He completed his business, and found that he had indeed made a profit. There was enough to buy his daughters’ presents and some to invest. The dress and hat were soon bought, but there were no roses to be had in the town.
It was evening when he set out for

　　But Beauty did shudder the first time she saw the Beast at the house in the middle of the forest. The Beast pretended not to notice her shudder, and showed her around the house and gardens. She had a beautiful room and lovely clothes, and he gave her a magic mirror so that she could see her family whenever she wanted to.
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