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Long, long ago, some two thousand years or so, there lived a rich man with a good and beautiful wife.
There were two brothers who were both soldiers; the one was rich and the other poor.
There was once a very old man, whose eyes had become dim, his ears dull of hearing, his knees trembled, and when he sat at table he could hardly hold the spoon, and spilt the broth upon the table-cloth or let it run out of his mouth.
Once upon a time, a mouse, a bird, and a sausage, entered into partnership and set up house together.
Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children.
Once in summer-time the bear and the wolf were walking in the forest, and the bear heard a bird singing so beautifully that he said: ‘Brother wolf, what bird is it that sings so well?’ ‘That is the King of birds,’ said the wolf, ‘before whom we must bow down.’ In reality the bird was the willow-wren.
One summer’s morning a little tailor was sitting on his table by the window; he was in good spirits, and sewed with all his might.
One fine evening a young princess put on her bonnet and clogs, and went out to take a walk by herself in a wood; and when she came to a cool spring of water, that rose in the midst of it, she sat herself down to rest a while.
A shepherd had a faithful dog, called Sultan, who was grown very old, and had lost all his teeth.
The best soldier of our staff was Lieutenant Herman Brayle, one of the two aides-de-camp.