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who the father was. The King told the to Pr incess go into the Chur chand give the baby a lemon,and whoeverthe child gave the lemon to must be its father and should marry' Now ih" .tn the Princess allowedinto only handsom epeoplewer e boy the Church.But a little hunch-backed unseen' slipped in between the crowd rnd it was to this boY,who was called Henr y Dumm , that the babY gave the that he lemon,The Kingwas so dismayed and Henry into put the shockedPrincess a barrel and cast them out onto the.sea' said When they were alone,the Princess i'You horrid hunchbacked-boy' to Henry this is allyour fault.The childhad nothing to do wiih You!" "Oh Yes it had!" said Henry "because I once wished that You would have a child, and what I wish comestr ue." to "lf that' s tr ue,then wish us som ething eat!" snapped the Pr incess'"l can do that," said Henr y and he wished a bowl of potatoes, and because she was so ate hungr y the Pr incess them all' Henr y ship, and then they had wish]edfor a fine The ship soon ever ythingin abundance. r eached tne shor e, and Henr y then wished for a castle. Scarcely had he wished, when before them stood a wonderful castle,and a servantled them inside. W hen theY wer e inside, Henr y said, "Now I' d like to be a clever , handsom e Pr ince!" and his hunchback disappear edand he became a Young

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Prin c e a n d t h e P ri n ce ssw a s o n l y too p lea s e d t o m a r ry h i m. F o r a l o n g ti me t h e y l i v e d h a p pi l yto g e th e r, n ti l o n e d ay u t h e Pr i n c e s s ' sfa th e r l o st h i s w a y a nd ende d u p a t t h e ca stl e .H e w a s h e a rtily welc o m e d , b u t h e d i d n 't re co g n i sehis daug h t e r ,f o r h e th o u g h t sh e h a d b e en drow n e d l o n g ag o . A s h e w a s g o i n g ,the Prin c e s s e c r e tl yh i d a g o l d e ncu p i n his s pocket, and as he was riding away, she sent some servantsafter him, pretending he h a d s t o l e ni t .Wh e nth e yfo u n dth e cup on h i m t h e y b r ou g h th i m b a ck.H e sw or e to the Princessthat he had not stolen it. "So one must not be ready to accuse s om e o n e s t r a i g h t a w a y!" sa i d the P rin c e s s . A n d s h e h e l d o u t h e r d a u g th e rto h i m. The King was overjoyed, and he l i ved wit h t h e m f r o m th e n o n . Wh e n h e d i ed, Hen r y D u m m b e ca meK i n g .

while. Squeaking,they r un ar ound al l over the yar d, and r un over ever ythi ng that stands in their way. Buckets,an d br ooms and even the far mer ' s wife her self.W hen they have had enough of r unning ar ound, they sniff in ever y cor ner to see if ther e' s anythingto eat. The best thing is r um m aging in the manure heap. Pitter and Patter; the two r abbits,ar e also let out when the stal l 's being cleaned. fir stthey hidewhen the At two pigs ar e char gingthr ough the yar d, but now they car efully hop about looking for som e tur nips.Ther e' sone! But Ro s a has alr eadyseenit, and gr untstowar dsi t. W ho' s going to get it? The pig and th e r abbitsslowly move in for the catch, t a bu loud cr y sendsthem all r ushingfor cov er - a hen has just laid an egg! And tha t's the end of the stor y!

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W hat' s that I hear what' sthat I see? , singing, Peoplelaughing,r unning, Oh mother ;what can it be? It' s Car nival, s Car nival, it' Oh mother ,take me ther e, I want to r un and sing likethem, And spin r ound on the fair . Diddle,diddle,dum dum, diddlediddle dee, Diddle diddle dum dum, happiness fr ee! M onkeysspr ingand puppetsplay, Balloonsfly up and far away, Spinningon the Car ousel, sell. Candymen their sweet- meats It' s Car nival, s Car nival! it'

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Sth October
Dwarf nose (1) ln a t o w n t h e r e o n ce l i ve da co b b l e rw i th h is wi f e a n d h i s so n Ja co b .T h e v w e re v e ry p o o r , a n d th e w i fe so l d fru i t a n d vegetablesat market,where Jacob often h elp e d h e r .O n e da y a n o l d w o ma n th e y h ad n e v e r s e e n b e fo re ca me p a st th e s t all. T h e a n c i e n t w o ma n ca me u p to them a n d f e l t t h e fru i t w i th h e rfi n g e rs. T h e n sh e r u m m a g e di n th e ca b b a g e s n d a h e ld th e m u p t o h e r l o n g n o se , b u t not hin g s e e m e d to su i t h e r. T h e n sh e

r eacheddown to the tur nips,and Jacob said to her, "First you touch everything so that no one else wants to buy them, and then you don' t like anything!W hy don' t you bend down your skinny neck and look at them !" Then the old woman laughed m ockingly and in the end bought some cabbagps,which Jacob had to help her car r y.She led him to a falling- down house, but when she openedthe door ;a br ightlightshoneout . The housewas m ade of mar bleand fine wood, and the sofa he sat on was of velvet. The old woman began to make som e soup for him, and squir r elsand sea-swine served it to him. He'd never tasted such lovely soup, but afterwards tlle sweet sm ell of incensem ade him dr owsy,and in his dr eam she thought he was ser ving the old lady with the othe r anim als,and taught him how to cookthe queerest meals. Once he had to stuff a chicken, and in a littlecupboar dhe found m any her bsthat he didn' t know.A str ong scentfilled his nostr ils, sameas when the he had beeneatingthe soup.He sneezed and then woke up. Shockedover how
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lo n g h e h a d be e n ,h e ru sh e db a ckto the ma r k e t . His mother was still there. "Are you a n g r y w i t h m e , mo th e r? " h e a ske d.The wo m a n t u r n e d o n h i m a n d sa i d , "Go away you ugly dwarf ! I don't think that's f u n n y . " An d sh e w o u l d n 't h a vea n ything t o d o w i t h h i m. D i stra u g h t, co bw e nt to Ja s e e h i s f a t h e na n d th e reh e fo u n d o u t that Jacob had been stolen sevenyears ago, the a n d w h e n h e a ske dmo re q u e sti o ns, man chasedhim away.At the barber'she lo o k e d i n t h e mi rro r a n d sa w w h a t had ha p p e n e d t o h i m: th e o l d w o ma n had e n c h a n t e d lo n g u g l y n o seo n to a round a h e a d , a n d h i s l e g s w e re sh o rt a n d thin. W h a t e v e r w o u l db e co meo f h i m n o w?

