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Once upon a time a rich gentleman had a daughter. One day he asked her. "How much do you love me, dearest?" She laughed lightly. "I love you as much as fresh meat loves salt, father," she answered.He flew into a rage. "That means you don't love me at all! Go away, and never return!" So she left, taking only a beautiful golden dress with her. As she traveled, she came upon a bog. There she made a dress and hood out of rushes and put it on. Then she hid her golden dress among the reeds and rushes, and traveled on a little farther.When she came to an elegant house, she knocked on the door. "Would you like a maid?" she asked. "I will do any kind of work if only you will give me shelter." The servant woman looked at her and said, "You can scrape the pots and pans, Cap O'Rushes." From then ...

A long time ago in Texas only a few pioneers lived there. One of those folks was Pecos Bill. One day when Bill was just a baby, his family set off to move to the Pecos River area. When they were crossing a stream, they hit a big rock. Little Bill flew right out of the wagon. No one in the family saw him fall; they just traveled on. Bill sat there on the ground, looking around. In the distance, he spied a pack of coyotes. These coyotes had never seen a human baby before and didn't know quite what to think. One of them trotted up to Bill and offered him a piece of deer meat. Bill ate it. The coyotes then welcomed the boy into their pack. He lived with the coyotes for many years. Bill eventually believed that he was a coyote. One day, years later, a cowboy happened past. He saw Bill and a ...

Once there lived a woodcutter who had three sons. The eldest two lads were big and strong, but the third boy was different. His name was Ashlad, and he loved to sit in front of the hearth and read and dream. The elder boys often teased him."What good is reading?" they would ask.When the woodcutter grew old and his debts began to mount, he called his two eldest sons to his side."I'm too old for this work," he said, "you'll have to chop wood to pay our debts." The two sons went into the forest.Just as they prepared to chop down a tree, a hideous troll called out, "Chop my wood and I'll kill you." Terrified, the sons ran home. "The troll will kill us if we chop his wood," they told their father. Now the father was distraught. "Who will help me pay our debts? We're doomed!" he lamented. ...

Gat Dula lived long ago. He was prince of a small kingdom on one of the northernmost islands of the Phillipines. He was a curious person, and so he often traveled from island to island, stopping in each to study the customs of others.One day he visited Laguna province, and went to the market near Mount Makiling. As he wandered through the marketplace, he passed a beautiful woman with hair as dark as ink and skin that shimmered beneath the sunlight. The woman's eyes met his, and the young man bowed in respect. The woman bowed her head, for she felt shy. From that moment, Gat Dula could not stop thinking of her. So the next week the man returned to this same market, and searched for the beautiful maiden, who had captured his heart. As the young man searched, he asked the vendors if they ...

Once upon a time there lived a man named Jacob Kranz who was known as the Preacher of Dubno, famed far and wide for his wisdom and his parables. He traveled from town to town teaching. One year, on the fifth night of Hanukkah, the rabbi told the people a tale of Hanukkah. "Our Jewish month is one lunar cycle," said the preacher, "beginning with the new moon. In the Jewish calendar, during the first half of the month, each night grows a little lighter, but after the full moon, until the 29th or 30th, each night grows a little bit darker." The people nodded, for they knew that the first night of Hanukkah falls on 25 Kislev, and so, for each of the first five nights of the holiday, the sky grows a little darker. "So," said the preacher, "the fifth night of Hanukkah is the darkest night of ...