The Three Old Ladies

Story for reading - The Three Old Ladies

Inspired by an Italian folk tale

In a little house there lived three young ladies. One was sixty-seven, another was seventy-five, and the third, well, she was ninety-four. Their house had a little balcony, where all three of them liked to watch people walking by on the street and see what was happening in town. 

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The princess who saw everything

Children's bedtime tale -  The princess who saw everything

Once upon a time, in the castle on a hill, there lived a princess so beautiful that people all over the kingdom talked about her beauty. Her chamber was strange – it had twelve windows, and the further the princess went from the first to the last, the farther she could see. From the twelfth she could see her entire realm – from the mountain tops to the most hidden corners of the earth.

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The Magic Horse

Evening fairy tale -  The Magic Horse

There was a rich merchant in one town who had a beautiful garden near his house where he grew millet. He checked it carefully every day, but one day he found that much of the crop had disappeared. The angry merchant decided to catch the thief and punish him. He entrusted this task to his three sons – Michael, George and John. The one who catches the thief will be rewarded.

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Little Mermaid

Bedtime Stories  -  Little Mermaid

Once upon a time, far away in the deep ocean where the water was very clear and blue, a king ruled the underwater world and the sea people. In the underwater world, beautiful trees and colorful flowers grew. There were also beautiful animals and all kinds of fish. The sea people lived in harmony.

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