Dwarf nose (2) him d h B e c a u s e i s pa re n ts i d n 't re co g n i se n o w , h e w o nd e re d w h a t h e sh o u l d do. th Th e n h e r e m emb e re d a t h e h a d l e ar ned ho w t o c o o kwi th th e o l d w o ma n .Wasn' t t h e D u k e w e l l -kn o w na s a g l u tto n ?The

other cookslaughed when they saw h i m , but they let him cook breakfastfor the Duke,just to seewhat he could do. They put a stool by the oven for him so that he could r each.The Duke noticedstr a i ght away that som eoneelse had cookedfor him, but becauseit tasted so good, he em ployedJacob,whom he called' Nos e.' Nose cooked so well that soon he t ook over the whole kitchen, and once he bought thr eegeesefr om m ar ket. W hen he got them home,he noticed that one of them satther eand sighedjust l i k e a per son.lt was Mimi, the daughterof a wizar d,and shewas undera fair y' sspel l . Nose took her into his r oom and told her his own stor y. W hen a neighbour i ng Duke came to stay, who was also a glutton, Nosedid his bestdish.The D uk e was full of pr aise, but he asked hi m wher e the Pasta Suzanna was. Noses ai d he would go and fetchit, but in alltr ut hhe didn' t know the r ecipe. Luckily,Mi m i

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knew, so he preparedthe Pastaand took it u p s t a i r s .B u t th e D u ke sa i d , " Y o u 'v e ' mis s e d o u t t h e N i e se l mi e seh e rb , you l stupid dwarf ! lf you don't cookit properly t o m o r r o w , l ' l l h aveyo u r h e a d !" T e rri fied he we n t b a c kt o Mi mi , b u t Mi mi , b e i n g a wiz a r d ' sd a u g h te r, e w w h e re to fi n d the n h e rb . T h e n e xt n i g h t, w h e n h e w as c ooki n g i t , t h e sme l l fi l l e d h i s n o stri ls,

Autumn Wind The treesarewaitingfearfully, Fortheyknowthetime hascome, of Whenallthegreenness theirlives Will verysoonbe done. wind the And sureenough Autumn whistling roundandround, Comes leaves And one by one,the clinging Are torn downto the ground.

The Way to the Mill The far mer fetches donkeyNickout of the the stable and lays the car r ying- sad dl e on his back. Lumpy the dog is very pleased and doesn' t leave his side. He knows for sure that when the corn is taken to the m ill he can go too. He jum ps around barking, "Woof, woof! Haven't

and before he knew what was happ e n i n g , h e h a d tu rn e d i n to a hand s o m e y o u n g ma n , fo r i t w a s the s ame s o u p t h a t th e w i tch h a d g i ve n h i m in t h e f i r s t p l a ce ! N o se a n d Mi mi ran awa y a n d t h e y w e n t to Mi mi 's fa th er ; who c h a n g e dh er b a ckto h e r re a l fo rm. Th e n h e w e n t b a ckto h i s p a re n ts n dto ld a them his story. They couldn't believe t h e ir h a p p i n e ss,a n d h a d h i m te l l the s t o ry a g a i n a n d ag a i n . Mean w h i l e , i n th e P a l a ce , th e D u ke a c c u s e d h i s g u e st o f ste a l i n gh i s co ok, a n d t h e a r g u m e n tw a s so g re a tth a t w ar was d e c l a r e d ,a n d a l o n g ti me p a ssed bef o r et h e y m a de p e a cea g a i n .
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we got a lovely donkey?lsn't he carrying a h e a v y s a c k !" Wh e n th e re 's n o mor e p e o p l e t o t e l l , h e te l l s th e ra b b i tso n the f ie l d s a n d t h e b i rd s i n th e tre e s,h e 's so p ro u d ! W h e n th e y g e t to th e mi l l , the f arm e r h a n d s o ve r th e co rn . T h e y ar e crushed between the heavy stones and turned into soft white flour. Meanwhile L u m p y h a s b ee n ta ki n g g o o d ca re of Nic k . He even holds the rope betweenhis teeth so that he can't get away.Now he has to carry the flour back,and he eats thistles along the way, for he needs a lot of n o u r i s h m e n t t o ke e p g o i n g . Y e s, th at' s h o w i t w a s a h un d re dye a rsa g o .

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ready!" After breakfast, Clara asked her about her own hom e,and Heidibeganto tell her with joy aboutthe mountains, the goats,the meadows,and everythingthat she loved.M eanwhileM r . Cum m inshad come to give the childr entheir lessons , and Miss Rottenmyer led him into the diningr oom to tell him how displeas ed she was with the childshe had beensent. But Mr . Cum m ins didn' t want to m ak e any judgementsuntil he had met her ,and so he went into the study. Miss Rottenmyer paced the diningr oom i n gr eat agitation. But suddenly she hear da loud crash from the study and someone callingfor Sebastian,

Th e f i r s t m o rn i n g H e i d i w o ke u p in Fra n k f u r t ,s h e d i d n 't kn o w w h e re she wa's. Then she remembered, and she jumped out of bed and got dressed. Then she lookedout of one of the big windows, but a l l s h e c ou l d se e w e re w a l l s and win d o w s . T h e n Mi ssT i n n e tp u t h e r h ead rou n d t h e d o or a n d sa i d , " B re a kfast' s 182

