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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.
When I look back, I realize what a peculiar friendship it was.
Pushing his adventurous shins through the deep snow that had fallen overnight, and encouraged by the glee of his little sister, following in the open way that he made, a sturdy small boy, the son of Grayville's most distinguished citizen, struck his foot against something of which there was no visible sign on the surface of the snow.
The wife of a rich man fell sick; and when she felt that her end drew nigh, she called her only daughter to her bed-side, and said, ‘Always be a good girl, and I will look down from heaven and watch over you.’ Soon afterwards she shut her eyes and died, and was buried in the garden; and the little girl went every day to her grave and wept, and was always good and kind to all about her.
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.
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.