In the evening, when everyone is asleep, tiny fairies fly out of their hiding places and visit our homes. They look for children’s bedrooms and slip quietly through the window. Then they peek under the pillow and slip under the pillow, hoping to find a tooth that has fallen out. But it’s not always easy for the fairy. She doesn’t always take the tooth with her. Sometimes it’s just not possible, just like what happened one night long ago.
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In a kingdom far, far away, there lived a lazy young man named John. Instead of helping his parents at home, he just lounged around in bed. He was nearly grown up already, yet he still wanted his mom to feed him, brush his hair, and dress him.
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Once upon a time, there were three sisters. The oldest was named Rosie, and she hated flowers. She hated them so much she didn’t even want to go outside the house. But that didn’t help much, because her middle sister Daisy loved flowers and brought them home in pots.
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It was a deep winter, with snow everywhere. There was loud snoring in the bear’s den. The bears were hibernating. But what was that? Someone blinked into the darkness, yawned and stretched. The little bear was getting up.
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Just as it is important for us humans to talk to each other, it is also very important for animals. And just like humans have many different languages, each species of animal has its own way of talking to each other. Dogs bark, growl, and whine. Cats meow and purr. Birds sing and chirp. But there are also animals that have a very special kind of language.
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A drought had begun. No one had seen clouds for a long time, and even the sun felt much hotter than usual. The animals in the forest hid in the shade of the pine trees and cooled off in the nearest stream. But the heat wasn’t the only thing that worried them. Since it hadn’t rained for a long time, fires could break out at any moment. And that’s exactly what happened in the pine forest.
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Far beyond the forest, in a quiet, hidden spot, stands a little painted wooden cottage. Its windows are dressed with beautiful curtains, a roof shines red, and colorful flowers bloom on the windowsills. An old lady called Agatha lives in this cottage. She is a woman with a kind smile and a touch of magic. She likes to wear a scarf on her head, round glasses, and a floral skirt.
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Once there was a mother who had three daughters. The eldest was rough and unkind, the middle one a little better though not without faults, and the youngest was quiet and good. But the mother had a strange nature—she loved the eldest the most and could not stand the youngest.
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The universe is infinite. It is impossible to imagine how big it is. It is full of planets and stars, including the Milky Way. Everything in the universe is constantly moving. Some planets rotate regularly in the same direction. Our planet Earth also moves. It revolves around the Sun and on its own axis. Thanks to this, we have night, day, and the four seasons. But once, something terrible happened: the Earth stopped.
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Once there was a soldier who feared nothing. After leaving the service he had no work, so he wandered the world and begged for food. On his back he carried an old rain cloak. On his feet he wore his sturdy boots of buffalo leather. Those boots had lasted him a very long time.
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