H e idi h a d t h o u g h t sh e co u l d h e a r so me f ir -t re e s r u s t l i n g li ke th e y d i d i n th e m o u n t a i n s , a n d in h e r e xci te me n t i n r us hin gt o t h e w i n do w sh e h a d ta ke nth e t able c l o t h i t h h e r a n d p u l l e de ve ryth i n g w onto the flclor. Later; when she met Sebas ti a n n t h e c o rri d o Lsh e a ske dh i m, i " Wh e re d o y o u h a veto g o so th a tyo u ca n se e righ t d o w n i n to th e va l l e y? "" Y o u 'l l ha v e t o g o t o t h e t o p o f th a t h i g h to w e r th a t y ou c a n s e eo ut o f th e w i n d o w ," sa i d Se b a s t i a nH e i d ir a n o u t o f th e d o o r i n th e . direc t io n o f t h e to w e L b u t sh e w e n t th rough street after street without comin g t o i t . T h e nsh e a ske d yo u n g b o y a wit h a b a r r e l - o r g a nf h e co u l d sh o w h e r i the way. "l can," said the boy, "but what will you give me for it?" 'l/Vhat do you

w a n t ? " a s k e dH e i di ," A p e n n y,"sa i dth e bo y . He i d im a d e a de a l ,C l a ra a s su reto w give h e r t h e m o n e y. S o o n th e y w e re sta ndin g b e f o r e a C h u rchw i th a h i g h e r t owe r. H e i d i r a n g t he b e l l a n d th e to w e rke epero p e n e dt h e d o o r.H e i d ia ske dh i m so n ic el yt o s h o w h er th e to p th a t h e to o k her by 't h e h a n d a nd l e d h e r th e re . B u t H e idi wa s d i s a p p o i n te d i th w h a t sh e w sa w, f o r o n l y h o u s e sstre tch e d r mi l e s fo an d m ile s . B u t a s sh e w a s g o i n g d o w n she s o o n c h e e r e d u p , fo r sh e fo u n d a family o f c a t so n t h e sta i rs.

And when the tower - keeper her have let the kittens, her eyes shone with joy. Outside, the boy was still waiting and Heidi said to him , "Com e and fetchyour m oney tomor r ow, it' s too late now." lt was indeedlate,as ever yone was alr eady sitting at the table. Clar awas delighted with the kittens, but Miss Rottenmyer cer tainlywasn' t: "Sebastian, take these hor r ible anim als away!" she cr ied,and then she went into the study and locked the door . She didn' t appearagain until bedtim e, and she cer tainlydidn' t know that the cats wer e still in the house! Sebastian had put them in a safeplaceso that the childr en could som etimesplay with them .
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The next day brought even more ex c it e m e n t ! I n th e mo rn i n g so me o ne rang the bell, and when Sebastian went to open it, there stood a dirty little boy with a barrel-organ saying,"l want to see Clara. She owes me a penny!" Before long Sebastian found out that it was He id i w h o o w e d h i m th e mo n e y. h e nhe T smiled and led the boy into the study, wh e re h e b e g a n to p l a y o n h i s o rg a n, muc h t o t h e d el i g h t o f th e tw o g i rl s. "Stop! Stop at once!" cried Miss
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Rottenmyer she came runningup to as the boy, but his tortoise walked in between legsandsentherscreaming her intothe air. Sebastian stoodat the door doubledup with laughter! After he had managed to controlhimself,he tookthe boy out and put two penniesin his hand."One'sfor Clara,and one's for your playing,"he said. But the excitement the day still' of wasn't over.Someone elsecameto the door with a coveredbasket to addressed Miss Clara.Sebastian took it into the study where Mr.Cummins had resumed lessons. had no ideathatthe contents He of the basket was goingto meananother shockfor Miss Rottenmyer, whenthe for put on the floor, six little basket was kittens jumped out! The tower-keeper had sent them. Miss Rottenmyer was speechless with horrorat first, but then "Miss she shouted atthetop of hervoice, Tinnet! Sebastian!" They rushedin and managed to get the cats to the place wherethey had hiddenthe otherkittens. When Miss Rottenmyer had recovered from her shockto a certainextent,she gave Heidi a real talking-to,and if it hadn't beenfor Claradefending she her, would have been severelypunished. After dinnereveryday,Heidi for a few sat hours alone in her room and thought about home.Her only comfortwas that the bread-mountain wasbuilding for she granwas gettingbigger.

Heidiin a ForeignLand (3) One afternoon, Heidi felt so homesick that she put the rolls in her big red scarf,
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cry, but very quietly so that no one could hear ,for she didn' t want anyoneto think she was ungr ateful. Gr andm other gave her one com for t in her sadness: "W henever you fee l unhappy,"she said,"And you think you can' t tur n to anyone,tell ever ythingto God, and then things will wor k out." So Heidi pr ayed ever y night and ever y mor ning, but sinceshe still had to stayin Fr ankfur t, thoughtGod couldn' thav e she hear d her pr ayer s,and so she stopped pr aying.- But som ething good had to Heidihad lear ned r ead!Mr . happened, could har dly believe it. As a Cumm ins r ewar d she found a wonder ful book by her plate one evening.This was Heidi's gre.atest treasure, and she read the stor iesagainand again

