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... gone , King Winwealth grew lonely in his great palace , so he married a certain princess , called Wantall , and brought her home to be his queen . This princess was neither handsome nor agreeable . People thought she must have gained ...
... gone , King Winwealth grew lonely in his great palace , so he married a certain princess , called Wantall , and brought her home to be his queen . This princess was neither handsome nor agreeable . People thought she must have gained ...
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... gone , worked in the rich villagers ' fields to make out a scanty living . So the seasons came and passed : spring , summer , harvest , and winter followed each other as they have done from the beginning . At the end of the latter ...
... gone , worked in the rich villagers ' fields to make out a scanty living . So the seasons came and passed : spring , summer , harvest , and winter followed each other as they have done from the beginning . At the end of the latter ...
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... gone before the cuckoo came with another . 66 Spare lived on in the old hut , and worked in the cabbage garden . ( Scrub had got the barley field because he was the eldest . ) Every day his coat grew more ragged , and the hut more ...
... gone before the cuckoo came with another . 66 Spare lived on in the old hut , and worked in the cabbage garden . ( Scrub had got the barley field because he was the eldest . ) Every day his coat grew more ragged , and the hut more ...
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... , beauties who had grown old , wits who had gone out of fashion , all came to talk with Spare , and whatever their troubles had been , all went home merry . The rich gave him presents , the poor THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO . 25.
... , beauties who had grown old , wits who had gone out of fashion , all came to talk with Spare , and whatever their troubles had been , all went home merry . The rich gave him presents , the poor THE CHRISTMAS CUCKOO . 25.
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... gone well with the cobbler till the king thought that it was quite unbecoming to see such a worthy man without a servant . His majesty , therefore , to let all men understand his royal favour toward Spare , appointed one of his own ...
... gone well with the cobbler till the king thought that it was quite unbecoming to see such a worthy man without a servant . His majesty , therefore , to let all men understand his royal favour toward Spare , appointed one of his own ...
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