Once upon a time...Dick Whittington was a very little boy when his father and mother died; so little, indeed, that he never knew them, nor the place w...
Once upon a time...An old queen, whose husband had been dead for many years, had a beautiful daughter. When she grew up she was betrothed to a prince ...
Once upon a time...In a certain country there lived a king whose palace was surrounded by a spacious garden. But, though the gardeners were many and t...
Once upon a time...A father had two sons, of whom the eldest was clever and bright, and always knew what he was about; but the youngest was stupid, an...
Once upon a time...There was a sultan, who had three sons and a niece. The eldest of the Princes was called Houssain, the second Ali, the youngest Ahm...
Once upon a time...There lived a king who was so just and kind that his subjects called him "the Good King." It happened one day, when he wa...
Once upon a time...There was a man and his wife, fagot-makers by trade, who had several children, all boys. The eldest was but ten years old, and the ...
Once upon a time...In the reign of the famous King Arthur there lived in Cornwall a lad named Jack, who was a boy of a bold temper, and took delight i...
Once upon a time...There dwelt on the outskirts of a large forest a poor woodcutter with his wife and two children; the boy was called Hansel and the ...
Once upon a time...There was a poor labourer who, feeling that he had not much longer to live, wished to divide his possessions between his son and da...