THE LEAP-FROG
A Flea, a Grasshopper, and a Leap-frog once wanted to see which could jump highest; and they invited the whole world, and everybody else...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 17, 20232 min read
THE KNIGHT'S SONG
I'll tell thee everything I can: There's little to relate. I saw an aged aged man, A-sitting on a gate. 'Who are you, aged man?' I said....
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 202316 min read
LITTLE CLAUS AND BIG CLAUS
In a village there once lived two men who had the same name. They were both called Claus. One of them had four horses, but the other had...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20239 min read
THE KNAPSACK, THE HAT, AND THE HORN
There were once three brothers who had fallen deeper and deeper into poverty, and at last their need was so great that they had to endure...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20234 min read
THE LITTLE MATCH GIRL
It was so terribly cold. Snow was falling, and it was almost dark. Evening came on, the last evening of the year. In the cold and gloom a...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 202334 min read
THE LITTLE MERMAID
Far out in the ocean, where the water is as blue as the prettiest cornflower, and as clear as crystal, it is very, very deep; so deep,...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 202311 min read
LITTLE IDA'S FLOWERS
My poor flowers are quite dead," said little Ida, "they were so pretty yesterday evening, and now all the leaves are hanging down quite...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20234 min read
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD
Once upon a time in the middle of a thick forest stood a small cottage, the home of a pretty little girl known to everyone as Little Red...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20236 min read
THE MASTER CAT OR PUSS IN BOOTS
There was a miller whose only inheritance to his three sons was his mill, his donkey, and his cat. The division was soon made. They hired...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20237 min read
MARY'S CHILD
Near a great forest there lived a woodcutter with his wife. He had but one child, a three-year old girl. Now they were so poor that they...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20238 min read
MAID MALEEN
There was once a king who had a son who asked in marriage the daughter of a mighty king, she was called Maid Maleen, and was very...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20231 min read
THE LOBSTER-QUADRILLE
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail, "There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my tail. See how...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20235 min read
THE MOST INCREDIBLE THING
The one who could do the most incredible thing should have the king’s daughter and the half of his kingdom. The young men, and even the...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20235 min read
MOTHER HULDA
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy. The mother,...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20233 min read
THE GODFATHER
A poor man had so many children that he had already asked every one in the world to be godfather, and when still another child was born,...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20237 min read
THE GOLD-CHILDREN
There was once a poor man and a poor woman who had nothing but a little cottage, and who earned their bread by fishing, and always lived...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 202310 min read
THE GOLDEN BIRD
A certain king had a beautiful garden, and in the garden stood a tree which bore golden apples. These apples were always counted, and...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20235 min read
GODFATHER DEATH
A poor man had twelve children and had to work day and night in order just to feed them. Thus when the thirteenth came into the world,...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20232 min read
GOSSIP WOLF AND THE FOX
The she-wolf brought into the world a young one, and invited the fox to be godfather. After all, he is a near relative of ours, said she,...
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TECHFAIRYTALES
Jan 16, 20237 min read
THE GOOD BARGAIN
There was once a peasant who had driven his cow to the fair, and sold her for seven thalers. On the way home he had to pass a pond, and...
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