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The Fair With Golden Hair
2023-06-28
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Once upon a time there was a king’s daughter, who was so handsome, there was nothing in the world to be compared with her for beauty, and she was called the Fair with Golden Hair: because her locks were like the finest gold, marvellously bright, and falling all in ringlets to her feet. She always a...
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The Tooth Fairy’s Bicycle Helmet
2023-06-21
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The first time I lost my tooth, my parents got excited.“Do you know what this means?” they said.“No. What?”“You need to write a letter. To the toothfairy!” they exclaimed.The toothfairy?I was given a pen and a piece of paper, and suddenly, there I was, having to write a letter to this fairy th...
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Prince Yamato Take
2023-06-14
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The insignia of the great Japanese Empire is composed of three treasures which have been considered sacred, and guarded with jealous care from time immemorial. These are the Yatano-no-Kagami or the Mirror of Yata, the Yasakami-no-Magatama or the Jewel of Yasakami, and the Murakumo-no-Tsurugi or the...
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The Three Golden Apples
2023-06-07
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Didyou ever hear of the golden apples, that grew in the garden of the Hesperides? Ah, those were such apples as would bring a great price, by the bushel, if any of them could be found growing in the orchards of nowadays! But there is not, I suppose, a graft of that wonderful fruit on a single...
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The Apples of Idun – A Tale of Odin and Loki
2023-05-31
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Once upon a time Odin, Loki, and Hœner started on a journey. They had often travelled together before on all sorts of errands, for they had a great many things to look after, and more than once they had fallen into trouble through the prying, meddlesome, malicious spirit of Loki, who was never so h...
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The Bird with Nine Heads
2023-05-23
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Long, long ago, there once lived a king and a queen who had a daughter. One day, when the daughter went walking in the garden, a tremendous storm suddenly came up and carried her away with it. Now the storm had come from the bird with nine heads, who had robbed the princess, and brought her to his c...
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The Man with the Fox Shadow
2023-05-16
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Vivian’s family had just moved to Japan for her mom’s work. She missed a lot of things about living in her old home in Missouri. But she liked how close they were living to the ocean now, at least. She could see the ocean from her window. She often did homework with the window open, or sometimes s...
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The Troll Wedding
2023-05-10
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One summer, a long, long time ago, the folk of Melbustad went up to the hill pastures with their herd. But they had been there only a short time when the cattle began to grow so restless that it was impossible to keep them in order. A number of different maidens tried to manage them, but without ava...
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The Tale of Ginger and Pickles
2023-05-03
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Once upon a time there was a village shop. The name over the window was “Ginger and Pickles.”It was a little small shop just the right size for Dolls—Lucinda and Jane Doll-cook always bought their groceries at Ginger and Pickles.The counter inside was a convenient height for rabbits. Ginger and P...
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