In a lovely little house by the forest there lived a goat with her baby goats. The goats were very mischievous and often did not want to obey their mother. One day the mother goat had to go out to graze and before leaving she told the baby goats, “Keep the door closed until you hear my voice. I’ll bring you an udder full of milk.”
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At the edge of a small village, a poor widow and her daughter lived in a house with a flimsy thatched roof. They had nothing but a modest roof over their heads and a few chickens. Mostly they ate only what their mother gathered in the woods in the summer, and the only money they had was what their daughter earned by selling eggs at the market. At least it could buy bread and warm shoes for the winter.
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Once upon a time there was a little boy called Smolíček who lived with a deer with golden antlers. The deer took care of Smolíček, but always warned him not to open the door to anyone when he was home alone.
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Once upon a time there was a little girl whom everyone called Little Red Riding Hood – after the little red velvet bonnet she wore. She lived happily with her mummy and daddy, who loved her very much, as did everyone else, because she was sweet and obedient. Little Red Riding Hood had a grandmother who lived at the edge of the forest.
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Once upon a time, poverty reigned everywhere in the world, even in the small house by the forest where a man lived with his children, Hansel und Gretel. Together with them lived his second wife, a stepmother who didn’t like the children very much.
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At the very edge of the village in a small cottage near the forest there lived an old farmer with his wife. Together they managed day by day and from time to time the old woman made some goodies for her man. One morning the old farmer woke up with an overwhelming craving for a donut. So he asked his wife if she could make him one.
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Once upon a time, in a kingdom far far away, there lived a handsome prince who wanted to marry a real princess. If only he knew a way to tell which princesses were real.
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Many years ago, there lived an emperor who cared too much about his appearance. He liked to wear the most luxurious suits and parade around his kingdom. He had a new coat for every hour of the day and often liked to show off his clothes.
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