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Группа авторов. English Fairy Tales / Английские сказки
The Fish and the Ring
The Three Heads of the Well
Master and Pupil
The King of Waterfalls
The Tulip Fairies
The History of Jack the Giant-Killer
Princess of Canterbury
Jack and His Golden Snuff Box
The Pied Piper
The Buried Moon
The Blue Mountains
The History of Whittington
Lazy Jack
Mr. Vinegar
Mr. Fox
The Magic Ring
The Story of the Three Bears
Three Feathers
The Yorkshire Boggart
Yallery Brown
The White Lady
Kate Crackernuts
The Wise Men of Gotham
A Pleasant and Delightful History of Thomas Hickathrift
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The Comb and the Collar
Master of All Masters
Sir Gammer Vans
Nelly the Knocker
Molly Whoppie
Mr. Miacca
Jack and the Beanstalk
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Once upon a time, there was a mighty baron in the North Country who was a great magician that knew everything that would come to pass. So one day, when his little boy was four years old, he looked into the Book of Fate to see what would happen to him. And to his dismay, he found that his son would wed a lowly maid that had just been born in a house under the shadow of York Minster. Now the Baron knew the father of the little girl was very, very poor, and he had five children already. So he called for his horse, and rode into York; and passed by the father’s house, and saw him sitting by the door, sad and doleful. So he dismounted and went up to him and said: “What is the matter, my good man?” And the man said: “Well, your honour, the fact is, I’ve five children already, and now a sixth’s come, a little lass, and where to get the bread from to fill their mouths, that’s more than I can say.”
“Don’t be downhearted, my man,” said the Baron. “If that’s your trouble, I can help you. I’ll take away the last little one, and you wont have to bother about her.”
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‘Didst thou get the sword?’ asked the Gruagach, when they met in the usual place.
‘I got the sword.’
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