p u t o n h e r o l d h a t a n d w e n t! B u t sh e h a d o n ly r e a c h e d t he d o o r w h e n sh e met The lady was shocked Miss Rottenmyer. s a w He i d i d re sse dto g o o u t, when s h e to a n d w h e n s h e h e a rdth a t H e i d i w a n te d go h o m e s h e d i d n 't kn o w w h a t to d o , so T s he w r o t e t o C la ra 'sg ra n d mo th e r. h e grand m o t h e r r e p l i e d a n d sa i d th a t sh e would b e a r r i v i n gth e n e xt d a y,so g re at prepa r a t i o n sw e re ma d e fo r h e r. H e i di wa s d e l i g h t e d w i th th e o l d l a d y a n d trusted her straight away. After lunch, wh e n e v e r y o n e e l se w a s a sl e e p ,H e i di we n t i n t o h e r ro o m a n d re a d th e b i g p ic t u r e b o o k t h a t g ra n h a d b ro u g h tw i th w w her. G r a n d m o t h e r a s a sto n i sh e d h en th s h e d i s c o v e r e d a t H e i d ico u l d n 't re a d. She a l s o n o t i c e d h o w H e i d i g o t sa d d er a n d p a l e r e v e r y da y.A t n i g h t H e i d io ften c o u ld n ' t s l e e p ,an d w h e n sh e fi n a l l yd id th s h e d r e a m e do f th e mo u n ta i n s, e g o a ts Wh and h e r g r a n d a d . e n sh ew o ke u p a n d w a s i n h e r l i ttl e stra w b e d, thought she s he a l w a y s f o u n d h e rse l fi n ste a di n th e b ig b e d i n F r a n kfu ft.T h e n sh e w o u ld b u ry h e r f a c e i n h e r p i l l o w a n d cry a nd

Candy Land Com e with me to CandyLand! Br ingyour spoon and plate, For we can eat all day ther e, And dance' til it getslate. The fountainsar e of lem onade, The flower sar e all nicesweets, ther cakeg- gr ow eon Pinkstr awber r y tr ees And the gr assis all sweet- m eat.
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13thOctober
Lumpy and his Friends I t t a k e s L u m p y a l o n g ti me to sa y g o o o d a y t o a l l h i s f r i e n d s i n th e mo rn i n g. "Moo!" s a y s L e n a th e co w , a n d a s sh e turns 'r o u n dh e r l i ttl eb e l l j i n g l e s. i sath e L c a lf wo u l d l i k e t o g o fo r a ru n o n th e meado w , b u t t h e fa rme r'sw i fe w i l l so o n be c o m i n g w i t h so me fo o d , a n d h e mustn't miss thatl. "Coo, coo," say the p igeon s . L u m p y w a l ks p e a ce fu l l y b y 186

them , for he knows he mustn' t chas e them . The ducksby the pond haven' tgot any time for Lumpy today, for mothe r duck is teachingthem how to swim and dive and how to hide in the r eedsif they have to. For ducks have quite a few enem ies,and because this,fatherduck of is alwayson the lookout for anything that wants to har m his childr en.Fiona,the lady duck, wants to catch a butterfly,but the butterfly floats gracefullyaway,just like the dr agon- flythat one of the little duckstr iesto catch. Then Lumpyseeshis favour iteplaymateover in the enclosur e , Hamm ie the foal. Bar king, the dog, chases over the m eadow, and Hamm ie com es whinneying towar ds him . They chase each other until Hamm ie has had enough and goes backto his mother .

The White Dove Befor ethe Palace the Kingstooda fine of pear tr ee, which pr oduced the most beautifulfr uit each year .But when they wer e r ipe, the pear s wer e all picked in one night, and no one knew who had

d o n e it. N o w t h e K i n g h a dth re eso n s,th e y o u n g e s t o f w h o m w a s th e mo st stu p i d, . a n d s o h e w a s c a l l e dS i mp l e to nT h e K i n g o rd e re d h i s e l d e stso n to sta y u n d e rth e tree for a whole year, so that he was bound t o c a t c ht h e th i e f. Wh e n th e fru i t g o t rip e , h e h a d on l y to sta y u n d e r th e tr ee on e m o r e n i g h t,fo rth e n e xtmo rn i n g th ey w o u l d b e p i c ke d .B u t w h e n i t ca me t o t his t i m e t h e so n fe l l a sl e e p ,a n d b y mornin g a l l t h e p e a rs w e re g o n e . T h e to same t h i n g h a p p e n e d th e se co n dso n w h e n i t w a s h i s t u rn .Wh e n i tw a s n o w u p t o S imp l e t o n ,t h e w h o l e C o u rt l a u g h e d, but S imp l e t o nf o ug h t to sta ya w a ke ,a n d th is is w h a t h e s aw : a w h i te d o ve ca me a n d t o o k t h e p e a r so n e b y o n e .Wh e n sh e t o o k t h e l a s to n e ,Si mp l e to n l l o w e dh e r fo t o a h i g h m o u nta i n , w h e re th e d o ve d is app e a r e d i n t o a ca ve . S i mp l e to n lo ok eda r o u n d h i m, a n d sa w a l i ttl ema n , " G od b l e s s y o u : ' sa i d S i mp l e to n ." Go d ble s s e d m e t h e mo me n t yo u sp o ke !" said t h e l i t t l e m a n. " Y o u h a vesa ve dme ! G o dow n i n t o t h e ca vea n d yo u sh a l l fi n d your fortune!" Simpleton went into the cave, where m a n y s t e p s l e d r i g h t d o w n . Wh e n h e g o t to the bottom, he saw the white dove comple t e l ys t u c k i n a sp i d e r'sw e b . B u t, a s s he s a w h i m , sh e b ro ke l o o se , a n d when she had torn the last featherfrom t h e we b , s h e t u rn e d i n to a b e a u ti ful Prin c e s s . S i m p l eto n to o k h e r to h i s f a t h e r;a n d s h e h ap p i l y a g re e dto b e h i s wife. The weddding was greatly c e lebr a t e d , a n d w h e n th e K i n g d i e d , Simple t o n i n h e r ite d th e K i n g d o m a n d b e c a m ea w i s e a n d p o w e rfu lK i n g .

