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Hard by a great forest dwelt a poor wood-cutter with his wife and his two children. The boy was called Hansel and the...

1If I was a swallow,If I made noise with wings,At the hour when the dawn flashesAnd the Chulpan-star rises,My home,...

The cats are meowing woefully nearby,I hear somebody distant walking slow…Your words were a delightful...

It sometimes happens that the soul stands firm.Although death’s cruel wind blows everywhere,The soul's frail blossom...

Once upon a time there was an old man, and an old woman, and a little boy. One morning the old woman made a...

Once upon a time there was a boy whose name was Jack, and he lived with his mother on a common. They were very poor,...

Once upon a time there lived in a certain village a little country girl, the prettiest creature that ever was seen....

As a snake, coiling up in a knot,At the very heart she's conjuring.Or the whole day she like a tiny doveOn the window...

Love conquers, deceitful and slow,With a soft amateurish refrain.So strange to think – not long agoYou weren’t...

A girl once went to the fair to hire herself for servant. At last a funny-looking old gentleman engaged her, and took...

In the heart, the memory of the sun fades,Yellower turns the grass.The wind disperses the early flakesBarely, with...

Once upon a time there was a man and a wife had too many children, and they could not get meat for them, so they took...

Evening comes to the Tatar village; the magic bright moon is in the skyUnder its light all seems silver: houses,...

Lady Mary was young, and Lady Mary was fair. She had two brothers, and more lovers than she could count. But of them...

Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar lived in a vinegar bottle. Now, one day, when Mr. Vinegar was from home, Mrs. Vinegar, who was a...

I'm afraid that fool death will defeat me soon,The hunger, lice and cold will do me in,And I'll die as in winter an...

Once upon a time there lived a King and a Queen who didn't differ much from all the other kings and queens who have...

Our execution’s soon ‒ we’ve out been taken,And lined up in a solitary spot...In order not to see a deed so...

ACT ISCENE I. Venice. A street.Enter RODERIGO and IAGORODERIGOTush! never tell me; I take it much unkindlyThat thou,...

A parting with a friend is past all bearingWhen there's no hope of meeting any more.Especially if the riches you can...