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In a village dwelt a poor old woman, who had gathered together a dish of beans and wanted to cook them.
A long time ago there lived a king who was famed for his wisdom through all the land.
There was once a man who had a daughter who was called Clever Elsie.
There was once upon a time a queen to whom God had given no children.
A shepherd’s dog had a master who took no care of him, but often let him suffer the greatest hunger.
A farmer had a faithful and diligent servant, who had worked hard for him three years, without having been paid any wages.
It was the middle of winter, when the broad flakes of snow were falling around, that the queen of a country many thousand miles off sat working at her window.
There was once upon a time a woman who was a real witch and had two daughters, one ugly and wicked, and this one she loved because she was her own daughter, and one beautiful and good, and this one she hated, because she was her stepdaughter.
There was once a man called Frederick: he had a wife whose name was Catherine, and they had not long been married.
There was a certain village wherein no one lived but really rich peasants, and just one poor one, whom they called the little peasant.