In a magical realm where everything comes to life and every living creature has a voice, a little girl was born from a petal. She was about the size of a finger on my hand. In the day she took care of the flowers and sang to them. At night, she slept in a walnut shell covered with a rose petal. Everybody called her Thumbelina.
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Once upon a time, there lived an old man and a woman. They had a little house and a little field by the house. They grew all kinds of things in the little field and were very happy with every harvest. That year they had already harvested most of it, but there was still a bed of beets left. Grandfather went to harvest in the evening and put the beets in the wheelbarrow one by one.
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Long ago, there was a seamstress who was more skilled than any other with needle and thread. She even boasted that she could beat the devil himself in tailoring skills.
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Somewhere nearby, in a summer hour, a little bunny got a flower.
It was a beautiful summer day. Bing Bunny was at home snacking on vegetables when someone rang the doorbell.
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Do you know what a meteorite is? It’s a rock that flies through space and falls to earth on our planet Earth. And this story is about one such meteorite.
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Once upon a time in a far-off land there lived a poor boy. His name was Aladdin. Every day he walked through the markets among the people, he liked the hustle and bustle and he loved to look at all the beautiful things the merchants offered. But he could only look, for he and his mother were poor and could not afford any of it.
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In one pond there lived a frog who only knew his pond and a few puddles. But she could tell a wonderful story about where she had been, what she had seen and what she could do. She told it so convincingly that those who did not know her easily believed that she was telling the truth.
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Once upon a time there was a woman who lived in a simple house with two daughters. Helen was her own and Mary was her stepdaughter. Helen had no work to do, she just lazed around all day and dreamed of a rich groom coming for her. But Mary was something else. She did all the work in the house, and she was good at everything.
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In a great kingdom, a queen was sitting at the window of a castle, embroidering. It was winter and snowflakes were flying outside. The winter landscape was beautiful, and the queen opened her window and looked out. For a moment she forgot that she was holding a needle and pricked her finger as she leaned out of the window.
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Once upon a time, there was a small, stubborn lamb in a large flock. It was always happy because it did what it wanted. It was small and cute, so any trouble was soon forgiven and no one was angry with it for a long time. Not even the mother sheep, the shepherd or the sheepdogs.
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