Children's

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The 3 Sisters and The Ogre

Once there were three beautiful girls; Windia, Rainia and Sunnia, who lived together in the cottage they had inherited from their parents. And one...

The Children of Canvey Island

Once, on Canvey island, an island that lies of the south coast of Essex in the Thames Estuary, in a little dutch cottage with an eight-sided roof,...
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The Painted Sails

There once was a boy who loved to draw and paint but his father was a sailor who wanted him to be a sailor too and so he refused to buy the boy the...
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The Ghosts and Mrs Calendar

There once was an old woman, an old widow, named Mrs Calendar, who knew all the ghosts in her old house. She knew poor Tom, the little boy who lived...

Patrick's pear trick

Patrick made a pear appear and then he made a pear, a pair and then he made the pair three and then he made a pear tree, then he made a pear forest...

Fish, Bird, Mouse, Cat, Gulp!

Once a fish, a bird, a mouse and a cat lived together in a house. Gulp! Uh? I mean a fish, a bird and a slightly fatter cat lived together in a house...
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The Growing Hill

Once upon a time there was a peculiar thing called a growing hill; a magical hill that grew taller the higher you climbed up it and children were...

The Girl with One Shoe

Once, a long time ago, a soothsayer predicted that, when a prince grew up, he would marry a girl that would turn up at his palace wearing one shoe...

What giants are afraid of

Once a man found a ladybird crying upon a rose. When he asked why the ladybird was crying, she replied, "I have no spots upon my shell". So the man...
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The Runaway Doll

Once a king asked a toy maker to make his daughter a living doll, paying him 3 hundred gold coins to do the job. And, because such a task was beyond...