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  • The Three Sons of Fortune by Brothers Grimm

    A father once called his three sons before him, and he gave to the first a cock, to the second a scythe, and to the third a cat. “I am already aged,” said he, “my death is nigh, and I have wished to take thought for you before my end; money I have not, and…

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    July 27, 2022
  • An Artist’s Story by Anton Chekhov

    It was six or seven years ago when I was living in one of the districts of the province of T—-, on the estate of a young landowner called Byelokurov, who used to get up very early, wear a peasant tunic, drink beer in the evenings, and continually complain to me that he never met…

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    July 27, 2022
  • Ariadne by Anton Chekhov

    ON the deck of a steamer sailing from Odessa to Sevastopol, a rather good-looking gentleman, with a little round beard, came up to me to smoke, and said: “Notice those Germans sitting near the shelter? Whenever Germans or Englishmen get together, they talk about the crops, the price of wool, or their personal affairs. But…

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    July 26, 2022
  • Jorinda and Joringel by Brothers Grimm

    There was once an old castle in the midst of a large and thick forest, and in it an old woman who was a witch dwelt all alone. In the day-time she changed herself into a cat or a screech-owl, but in the evening she took her proper shape again as a human being. She…

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    July 26, 2022
  • Whitebrow by Anton Chekhov

    A hungry she-wolf got up to go hunting. Her cubs, all three of them, were sound asleep, huddled in a heap and keeping each other warm. She licked them and went off. It was already March, a month of spring, but at night the trees snapped with the cold, as they do in December, and…

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    July 25, 2022
  • The Thief and his Master by Brothers Grimm

    Hans wished to put his son to learn a trade, so he went into the church and prayed to our Lord God to know which would be most advantageous for him. Then the clerk got behind the altar, and said, “Thieving, thieving.” On this Hans goes back to his son, and tells him he is…

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    July 25, 2022
  • The Helpmate by Anton Chekhov

    “I’ve asked you not to tidy my table,” said Nikolay Yevgrafitch. “There’s no finding anything when you’ve tidied up. Where’s the telegram? Where have you thrown it? Be so good as to look for it. It’s from Kazan, dated yesterday.” The maid–a pale, very slim girl with an indifferent expression –found several telegrams in the…

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    July 24, 2022
  • The Twelve Huntsmen by Brothers Grimm

    There was once a King’s son who was betrothed to a maiden whom he loved very much. And when he was sitting beside her and very happy, news came that his father lay sick unto death, and desired to see him once again before his end. Then he said to his beloved, “I must now…

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    July 24, 2022
  • The Hare’s Bride by Brothers Grimm

    There was once a woman and her daughter who lived in a pretty garden with cabbages; and a little hare came into it, and during the winter time ate all the cabbages. Then says the mother to the daughter, “Go into the garden, and chase the hare away.” The girl says to the little hare,…

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    July 23, 2022
  • The Teacher of Literature by Anton Chekhov

    There was the thud of horses’ hoofs on the wooden floor; they brought out of the stable the black horse, Count Nulin; then the white, Giant; then his sister Maika. They were all magnificent, expensive horses. Old Shelestov saddled Giant and said, addressing his daughter Masha: “Well, Marie Godefroi, come, get on! Hopla!” Masha Shelestov…

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    July 23, 2022
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