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Fairytale (5)
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The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish
Read more...Once upon a time, a poor old man living next to the sea caught a golden fish in his net. When he set it free, the fish promised to grant him whatever he wanted. The old man required little, but his g...
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The Tale of the Golden Cockerel
Read more...Tsar Dodon takes counsel from his nobles in order to devise a means whereby the constant plotting of a neighbouring hostile ruler may be frustrated. Before a practicable scheme has been evolved, ther...
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The Tale of Tsar Saltan
Read more...Tsar Saltan overhears three sisters who are confiding to each other their views on the subject of happiness. The youngest, having declared that she would wish nothing better than to become the mother...
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The Tale of the Priest and his Workman Balda
Read more...A mean and greedy priest had a workman, Balda, who did not receive any payment for his labour, except the right to give the priest three slaps in the face. When the time came for payment, the priest ...
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Fairytales of Alexander Pushkin
Read more...Alexander Pushkin first addressed the fairytale theme in 1815, when he began work on a poem about Prince Bova. The first complete fairytale work in his oeuvre is Ruslan and Lyudmila (1820), which mad...
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