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Tale Summary Once upon a time there were two young women, one who was pretty, and one who was plain. They spent their days sowing flax seeds, with the pretty one working on the hills and the plain one in the valley. One day, the pretty one

Tale Summary One day, a crow pecked at a horse whose rider had fallen fast asleep, waking him up from a slumber of three years. The crow asked, as a thank you, for one of his sisters’ hand in marriage. The man returned home with a little

Tale Summary Once there was a family made up of a grandpa, a grandma, a mama, a papa, a boy named Sasha, and a little girl named Lala. They all lived together, but were very poor, and one day grandma realized the only food in the house was a tiny

Tale Summary One snowy day, a little boy named Misha set out to gather firewood, and his mother reminded him to bring his red wool mittens. He did not notice when one fell from his pocket onto the snow while he was gathering sticks, but Maid Meadow

Tale Summary Long ago, there was a great king who decided it was time for his three sons to be married. He instructed each of them to shoot an arrow into the sky, and that their bride would be found where it lands. The oldest let an arrow fly, where

Tale Summary There was once a very poor man named Masaniello, who had twelve daughters whom he could barely afford to take care of. One day, the peasant came to the mouth of a cave while working the land, and was met with a large lizard, who was

Tale Summary There was once a woman with no children, who wanted one so badly that she went to the Sunball to promise that if he gave her a little girl, she would return her once she reached twelve years old. He granted her wish, and the child was

Tale Summary There was once a pretty little village maiden who was very loved by her mother and her grandmother, who had made for her a little red hood which she wore constantly, earning her the nickname “Little Red-Riding-Hood”. One day, her mother

Tale Summary There once was a king who became lost in a forest, and was so desperate to find his way home that he made a promise to a witch that he would marry her daughter. The king already had six boys and a girl from a previous marriage, and

Tale Summary One day, a king’s daughter became lost in a wood, and found an iron stove which contained a prince who was enchanted by an old witch and was condemned to spend his life there. The princess heard a voice come from the stove which