All Stories page 78

Stories including "Bertie’s Double" and "The Hare and the Tortoise".

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  Bertie’s Double

  The Wicked Queen is determined that Princess Beatrice should marry a rich prince – but Beatrice stays true to her long lost Prince Bertie – then the Queen finds someone who looks just like Bertie.

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  The Hare and the Tortoise

  The hare from the famous tale by Aesop tells his version of the race with the tortoise – just in case you thought that he really was slower than his rival. The real winner is the cunning fox.

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  The Golden Goose

  

  An amusing tale about a boy whose parents called him “Dummy” – but he can’t have been that much of a dummy because he found a golden goose and made the grandest people of the town look like fools.

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  Beauty and the Beast

  Beauty and Beast by Charles Perrault is one of the great romantic tales of all time. With exotic music and sound effects.

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  Lazy Jack

  

  Lazy Jack goes out to work, but he’s not used to earning a living, and he gets into all sorts of muddles. An amusing fireside tale from the North of England.

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  St. George And The Dragon

  

  The story of how George saved a town and a princess from a fearful dragon. He is associated with courage and chivalry and several countries have chosen him as their patron saint.

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  The Homecoming of Odysseus

  Odysseus returns home 20 years after leaving for Troy. He arrives on his rocky island kingdom of Ithaca disguised as a beggar and finds that his palace is full of suitors wooing his wife, the faithful Queen Penelope.

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  The Brahman, the Tiger and the Jackal

  This tale from India is about a good-hearted Brahman – or holy man – who is helps a tiger out of a trap.

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  The Ugly Duckling

  

  This is the classic story of somebody who is a bit different – by Hans Christian-Andersen.

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  The Nose That Ran Away

  

  The strange story of a nose that ran away from its owner, a little girl called Isis. Soon the nose was making havoc all over her school. Only Katie the witch knew the full truth…