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Felix has got a puppet-theatrefor his birthday.He likesthe little Princess best. She' sgot a facelikean appleand is called Rosie.Befor egoing to bed Felixputs his old fr iend Sam bo the m onkey into the cupboard because he's dirty. "That's sad," says Rosie.Dur ing the night the King wakes up, and so he says,"Rosie , sing me a lullaby!" But the pr incess has "Per haps the cr ocodile' s disappear ed. taken her - or the r obber ; the witch!" or puppet,"l' ll look for her until I says the find her ! W e' ll have to use Felix' s aer oplane!" So Felixand the puppetfly to Africa to askthe crocodile, but he's got toothache and hasn't eaten for days. So they fly on to the blackforest where the r obber hides out. "But suppose the r obber has hiddenRosiein his cave?" "Think, think!" says the puppet."lf the r obber has hidden her ,then he' ll stay at home, but if we can find him , then he hasn' thiddenher !" So he and Felixdr ess up as r obber s."Hello,br other !"saysthe puppetto his r obber fr iend. e' r egoing "W to stealPr incess Rosie, eyou com ing?" ar "Ha, Ha!"laughed the r obber ,"lt' s not ever y day you steal a Pr incess! l' m coming with you!" "Aha!" exclaim ed Felix and the puppet,and off they went.
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Th e n t h e y f l e w to th e w i tch 's h o u se ,b ut t h e w i t c h k n e w n o th i n g o f a P ri n cess c a lle dR o s i e , o th e tw o fl e w q u i ckl yb a ck s h o m e . T h e p u p p e t b e g a ntd o p e n e ver y d o o r i n t h e h o u se l o o ki n gfo r R o si e , nd a t h e Ki n g h a d to sn e e ze tw e l ve ti mes b e c a u s e o f t h e d ra u g h t. A s h e w as c o m p l a i n i n g h e su d d e n l y sto p p ed: " L is te n! " h e w h isp e re d " l ca nh e a rR o sie , s ing i n g ! " T h e pu p p e t h a d j u st o p e n ed t he c u p b o a r dd oo r;a n d th e re w a s R o sie s ing i n g a n d d a nci n gw i th th e mo n ke y!"l wa s c o m f o r t i n g S a mb o b e ca u se F e lix h a d l o c k e d h i m i n th e cu p b o a rd ."T h en Fe lix w a s a s h ame d a n d w e n t re d . T he

Now when they wer e quitefully full, The two haresthey sat down, Then the big bad huntercame, Then the big bad huntercame, And gaily shot them down, And gaily shot them down. From the shockthey then recovered, And soon they r ealised, That they wer e still alive,alive, That they wer e still alive,alive, And r an to savetheir lives, And r an to savetheir lives.

17th October
Rescue Fromthe Swamp Oncewhen lwantedto cross swamp, a it was much broader than I thought,so I moved backto get a betterrun-up,but I wa s u n lu c k y n dd id n ' tju m pf a re n o u gh , a
K ing r e a c h e di n hi s p o cke t n d p u l l e do ut a a t hic k m e d a l f o r th e p u p p e t,a s a re w a r d f o r re s c u i n g h e P ri n ce ss. t finding m yself stuck in the swamp. I would cer tainlY have died if I hadn' t pulled myself out with mY plait. I saved the hor se too, for I had clung onto him with my knees.

The Two Hares B e t w e e nt h e m ou n ta i na n d d e e p , deep v a l l e y , There once sat two fine hares, Th e y a t e u p a l l t he g re e n ,g re e ng ra ss Th e y a t e u p a l l t he g re e n ,g re e ng ra ss, 'Til s o m e o n es a w th e m th e re , 'Til s o m e o n es a w th e m th e re . 1B B

Sweet Porridge O nce a g i r l l i v ed w i th h e r mo th e r;a nd t h e re c a m e a t i me w h e n th e y d i d n 't h a ve anything left to eat, so the girl went into t he w o o d . H e r e sh e me t a n o l d w o man who gave her a little pot. She was to say t o t h e p o t , "C o o k,p o t!" a n d th e n th e p ot wo u l d c o o k s w e e t p o rri d g e .Wh e n she s a id "St a n d , p o t!" th e n i t w o u l d stop c ook i n g .T h e g i rl to o k th e p o t h o me ,a nd f ro m t h e n o n th e y co u l d e a t a s mu ch porr i d g ea s t h e y w a n te d .On ce , h e n the w girl h a d g o n e o u t, h e r mo th e r sa id, " Co o k , p o t ! " a n d sh e a te h e r fi l l . B ut when she had eaten,she forgot the word f o r st o p p i n g i t, a n d so th e p o rri d ge flowed over into the kitchenand spread o u t a l l o v e r t h e h o u se .T h e n i t ra n fro m o n e h o u s e t o an o th e r u n ti l th e w h o le s t re e tw a s f u l l . Wh e n th e rew a s o n l y o ne h o u s e l e f t , t h e g i rl ca me h o me a n d w as a b le t o s t o p i t by sa yi n g ," S ta n d , p o t!" T h e n w h e n a n yo n e w a n te d to g o i n to t own , t h e y h a d to e a t th e i r w a y th ro u gh t he p o r r i d g e .

Rennie Fox(1) the

anotherof histr icksto r epor t. ahamhi s Gr nephew was the only one ther e t o defend him . Then the King sent Br own the bear to fetch Rennie that he coul d so defend himself. W hen Br own appear ed, Rennie com plained,"Oh ! I' ve r uinedm y insides with honey!" Br own pr icked up his ears . "Honey? he said."Do you want som e? " said Rennie."Then com e with me!" He led Br own to a split tr ee wher e he had hidden some wedges. "The honey's in ther e," he said.W hen the bearput in his snout, Renniegave him a push, pulled the wedgesand shut the bearin.

