All Stories page 75
Stories including "Bertie and the Mermaid" and "A Christmas Nutcracker".
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Bertie and the Mermaid
The story of why Bertie thinks that Mermaids are no better than sirens.
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A Christmas Nutcracker
A magical Christmas story with music by Tchaikovsky about the girl’s love of a toy that was both ugly and broken – but who turned out to be a true hero.
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The Wedding of Robin Redbreast and Jenny Wren
The ancient verse-story of gallant bird who woos Jenny wren, but whose wedding ends in tragedy.
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Christmas in Iceland
How a boy called Jason spent Christmas in a very special land where Santa doesn’t visit – but where they do have 13 Christmas imps who bring presents.
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Aesop’s tale that shows that although it’s tempting to envy another person’s life, their life is rarely as great as it seems from a distance.
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The Blind Man’s Daughter
A delightful story from Korea about a girl who was willing to sacrifice everything to help her blind father regain his sight.
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The Three Sillies
A man goes in search of three people who are bigger sillies than his fiance and her parents.
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The Fairies of Merlin’s Craig
Fairies appear to a man digging peat on a Scottish moor. Soon he is dancing to strange music with them.
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Fidgety Philip
Fidgety Philip won’t sit still and he drives his poor parents crazy – a poem by Dr Heinrich Hoffmann
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Bertie and the Ghost
When Bertie was still a small prince, his annoying little brother bet him that he would not dare to sleep one Halloween night in the haunted North Tower. Bertie did – and he met a ghost with a strange sense of humour.
