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Blood-Red Flower

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Joringel dreamed that he found me growing in a meadow with a large pearl at the center of my blossom. He picked me, carried me to an enchanted castle, and everything I touched was freed, including his true love. It is a good thing that Joringel listens to his dreams....

Little Match Girl

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I make my living selling matches on the street. They burn so prettily, why won't anyone buy them? I know, because they already have light in their homes, and so much warmth. Oh, what warmth! I don't have any of that. I'm freezing cold but I don't want to go home...

Prince Employed by a Giant

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I'm the youngest of many sons of the king, and When I grew into manhood, I was determined to go out into the world and try my luck. It took a long time to persuade my father, but I persisted and at last he was forced to let me go. I traveled around for several days...

Tom Thumb

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My mother and father are very poor. They collect bundles of kindling to sell at the market, but they don't make enough money to feed us boys. I'm the youngest and I've just turned seven. My eldest brother is ten, and there are seven of us in all. I don't know how my...

Glass Axe

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Of course I can't chop wood. I'm made of glass! Swing me against a hard tree, and I'll shatter. Imagine, though, that you were cutting down a paper tree. I could chop down a whole forest of paper trees with my fine edge. You can't chop down a forest with a glass axe....

Simpleton with a Big Dream

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I could never please my old mother. My brothers did. They were always buying her fine clothes that made her look really smart. Me, I just got in her way. I was too slow, too stupid. She had no patience for me. When the king decreed that he would marry his daughter to...

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