Renniethe Fox (2) O n a f i n e s p r i ng d a y, K i n g N o b l e w as hold i n g C o u r t . A l l th e a n i ma l s w e r e in v it e d ,e x c e p tRe n n i e fo r e ve ryo n e ad , h The wolf' s stom ach was r umbling,and Renniesaid to' him , "The far mer ' slar der is full of ham , and what' s mor e,ther e' sa
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stay her e and keepwatch." Scar cely had M olly put her head in the chink when a "ls noosecaughther r oundthe neck. th at how you sing while you' r e eating !" laughedRennie, and he r an off.

hole i n t h e w a ll w h e re yo u ca n g e t i n !" Alre a d yt h e w o l f's mo u th b e g a nto w a ter . As s o o n a s t h e y g o t i n si d e e l a rd e ri ey th th t u c k e d i n t o t h e h a m, a n d w h i l e th e w olf a t e , R e n n i e k e p t sl i p p i n g o u t to ma ke s u re n o o n e w a s co mi n g ,o r so h e sa id. Sudd e n l yh e d r op p e da kn i few h i ch w o ke t he fa r m e l a n d wh i l e R e n n i e sca p e d e the wo lf w a s s t i i l s tru g g l i n gto g e t th ro u gh t he w a l l , b u t n o w h e w a s to o fa t! T he f arm e r E o t h i m be fo reh e co u l de sca p e.

Renniethe Fox ( 4) Gr aham his nephew was the only one who finally m anagedto br ing Rennieto the Cour t. All the anim als br ought so m any cases against him that the Kin g decided to hang him. Ther e wer e so m any accusations that the fox had difficulty defending him self, but he pleaded not guilty. But the wolf sai d,

21st October
Renniethe Fox (3)

Whe n t h e K i n g he a rdw h a t h a d h a p p e n ed t o Br o w n t h e b e a ra fte rh e h a d ma n a g ed t o f re e h i m s e l f, h e w a s ve ry a n g ry.B ut p e rh a p sM o l l y t h e sl y ca t w o u l d su cceed in f e t c h i n gR e n n i e . e n n i ea g a i ntri e d to R t e m p t h e r w i t h h o n e y, b u t sh e w o u ld h a v e p r e f e r r e d fa t l i ttl emo u se . a Re n n i e t o o k h e r to a b a rn w h i ch w as s u p p o s e d t o b e fu l l o f mi ce . H e kn ew wh e r e i t w a s , f o r h e 'd sto l e na h e n h e r e t he n i g h t b e f o r e ." C re e pi n ," h e sa i d ," l ' ll

"Listen, Your Majesty,to the ter r ibl e things Rennie has done to m e and m y wife! Once on a meadow, a m ar e was gr azingwith her calves.Rennietold m e that she"d cer tainlygive m e a r ide,all I had to do was get on. But when I tr ied, she gave m e an almightykick,and ther eI was was doubledup in painwhile Rennie doubled up with laughterOncewhen h e . had fallen into a well, he told my wife to lower her selfdown on the other buck et so that he would com e uo. After she ha d so kindly done this, he laugheddown a t her and r an awavl

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Renniethr ew you a cr ateof fish fr om a r moving car r iage, iskinghis life,and you ate all the fish, leaving him only the bones! And that' s not all I know about you!" W ith cunning and lies Rennie handledhis caseso wellthat the Kingset him fr ee. W histling happily he set off home. On they way he metBen the r am and Les the har e and he politelyinvited them to walk with him a littleway.W hen asked they got to the fox' s house,Rennie the har eto come and say hellotohiswife, As but Ben was to stav outside. soon as

I t was n' t u n t i l m u c h l a te rth a t I fo u n d h e r. An o t h e r t i m e h e to l d my w i fe to g o i f ishin gw i t h h e r t a i l ,b u t b e ca u set w a s so cold h e r t a i l g o t f r oze n i n th e w a te r a n d we had t o c u t o f f a p a rt to se t h e r fre e !

23rd October
R e n n ieth e F o x ( 5 ) Bu t t h e n G r a h a m sa i d , " B e q u i e t, yo u ! Yo u 're n o b e t t e r ! Wh a t a b o u t th e ti me

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they wer e in the house,Rennietor e off the har e' shead,put it in a bag and gaveit to the r am saying,"Takethis to the King quicklyl lt' s got an im por tant message for him, but you' d better not r ead it your self!" Bendid as he was told.
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Bu t w h e n t h e K i n g o p e n e dth e b a g , he h a d t h e r a m k il l e d , r h e th o u g h th e was fo gui l t y .G r i m t h e w o l f w a s sti l l fu ri o u s with Re n n i e , n d h e ch a l l e n g e d i m to a duel a h b e f o r e t h e K i n g 's th ro n e . T h e fo x won, b u t o n l y w i t h cu n n i n g :h e th re w so much s an d i n t o t h e wo l f's e ye sw i th h i sta i l that h e w a s i n s o mu ch p a i n h e h a d to g i ve in. T h e n t h e Ki n g th o u g h tth a t h e co u l d use Re n n i e ' s a l e ntsi n p o l i ti cs n d ,fu l l o f joy, t a t he R e d t a i f a mi l v h a d a b i q ce l e b ra tion. l

The donkey' sdr eamingin his stall, The pigs snor eon the gr ound, And only the handsupon the clock Keeptur ning r ound and r ound.

25th October
The Wooden Carousel Night is spr eadingover tlr e fair gr ound, and evening is the best time, for it' s the busiesttim e. Only one cor nerof the fai r i s quiet, for ther e stands an old wood en car ousel.Deser ted, the wooden hor s es , zebr asand pigs tur n ar ound in cir cle s to the m usic fr om the old bar r el- or ga n.l " could cr y when I thinkof howthe childr en loved to sit on my back!" saysa wood en horse. "We've got to get away from her e!" squeaksa wooden pig, and si nc e everyone agrees, when the fair closesfor the night, they all spr ing down and r un away. For a long time they wander thr ough unknownstr eets untiltheyco m e to a housewith a big gar den, and a noti c e saying "Town Or phanage"on the door .

