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An accomplished wizard once lived on the top floor of a tenement house and passed his time in thoughtful study and studious thought. What he…

Once upon a time, there was a widow who had two daughters. The elder was so much like her, both in looks and character, that…

Before the High and Far-Off Times, O my Best Beloved, came the Time of the Very Beginnings; and that was in the days when the…

Mamma had gone downtown to shop. She had asked Nora to look after Jane Gladys, and Nora promised she would. But it was her afternoon…

In the high and far-off times the elephant, O best beloved, had no trunk. He had only a blackish, bulgy nose, as big as a…

Once upon a time, the reckless whim of a lad came near to destroying the Earth and robbing the spheres of their wits. There were…

There was once a merchant who was rich in cattle and camels. He lived in the country with his wife and family and devoted himself…

There was Cassiopaeia, queen of Aethiopia, who boasted that her beauty outshone the beauty of all the sea-nymphs so that in anger they sent a…

One time a knook became tired of his beautiful life and longed for something new to do. The knooks have more wonderful powers than any…

Once on a time, but it was a long, long time ago, there were two brothers, one rich and one poor. Now, one Christmas eve,…

It was Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day. The City Mayor was sitting up in bed eating his breakfast, a big pile of pancakes…

The boy was called Jim. And the monkey was called Theodore or Theo for short. One day, Jim’s Aunty took him to the zoo. Jim’s…