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Once upon a time there was a dear little girl who was loved by everyone who looked at her, but most of all by her grandmother, and there was nothing that she would not have given to the child.
The mother of Hans said: ‘Whither away, Hans?’ Hans answered: ‘To Gretel.’ ‘Behave well, Hans.’ ‘Oh, I’ll behave well.
We were speaking of sequestration, alluding to a recent lawsuit.
An aged count once lived in Switzerland, who had an only son, but he was stupid, and could learn nothing.
Once upon a time there was a widow who had two daughters; one of them was beautiful and industrious, the other ugly and lazy.
There was once a fisherman who lived with his wife in a pigsty, close by the seaside.
A certain cat had made the acquaintance of a mouse, and had said so much to her about the great love and friendship she felt for her, that at length the mouse agreed that they should live and keep house together.
An honest farmer had once an ass that had been a faithful servant to him a great many years, but was now growing old and every day more and more unfit for work.
There was once upon a time an old goat who had seven little kids, and loved them with all the love of a mother for her children.