The Tired Village g Ev e r y o n e o e sto b e d a t n i g h t, T h e b e g g a ra n d th e K i n g , Th e v i l l a g ec l o se ssl e e p ye ye s L ik et h e b i r d s u n d e rth e i rw i n g s. T h e m o o n s l i d e sw i th i ts si l ve ryg l a n ce O v e r P a l a c eC hu rcha n d b a rn , , And t h e c h i l d r e na re tu cke du p i n b e d , To . s h e l t etrh e m fro m h a rm. Th e p i g e o n s "' C o o s"a re l o n g si n cestill, T h e d o g s n o l o n g e rb a rk, T h e s w a l l o w ssl u mb e ri n th e i r n e sts. Sur r o u n d e db y th e d a rk,
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" l wo n d e r i f t h ere a re a n y ch i l d re nh e re who'd l i k et o p l ayw i th u s," sa i d a Z e b ra. " l t h i n k w e s h o ul dsta y h e refo r th e n i g ht any w a y . " S o e ach a n i ma l fo u n d a p l a c e t o s t a n d .W h a t a w e l co meth e y g o t i n the morn i n g a s t h e ch i l d re n cl a mb e re dall ov er t h e m i n d isb e l i e fw h e n th e y ca m e int o t h e g a r d e n ! T h e w o o d e n a n i mals h a d n e v e r b e e n so mu ch a p p re ci a ted. A n d s o t h e r e t h ey l i ve to th i s d a y,h a p py ! and n e w l y - p a i n te d

the best master piece, houseis your s!" The other two brotherswere pleasedto they lovedeachother agree,but because so much, they all lived in the hous e anyway, and because they were so they ear neda lot o f skilledat their cr afts, m oney. W hen they wer e all old, one o f the br other sdied,and the other twower e so heartbroken that they died soon And because everyoneknew aftenruards. how m uch they had loved each othet they wer e all laid in one gr ave.

27th October
The Three Brothers Th e r e w a s o n c e a ma n w h o h a d th ree w s ons, a n d h i s on l y p o sse ssi o n a s the hous et h e y l i v e di n . No w e a c ho n e wo u l d h a vel i ke dto i n h e rit t h e h o u s e ,b u t t he fa th e r l o ve de a cho ne So equa l l y . h e s ai dto th e m, " E a cho f you mus t g o o u t i n to th e w o rl d a n d l e a rn a t ra d e , a n d t h e o n e th a t ma ke sth e b est mas te r p i e c es h a l l h a ve th e h o u se ." So away they went. One became a bla c k s m i t h ,t h e o th e r a b a rb e r,a n d the t hird a f e n c i n g ma ste r.Wh e n th e y h ad n o t h i n g l e f t t o l e a rn ,th e y a l l w e n t h o me. S ince n o n e o f th e m kn e w h o w to demonstrate their arts, they sat down and t h o u g h t . S u d d e n l y a h a re ca m e ru n n i n g o v e r t h e fi e l d . " Ju st w h a t we n e e d ! " c r i e d t he b a rb e r,so h e to o k a b a s i n a n d s o m e so a p , a n d sh a ve d the ra b b i t w h i l e i t wa s sti l l ru n n i n g ,w i th o ut c ut t in g i t o r h u r ti n g i t i n a n y w a y. B e for e long a m a n c a m e b y i n a ca rt w h o w as b e in E c h a s e d .Th e b l a cksmi thra n a fter the horse,tore off its old shoesand gave h im f o u r n e w sh o e s w h i l e i t w a s still runn i n g . T h e f ath e r w a s d e l i g h te dw i th h is t w o s o n ' sa b i l i ti e s, n d n o w i t w a s the a t hird o n e ' st u r n .Wh e n i t b e g a nto ra i n ,he t ook h i s s w o r d , a n d sw u n g i t so ski l fully a ro u n d h i s h e a dth a t n o t a si n g l ed ro p of rain to u c h e dh i m . H i sfa th e rw a s a ma zed the a n d s a i d , "Y o u h a ve e a si l ya ch i e ve d The Seven Dwarfs (1)

Behind the seven m ountains under seven fir-treesstood a little house.lt was seven foot high and seven foot wide. Ever y mor ning after sunr ise, seve n windows opened and the big woode n fr ont door opened.But out mar chedonl y six dwarfs. Two carried spades, three S car r iedhoesand one car r ied lanter n. o a they ploddedthr ough dar k woods up t o
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t he s e v e n m o u n ta i n s, to th e i r se ven wo rk s h o p s .O n e d u g fo r d i a mo n d s,o ne f or g o l d , o n e f or si l ve t o n e fo r co p p er , o n e f o r r u b i e s a n d th e l a st o n e for e m e r a l d s .l n t h e se ve n th u n ta i nw a s a mo c o a l m i n e , b u t t h i s w a s cl o se d .N o w the six dwarfs could have been very happy together, but every time they walked through the wood, from every corner s o m e o n e s a i d , " Wh e re 's th e se ve nth dwarf? There'salwayssevendwarfs!" This, of course, annoyed the six dwarfs v ery m u c h . O n e d a y th e y'd h a d e n o u gh of it, so they decidedto lookfor a seventh dwarf. On a thick oaktreeby a crossroads t hey p i n n e d th i s n o ti ce : " D WA RF REOU I R E D , AP P L Y T O T H E S IX DWARFS."

The Seven Dwarfs (2) b Soon t h e y h a d th e i r fi rst a p p l i ca n t, ut when he discoveredhe would haveto be

the seventh dwarf and work in the coalm ine he went away saying,"l' m no t going down a dity hole! You can fetchyour own coal!" And this was the reactionof many others. "Yes," said one of them , "Ever sinc e people read the story of Snow-white, they alwaysthink ther e should be sev en dwar fsl" "l know!" said ano.therone, "W e' ll put an adver t in the paper !" And also r ead so they did. A gar den- gnome the adver t,and he gaveup hisjob, loaded onto a littlecar tand seto ff his belongings All for the seven mountains. the animal s were very helpful to him, and after six days he eventuallyr eachedthe hous e. "Her e I am !" calledthe gar den gnom e,

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" Will y o u t a k e me a s yo u r se ve nth dwarf?" The six dwarfs were very ple a s e d , o r t h e gn o me d i d n 't e ve n mi nd f j hav in gt o d o t h e d i rti e st o b . S o th e se ven dwarfs marched happily off to work every day, and no one had anY reasonto moc k t h e m n o w.

Stephen is in Luck (1)

29th October
The Lion and the Crocodile

l O nc ew h i l e h u n ti n gI g o t i mp o ssi b l y o st: ri ve r; e h i n dm e b Bef o r em e w a s a ru sh i n g an a b y s s . I t u r ne d a ro u n d a n d sa w the I g a p i i n gm o u t h o f a cro co d i l e , tu rn e d to t he r i v e r a n d s aw a l i o n re a d yto sp ri ng. I myse l fto th e g ro u n da nd T e rri f i e d t h r e w , wait e d f o r m y e n d . N o th i n g h a p p e n ed i n to th e cro co d i le' s t h e l i o n h a d s p ru n g mou t h !

Stephenhad ser vedhis m asterfaithfu l l y for sevenyears,but now he wanted to go home to his mother. "You have served me well," said his master ,"And I am going to pay you well." And he gav e Stephen a lum p of gold as big as h i s head. On his way hom e he m et a m an galloping along on his hor se."A hor s e would be a fine thing," thoughtStephen. "You can sit on it like a chair,save your W shoesand move quicker ." henthe m an Stephenhad a lum p of gold, discover ed he offeredto sell him his horsefor it. The felt dealwas m ade.Stephen r nuchlight er awa y , nowwithout the gold and galloped and thr e w but suddenlythe hor ser ear ed him into a ditch. As Stephen rose from he the ditch,gr oaning, saw a far m erwith a cow. He saidto the far me; "Riding' sn o fun when you can br eakyour neck."
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"l'd rather have your cow, because then y ou ca n g e t m i lk, b u tte t ch e e se- a n d peace ! " T h e fa rme r l a u g h e d a n d swapped his cow for the horse.But later when Stephen got thirtsy and tried to m ilk th e c o w , s he ki cke dh i m w i th h er hind legs with such force that he was k noc ke du n c o n sci o u s. u cki l ya b u tch er L c a m b a l o n g w h o h a d a yo u n g p i g i n h i s cart.The butcherhelpedStephenup, and St eph e ns a i d t o h i m, " l d o n 't th i n k l 'l l b e a b le t o d o a n y t hi n gw i th th i s co w , b u t I wo u ld n ' t m i n d ha vi n g so me sa u sa g es f rom th a t p i g ! " O f co u rse e b u tch e rw as th 1 96

only too pleasedto exchangethe pig for the cow. Further on, Stephen met a young boy with a goose under his ar m, and Stephentold him what luckhe' d had with his exchanges. Then the boy began to make his mouth water at the thought of the goose, but Stephen preferredto keephis pig then the boy said,"A pig ha s just been stolen from the Mayot and if anyone finds you with your pig, they you ! ltellyou what! l' ll give m ight accuse you the gooseand you give m e the pig!" Stephenthoughtthatwasver y niceof the boy, so he set off home with the goose under his ar m.

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Stephen is in Luck (2) St ep h e n w a s g l a d th a t h e w a s n e a r lY home , b u t a s h e w a s g o i n g th ro u g h the r; la s t v i l l a g e ,h e me t a kn i fe -g ri n d e w ho wa s j o y f u l l y s i n gi n gi n h i s w o rk' " l t mu st be a g o o d j o b yo u h a ve i f i t ma ke s Y ou "Yes, working so happy," said StePhen. sa wit h y o u r h a n d si s ve ry re w a rd i n g ," id t h e m a n , "b u t w h e re d i d Y o u g e t th at lo v e l y g o o s e f r o m? " T h e n S te p h e nto ld h h im o f a l l t h e e xch a n g e s e h a d ma de, p ra i se d h i m. B u t th e n he and th e m a n s aid ,"B u t h a v ey o u a l w a ysg o t mo n e y in y our p o c k e t ? " "N o , n o t a l w a Y s," sa id S t e p h e n . "T h e n yo u mu st b e co me a k n if e - g r i n d e rt,h e n yo u 'l l n e ve rw a n t for a n y t h i n g ,a n d a l l yo u n e e d i s a g ri n d i ngstone. Why don't you swap your goose f o r m y s t o n e ? " sa i d th e ma n . " Wh a t a wond e r f u l t h ou g h t," sa i d S te P h en, "always to have money in your pocket. This must be my lucky day,everything's a g o in g m y w a y !" A n d h a P P Y s a sa nd boy, he handedover the goose,pickedup t he h e a v y s t on e a n d se t o ff a g a in. Ev en t u a l l yh e g o t ti re d ,fo r h e 'd b e e n up s in c e d a y b r e a k a n d th e sto n e w a s so heavy. Then he thought how good it wo u l d b e i f h e d i d n 't h a ve a n yth i n gto c a rry .H e c a m e to a fo u n ta i na n d l a i d the e s t o n e o n t h e f o u n ta i n 's d g e ,th e n h e g ot d o w n a n d t r i e d to d ri n k. the knocked stoneso that He accidentally it f e l l i n , a n d a s h e sa w i t si n k d o wn, God St ep h e nj u m p e d fo r j o y a n d th a n ke d h i s h e a vyl o a d ." l 'm f o r f r e e i n gh i m fro m t h e l u c k i e s t p e rso n i n th e w o rl d !" he c ried ,a n d h e r an a l l th e w a y h o me to his mother.